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A coal seam fire has been discovered burning underground 15 miles northeast of Dolores on the San Juan National Forest. Forest Service personnel discovered the fire Oct. 9. It is burning along a...
DATE: Oct. 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
AZTEC – On the stage of a darkened high school auditorium, 50 people inhaled, pulling the oxygen deep into their lungs. With a 1-2-3 count, they audibly exhaled, sending a few of the candles...
DATE: Oct. 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Thomas Parks came looking for camaraderie and got a free haircut. Glen Baumert came looking for warm socks and got to showoff his 2½-year-old Great Dane, Sweetheart. Parks and Baumert were expected...
DATE: Oct. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A few chances to reverse Southwest Colorado’s prolonged dry spell are on the way Friday through Sunday. The National Weather Service in Grand Junction is reporting two weather systems making their...
DATE: Oct. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
FARMINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management is treating roughly 9,000 acres of sagebrush in northwestern New Mexico, the agency announced this week. The program, part of the 2005 Restore New Mexico...
DATE: Oct. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Multiple vehicles were broken into last weekend in the Durango West II subdivision, with several items of value being stolen, and in at least one case, someone attempting to steal a vehicle,...
DATE: Oct. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Cortez Fire Protection District would like to offset the destructive effects of the Gallagher Amendment, which pegs residential mill levies to the statewide ratio of residential and commercial...
DATE: Oct. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Monday was Indigenous Peoples Day. While it is meant to honor Native Americans especially, it also honors indigenous peoples everywhere, and – most importantly – the indigeneity in all of us. The...
DATE: Oct. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I am one who wants so much to have better schools in Colorado – and voting Yes on Proposition CC is a way to make that happen. No one and no government is perfect, but we have a chance to work...
DATE: Oct. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Teachers are at the heart of a community. They begin classroom learning, and at each step of the way, help growing minds take in what they need to make life successful and enjoyable. The...
DATE: Oct. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials