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Colorado lists 20 virus cases from Sturgis motorcycle rally

DENVER — Colorado has reported more than 20 confirmed COVID-19 cases linked to people who attended an annual motorcycle event in Sturgis, South Dakota, earlier this month. The pandemic was expected...

DATE: Aug. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fight leads to single-vehicle crash, arrests on County Road 203

Two women were arrested for assault and another cited for driving under the influence after skirmish that resulted in a crash early Sunday on County Road 203, about four miles north of Durango,...

DATE: Aug. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

COVID-19 pandemic forces Durango’s Snowdown 2021 to cancel

Although 2020 has been a year with an onslaught of bad news, this one particularly stings: Next year’s Snowdown has been canceled. “For months we were trying to figure out how to make something...

DATE: Aug. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

30 people contacted in Silverton COVID-19 case

As of Sunday, more than 30 people had been interviewed, 16 people tested, 17 people quarantined and four people tested positive based on the contact tracing done after a COVID-19 outbreak in a...

DATE: Aug. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado College dorms quarantined after 10 students test positive for coronavirus

All three major dormitories at Colorado College are now under two-week quarantine after 10 students at the school tested positive for the coronavirus in the past week. The small, private liberal...

DATE: Aug. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Polis’ mask mandate

The Colorado Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear a lawsuit filed by a top statehouse Republican and a conservative activist challenging Gov. Jared Polis’ statewide mask mandate. The court made...

DATE: Aug. 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorful mural added to Dolores playground

Local artist Jordan Lansing has completed a creative mural on the climbing wall of the new Dolores Community Playground. The painting combines fantasy themes and nature scenes with a bridge...

DATE: Aug. 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Can Durango make alternative policing a reality?

When police officers step out of their vehicles, they may be responding to a drug overdose, domestic violence or public intoxication. The action might be a crime, but what if its root cause is...

DATE: Aug. 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Eli Tomac wins Ironman motocross in Indiana, catapults into fourth place overall

Eli Tomac of Cortez bounced back from a disappointing start to the 2020 AMA Motocross series with a convincing victory Saturday at the Ironman National in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Tomac lined up...

DATE: Aug. 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

How many nonresidents have died in Southwest Colorado from COVID-19?

While the number of Southwest Colorado residents who have died of COVID-19 remains low, now six months into the pandemic, how many out-of-state people have died at our local hospitals? It turns...

DATE: Aug. 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sales tax revenue up in Mancos despite COVID

Sales tax revenue in Mancos has increased more than 12% this year, boosted by a new law, online shopping and marijuana. Before COVID-19 became an everyday obstacle for local governments, sales tax...

DATE: Aug. 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

COVID-19 outbreak reported at Silverton business

San Juan County reported its first outbreak of COVID-19 on Friday at a Silverton business, but local health officials have declined to say where it occurred. DeAnne Gallegos, spokeswoman for the...

DATE: Aug. 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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