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Protesters return to home of public health director in Durango

Protesters returned to the home of San Juan Basin Public Heath Executive Director Liane Jollon on Sunday, according to the Durango Police Department. A group of about 20 protesters first gathered...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Record low Lake Powell and bad forecast set stage for water cuts

The dry 2020 and the lack of snow this season has water managers in seven states preparing for the first time for cutbacks outlined in drought contingency plans drafted two years ago. A sobering...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Biden’s pause on oil and gas splits conservationists, industry

Conservationists are cheering the Biden administration’s 60-day pause on new energy development on public lands as a chance to overhaul an antiquated leasing program that has not been modified in...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores twins carry on family’s rodeo traditions

Born moments apart 12 years ago, Dolores Middle School students Jaida Woody and Rylee Woody have enjoyed a bond that only twins can share. Now, after years riding around rodeo arenas and watching...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Sanctuary movement will call on Biden to free Rosa Sabido, others in sanctuary

Leaders of the National Sanctuary Collective will hold a virtual news conference Tuesday calling on President Joe Biden to free about 45 people who are in the country illegally and have taken up...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Driver identified in last week’s fatal crash on U.S. Highway 550

A 66-year-old man from Grand Junction died in a three-vehicle crash Friday night that closed the mountain passes between Durango and Silverton for about five hours. Colorado State Patrol Capt....

DATE: Jan. 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

More snow expected Monday evening and Tuesday in Cortez

A third punch from a low-pressure system that has fed snow over Southwest Colorado since last week is expected to arrive Monday evening and could bring up to 2 inches to Cortez before it departs...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pair of bald eagles buck migration trend, calling Durango home

An effort to track eagle movements in Southwest Colorado, spearheaded by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, has given new insight into just how far the iconic birds migrate across the continent. “We...

DATE: Jan. 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango photographer Branson Reynolds dies at 74

Durango photographer Branson Reynolds, known for his love the mountains, deserts, rivers and Indigenous people of the Four Corners, died Jan. 14 after suffering complications from heart surgery....

DATE: Jan. 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snow expected through Tuesday in Southwest Colorado

A multiple-day storm brought a second wave snow into Southwest Colorado early Sunday, and a third burst of powder is expected Monday evening before the storm clears the area. A high-pressure ridge...

DATE: Jan. 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Inside La Plata County’s community COVID-19 vaccination site

On Saturday, visitors to the La Plata County Fairgrounds saw the Exhibition Hall transformed into a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination distribution facility. About 300 people received the vaccine...

DATE: Jan. 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Eli Tomac surges in series standings after Houston 3 Supercross

Eli Tomac of Cortez raced into fourth place in the AMA Supercross standings after finishing fifth Saturday in the 450 class race at NRG Stadium in Houston. He entered the main event in sixth place...

DATE: Jan. 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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