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Water supply, wildfire concerns loom over spring, summer

Once again, Southwest Colorado’s prolonged drought is expected to bring a host of challenges over available water and fire danger in the coming months. “I’m really worried about the conditions we...

DATE: April 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Despite nice weather, wildlife closures remain in effect

Despite the spring-like weather, select public lands closed to protect critical winter wildlife habitat for big game remain off limits until April 16. “People should still respect the closure,”...

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tico Time offers jam-packed live music schedule

Just a shout south of the Colorado line is a place that has the next handful of months planned out for music lovers. Tico Time River Resort in Aztec along the Animas River, kicked off its live...

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado mountain towns rebound – and then some – from coronavirus

John Norton, Gunnison County’s tourism czar, was talking to his board last April. The ski resort had closed abruptly. Lodging and restaurants were closed. Visitors were being told to leave. The...

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New child support law brings New Mexico into compliance

SANTA FE – A measure signed into law Monday by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham modernizes New Mexico’s child support law, bringing the state into compliance with federal regulations and national best...

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico adopts new law to fight hairstyle discrimination

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed into law legislation that prohibits discrimination based on traditional hairstyles and head coverings. The “Crown Act,” as it’s...

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mountain Studies Institute to hold online youth summit about environmental issues

Mountain Studies Institute is looking for students and adults interested in participating in its virtual Resiliency Youth Summit, which will allow students to present their projects about...

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bennet: ‘We do not have to accept massive childhood poverty’

Since 2017, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has pushed legislation meant to alter the child tax credit in a way that would significantly decrease childhood poverty. Now, with a temporary expansion to the...

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado sees COVID-19 hospitalizations, infections rise

DENVER – Health officials in Colorado have reported an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations across the state while infections also suggest wider spread of the virus. The state Department of Public...

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Polis warns wildfire season is a ‘year-round phenomena’

DENVER – Colorado fire officials along with Gov. Jared Polis announced the 2021 wildfire season mitigation plan Thursday to fight fires earlier with more money and resources on the ground, after...

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez mogul skier competes at U.S. Junior National Championship

A teenage skier from Cortez is ripping up the slopes, catching big air and competing at the national level. Mogul skier Max Johnson, a sophomore at Montezuma-Cortez High School, raced in the U.S....

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man in tree holds officers at bay for three hours in Cortez

A man who refused to climb down from a tree kept Cortez police officers and Montezuma County Sheriff’s deputies waiting for three hours and avoided a fire department ladder crew before he climbed...

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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