Economy (general) - The Journal

Helium rises in Dolores County

Extraction facility expected to bring 12 to 14 jobs

DATE: Dec 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Job Corps reopens doors

After an eight-month shutdown, the Cortez Job Corps office has reopened and is accepting applications to the program. Admissions counselor Babette Kimble explained that the govern...

DATE: Nov 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Job Corps returns to Cortez after shutdown The program ‘saved my life,’ graduate says

After an eight-month shutdown, the Cortez Job Corps office has reopened and is accepting applications to the program. Admissions counselor Babette Kimble explained that the govern...

DATE: Nov 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez Cash helps lift the local economy

The Cortez Retail Enhancement Association has helped add more than $150,000 to the local economy over the last year. Aiding the area’s economic engine, CREA’s primary focus is on ...

DATE: Oct 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Economists forecast slow improvement in state

National politics creates uncertainty, harms growth

DATE: Sep 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Economists forecast slow improvement in Colorado

National politics creates uncertainy, harms growth

DATE: Sep 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State to help pay for flood recovery

Usually counties and cities foot costs not covered by the feds

DATE: Sep 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Day Labor Center affords cash, hope

After working the night shift, Ray Nephew proceeds to the Day Labor Center in Cortez every morning to help make ends meet. “It’s nice to be able to find odd jobs to earn a little ...

DATE: Sep 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tourism numbers a mixed bag

Visitors to the Colorado Welcome Center in Cortez have inched up slightly up this year, but tourism at Mesa Verde National Park continued to decline. For the first half of 2013, t...

DATE: Aug 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Udall led legislation to end FAA furloughs

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a Sen. Mark Udall-led bill Thursday night to avoid more furloughs of essential Federal Aviation Administration employees as a result of automa...

DATE: Apr 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Building boomlet boosts economy

New businesses and new home construction are creating a mini-surge of development and revenues for area towns, prompting optimism about an economic recovery. City officials for Co...