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Purgatory Resort has begun snowmaking for the 2020-21 season. A storm that hit the region earlier this week brought a dusting of snow to the resort north of Durango, with the summit receiving a few...

Despite the first worldwide pandemic since 1918, or maybe because of it, La Plata County is on pace to shatter voter turnout numbers in a presidential year dating to at least 1984. “I’m expecting...

The National Sanctuary Collective – Colectivo Santuario – plans to hold a news conference Wednesday to deliver a petition asking former Vice President Joe Biden to free residents living in...

The long-awaited trial for Mark Redwine, a Vallecito man accused of killing his 13-year-old son, Dylan, in 2012, begins Thursday. The homicide trial is perhaps the most high-profile case in...

A technician cuts out the lymph nodes from the bloody neck of a decapitated mule deer head, but it’s not a wildlife Halloween story. Rather Colorado Parks and Wildlife staffer Chad Johnston is...

The Colorado Charter School Institute’s board of directors unanimously approved an application for a charter school on the Ute Mountain Ute reservation Tuesday afternoon. The board will work with...

A snowstorm delivered only a glancing blow this week to Southwest Colorado – but it brought enough snow for Wolf Creek Ski Area to begin a limited opening beginning Wednesday. Roseanne Pitcher,...

Ignacio School District quarantined a cohort of fifth grade students Monday after receiving reports that one student tested positive for COVID-19. The family notified the district of the positive...

The U.S. Senate voted largely along party lines Monday night to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court, securing what many view as a 6-3 conservative majority on...

A security camera captured video of a mountain lion passing through a residential backyard in Dolores Sunday night. The home on Short Street backs up to open space at the base of Granath Mesa. It...

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 Board of Education virtual meeting on Oct. 20 shut down early after members of the community unmuted themselves to yell a threat and comments directed at board member...