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In defiance of gravity, water from the Animas River is piped 600 feet up the hillside from Santa Rita Park to Lake Nighthorse reservoir.The pumps are so powerful that they could suck the Animas...
DATE: March 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News
For the first time in its 102-year history, Fort Lewis College will offer a graduate degree, a master of arts in education, teacher leadership.The college recently got approval from the Higher...
DATE: Jan. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News
Social Security is celebrating its 77th anniversary this week since President Franklin Roosevelt signed the landmark welfare act into law Aug. 14, 1935.On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet,...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
Aficionados making beer out of their house created the craft brew industry, but now theyre leaving the country to get ahead in an increasingly competitive field.Jeff Albarella, 35, credited...
DATE: Aug. 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News
Turkeys, rabbits and a 200-pound sow named Candy inhabit the backyard of Nathan and Julie Harris home off County Road 216 in southern La Plata County.Their 16-year-old daughter, Samantha, is...
DATE: March 1, 2012 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
Like the ancient cliff dwellers of Mesa Verde, Native Americans once lived in pueblos around the base of the Castle Rock butte in McElmo Canyon.Though not nearly so well known as their Mesa Verde...
DATE: Feb. 7, 2012 | CATEGORY: Living
Her husband, Al Woody, calls Walmart an oasis of affordable shopping in a town as expensive to live as Durango. Rebecca Ballesteros appreciates a bargain too, but doesnt always like going in...
DATE: Jan. 10, 2012 | CATEGORY: Business
