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Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases, La Plata County is now reporting a total of seven active outbreaks throughout workplaces, restaurants, bars and schools. The Colorado Department of Public Health and...

The Bureau of Land Management is conducting prescribed pile burning in several locations in the Tres Rios Field Office this week. In the Dry Creek Basin area 15 miles southwest of Norwood, the BLM...

Here is a list of COVID-19 testing sites available in La Plata County and the region: Southwest Health System Southwest Memorial Hospital, 1311 North Mildred St., Cortez, offers COVID-19 testing in...

A convoy of cars adorned with American flags and signs paid tribute to veterans Wednesday on Main Avenue in Durango, a scaled-down and COVID-19-friendly version of the annual Veterans Day parade....

Stephen Bass approached Andy Sovick last year with a plan for writing a guide to snowmobile-access skiing around one of the most popular backcountry destinations in Colorado: Buffalo Pass near...

Hundreds of veterans and their supporters turned out for the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Cortez Wednesday afternoon. All the local veteran groups joined in, said organizer and veteran...

The Cortez City Council passed a resolution Tuesday strongly encouraging mask wearing in public places after the Montezuma County Health Department and Southwest Memorial Hospital expressed concern...

A state public health order has simplified the state’s level system to use a commonly understood color code system. As Colorado coronavirus cases rise, some counties are instituting tighter...

This holiday season, a Christmas tree from a remote part of western Colorado will glow in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. But first, it’s got to get there. Resting in a giant cradle...

A flavorful new pizza place with an Italian-based crust has opened in Cortez. In August, Southwest Pizza moved into a remodeled storefront at 1430 E. Main St., around the corner from Thai Cortez....

On Monday, more than 120 people used the drive-thru testing site at Southwest Memorial Hospital – the most people the hospital has tested in a day. Last week, health officials reported 70 new...