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Staff from Mancos and Dolores schools will receive their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine Thursday afternoon. Mancos schools will let out at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, the last day of classes...

President Joe Biden is expected to sign into law a wide-ranging, $1.9 trillion coronavirus economic aid bill next week after it clears Congress. Colorado and Coloradans would be dramatically...

The Dolores River Festival has been canceled again because of COVID-19 restrictions, but there will be live music, drive-in movies and dancing in the streets this summer and fall in Dolores. State...

A sweeping bill that would extend federal civil rights protections to LGBTQ people is a top priority of President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress. Yet as the Equality Act heads to the Senate...

Just two new COVID-19 outbreaks were reported this week in La Plata County, one at a local retailer and another among a college sports team. Every week, the Colorado Department of Public Health and...

An effort to restore the forests of Wolf Creek Pass has planted nearly 200,000 trees since 2019. Gretchen Fitzgerald, a former forester with the San Juan National Forest, said the forests atop Wolf...

Top Democratic and Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday joined Gov. Jared Polis to unveil the broad strokes of a roughly $700 million state economic stimulus plan, which includes $170 million...

The green mountains are (really) poised for a comeback next year. Colorado lawmakers are quickly advancing legislation that would make the state’s retro license plates — green mountains instead of...

A bill that would require Coloradans to report a lost or stolen firearm within five days of realizing that it’s missing passed the state Senate on Wednesday along party lines, putting it on a...

A former Montezuma County sheriff sergeant faces felony gun charges after firing at a suspect in a fatal car chase and shootout in McElmo Canyon in 2018. In September, the 22nd Judicial District...

In an effort to attract and retain quality teachers, Dolores School District Re-4A will move to a four-day school week next school year. The Dolores School District Board of Education approved the...