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D&SNG celebrates 40 years as tourist draw in Southwest Colorado

Forty years ago, the historic Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad faced an uncertain future. The heyday of hauling gold, silver and other metals from the mines around Silverton to be...

DATE: March 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County commissioners add workshops to meeting schedule

The Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners plans to have weekly workshop meetings on Mondays beginning at 1:30 p.m. The meetings are open to the public, and no decisions will be made....

DATE: March 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango ag class puts focus on helping feed less fortunate

Bailey Gaskins and Flint Gervais, two 14-year-old eighth graders, learned more than the importance of crop rotation and soil health in their agriculture class at Escalante Middle School. The pair,...

DATE: March 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado will open coronavirus vaccine to everyone 16 and older Friday

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced on Monday that everyone in the state age 16 and older will be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine starting on Friday, weeks earlier than initially planned. The...

DATE: March 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Arizona declares state holiday to honor Code Talkers

PHOENIX – Arizona has a new state holiday. Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill Monday to honor Native Americans who used their language to transmit coded messages during World War II. Arizona has...

DATE: March 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

120 gather in Buckley Park to decry violence against Asians

Saying silence is equivalent to violence, more than 120 people marched down Main Avenue and gathered in Buckley Park to protest violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on Sunday. The...

DATE: March 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Funeral Mass celebrated Monday for slain Boulder officer

DENVER – A Roman Catholic funeral Mass was being celebrated Monday for a Colorado police officer shot and killed after rushing into a supermarket where a gunman had opened fire. The draped casket...

DATE: March 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

All Colorado residents eligible for COVID vaccines on Friday

DENVER – Colorado residents over age 16 will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines starting Friday, Gov. Jared Polis announced Monday. “We still anticipate by mid-to-late May ... everybody who wants...

DATE: March 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico eases vaccination process for older residents

SANTA FE – New Mexico is trying to make it even easier for residents 75 and older to get vaccinated. The state Health Department announced Monday that people in that age group will no longer need...

DATE: March 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Santa Fe officials plan for new mural amid monument debate

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — City officials are seeking proposals from artists interested in creating a new multicultural mural on two walls of a tower-like structure on Federal Place at the downtown...

DATE: March 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Off-duty Las Cruces firefighter gets bee swarm to buzz off

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A Las Cruces firefighter who is also a beekeeper is credited with safely removing a swarm of bees found inside a parked car. City of Las Cruces spokesman Dan Trujillo says the...

DATE: March 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado serviceman recounts 341 days at sea during pandemic

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Christian Flores and thousands of others on the USS Nimitz sailed through the Persian Gulf and the South China Sea last year. But, they never left the aircraft carrier...

DATE: March 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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