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Youth Corps to work on motorized trails

Colorado Parks and Wildlife will fund $319,000 toward improving motorized trails in cooperation with the Colorado Youth Corps Association. According to a CPW news release March 31, the Youth Corp...

DATE: April 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rockwood residents want relief from train departures north of Durango

Rockwood residents are concerned another summer filled with heavy traffic from the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad will overburden infrastructure and disrupt life in the quiet subdivision...

DATE: April 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pedestrian found at fault for crash on north Main Avenue

A pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle on north Main Avenue earlier this week was cited with illegally crossing the street, according to the Durango Police Department. “There’s often the...

DATE: April 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Three killed in crash near Colorado-New Mexico state line are identified

The identities of three people who were killed in a head-on crash Monday on U.S. Highway 491 at the Colorado New Mexico border have been released by Montezuma County Coroner George Deavers. Next of...

DATE: March 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County commissioners assert opposition to wolves

The Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners continues to oppose gray wolf reintroduction into the Western Slope, a plan narrowly approved by Colorado voters in November. Commissioners passed...

DATE: March 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez Area Chamber of Commerce announces executive director pick

The Cortez Area of Chamber of Commerce has chosen one of its board members to take over the full-time role of executive director. According to a news release, board member Colton Black will assume...

DATE: March 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge: U.S. agency illegally paid for Colorado predator hunt

DENVER — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service illegally helped pay for a Colorado program to kill dozens of mountain lions and black bears in an experiment to determine if the predators were partly...

DATE: March 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Outdoor recreation leaders ask Congress to loosen rules restricting fund dollars

The pandemic has pushed an unprecedented number of Americans outdoors. It’s also crushed state and local budgets that are struggling to match federal dollars used to support public lands and parks....

DATE: March 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado lawmakers are creating a fund to raise teacher pay

When teachers descend on the Colorado Capitol to demand pay raises, they’re often met with a common refrain from state lawmakers: Talk to your districts. That’s because it’s not the legislature...

DATE: March 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New effort aims to ensure county commission districts are drawn fairly

El Paso County isn’t as Republican as it used to be. Unaffiliated voters now make up the largest share of the county’s registered voters at 43%, with Republicans coming in second with 36%. And...

DATE: March 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado will give sex assault victims unlimited time to sue abusers

Colorado will give recent and future sexual assault survivors, including those molested as children, unlimited time to sue their abusers. But a separate effort to give victims of historic abuse an...

DATE: March 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Boebert pushes to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has introduced a resolution to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization. If passed, the resolution would designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, condemn...

DATE: March 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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