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Colorado leads way with mail-in ballots, secretary of state says

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold visited Durango on Tuesday touting the benefits of the state’s long-established mail-in voting system. With COVID-19 rapidly changing electoral processes...

DATE: Sept. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southern Ute tribe pursues justice with help from federal grant

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe is one of five tribes to receive financial assistance from the federal government to tackle one of the biggest barriers to justice for Native Americans: criminal...

DATE: Sept. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

County may shut down Purple Cliffs camp for homeless residents

La Plata County commissioners expressed support Wednesday for shutting down the temporary camp for homeless residents at Purple Cliffs in an attempt to force the city of Durango to make good on a...

DATE: Sept. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

69 Durango High School students begin self-quarantine

Sixty-nine students in three cohorts at Durango High School have begun self-quarantines at their homes after coming in contact with a district employee exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms but whose test...

DATE: Sept. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Peace marchers and Patriot riders converge at Cortez City Hall

Members of the Walk for Justice and Peace and the Montezuma County Patriots attended a Cortez City Council meeting Tuesday night to address an incident that occurred on Saturday during their...

DATE: Sept. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

CHSAA sticks with move to spring for high school football

Twenty-four hours after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado High School Activities Association announced they would reconsider the possibility of high school football being played this fall...

DATE: Sept. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Durango man arrested on suspected assault during violent Oregon protest

A 53-year-old Durango man taking part in a right-wing rally for President Donald Trump in Salem, Oregon, on Monday was arrested for allegedly assaulting a counterprotester, according to law...

DATE: Sept. 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pedestrian’s death on U.S. Highway 550 ruled a suicide

The driver of a vehicle that killed a female pedestrian on U.S. Highway 550 north of Durango last week will not be charged after authorities determined that the woman’s death was a suicide. The...

DATE: Sept. 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Polis, CHSAA indicate high school football could start in fall

Football was on the mind of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis during his press conference Tuesday in Denver. The Denver Broncos are slated to play the season opener next week on Monday Night Football...

DATE: Sept. 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Durango financial expert sees gold values rising higher

David McAlvany would never be so crass as to tell you he told you so, but the CEO of McAlvany Wealth Management, figured years ago gold was set to catch fire – but if you’re worried you’ve missed...

DATE: Sept. 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Wildfire smoke prompts air-quality alert for Southwest Colorado

Southwest Colorado residents woke up Monday to a red sun and hazy air caused by out-of-state wildfires that prompted an air-quality alert, according to the National Weather Service. An air-quality...

DATE: Sept. 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tomac crashes at Redbud 2 in Michigan, climbs into fifth place

Eli Tomac of Cortez, struggling to make a comeback Monday, raced into fifth place overall after crashing and falling to the back of the field in the second 450cc motocross at the Redbud National in...

DATE: Sept. 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: More Sports

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