FLC Students and Alumni Compete for Business Startup Money in First Ever “Hawk Tank” Competition

Story by Alison Uralli Graphic by Julia Volzke

The Fort Lewis College School of Business Administration is hosting a business plan competition modeled after the TV show “Shark Tank” where students and recent graduates can win up to $5,000 in startup money for their business.   The Competition   “We recognized there was a need and also a desire from students to do this, and so we just moved...

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Snowdown Slideshow

Photos by Alexandra Lamb

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Snowdown: Back to the 80s!

Story by Carolyn Estes Photos by Nicole Curry

Every year, downtown Durango holds a five day long celebration with smaller events hosted by local businesses called Snowdown. This year’s theme is reliving the 80s with events starting Jan. 27 and ending Jan. 31.   Snowdown is a community coming together and hosting the events to promote fun, commerce and tourism, Linda Brockway, event co-coordinator of Snowdown,...

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Bark Beetles in the Southwest

Story and Photography by Hanna Maddera

As you look across Wolf Creek Pass, there are masses patches of trees that have grayed. In some areas, these graying trees outnumber the green, healthy ones, and each year in the Southwest, due to beetles, the patches of graying trees becomes larger and larger.   The Spruce Bark Beetle   The spruce bark beetles are attacking Engleman spruce trees near and around Wolf...

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A Digital Step in the Right Direction

Story by James Lilburn, Graphic by Julia Volzke

With the rise of the computer, technology in general and the ability for people to log their every movement, thought, feeling and meals to be immortalized in text or photograph on a digital platform, there is an entirely new realm of possibilities when it comes to protecting private information from invaders.   According to Lindsey Nyquist, social media director at Fort Lewis...

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