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How a nonprofit catered to neighbors’ needs during the pandemic

Volunteers learned what people needed, then delivered aid to homes

DATE: Mar 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Unemployed Colorado residents may wait weeks for more aid

FORT COLLINS – It could take up to four weeks for Colorado to begin distributing new federal unemployment benefits, officials said, but it could be sooner because the state is updating its c...

DATE: Jan 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

How Colorado’s unemployed influenced the federal coronavirus relief bill

Colorado had some sway on new benefits for out-of-work Americans

DATE: Dec 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hackers target – but fail to scam – local fire district

Scheme seeks to cheat state unemployment program

DATE: Dec 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Jobs largely return in Southwest Colorado, but what does winter hold?

Tourism economy highly vulnerable to spikes in COVID-19

DATE: Oct 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico taps federal loans to pay unemployment

SANTA FE – New Mexico has depleted its unemployment benefits trust fund and begun to use federal loans to keep up with claims – spending that can trigger higher taxes if not repaid, a top la...

DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Wanted: Bodies to fill positions at Durango restaurants

Enhanced unemployment benefits blamed for tight labor market

DATE: Jul 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. job market’s modest improvement may be stalling

WASHINGTON – The number of laid-off workers seeking U.S. unemployment aid barely fell last week, and the reopening of small businesses has leveled off – evidence that the job market’s gains ...

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Pandemic pushed hundreds of hospitality workers into unemployment

Restaurants, resorts look for a ‘recipe for success’

DATE: Jun 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Carver Brewing returns federal funds because it can’t open in time

Eight-week requirement to use funds too restrictive as closures and restrictions linger

DATE: May 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

From oilfields to food banks, New Mexico feels jobless sting

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico already was among the most poverty-stricken states in the U.S. before oil prices crashed and the coronavirus outbreak derailed efforts to diversify the economy. Now,...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Nearly 10% of Colorado’s workforce has filed for unemployment

In the past five weeks, nearly 300,000 people have filed unemployment claims

DATE: Apr 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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