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Is ‘dismal’ the best education New Mexicans can expect?

Wilhelmina Yazzie decided to sue the state of New Mexico after years of frustration with her son’s education. Parents were asked to donate old socks to wipe the dry-erase boards. Students weren’t...

DATE: Aug. 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Rare weather phenomenon casts strange light over Southwest Colorado

No, the skies above Southwest Colorado on Wednesday aren’t a sign of a coming armageddon, though given everything that’s happened in 2020, perhaps it wouldn’t be all that surprising. Instead, the...

DATE: Aug. 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan Mountains take beating this summer from off-roading

With trips to the backcountry increasing this year, in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic making the outdoors a popular destination, more people are illegally driving off-road, damaging fragile...

DATE: Aug. 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Church offers free backpacks, school supplies to students

FARMINGTON – New Mexico students may be starting the school year online, but school supplies are still needed for at-home learning. CopperRidge Church seeks to fill that need by partnering with...

DATE: Aug. 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Farmington woman dies in crash Monday

A 54-year-old Farmington woman died in a car crash Monday in front of the Dollar General in Bloomfield, according to the New Mexico State Police. State Police spokesman Ray Wilson said in a...

DATE: Aug. 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado bans open fires as state battles four wildfires

DENVER – Gov. Jared Polis issued a 30-day ban on open fires such as campfires, fireworks and other open sources of ignition on Tuesday as the state battles four separate wildfires. The ban does not...

DATE: Aug. 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

CDOT to break ground on $98.6 million U.S. Highway 550 realignment

The Colorado Department of Transportation will begin construction this month on realigning U.S. Highway 550 to connect with the Grandview interchange in south Durango. The project will complete the...

DATE: Aug. 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hundreds line up for TV casting call in Mancos

More than 200 people showed up at a casting call for the pilot of a new television series on Tuesday. Local novelist Chuck Greaves and well-known television and film director Félix Enríquez Alcalá...

DATE: Aug. 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County keeps acreage, river restrictions in Dolores Valley

Montezuma County Commissioners decided no major changes will be made to the Dolores River Valley land use code for limiting density and protecting water quality. During a well-attended public...

DATE: Aug. 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Heat wave sets three consecutive daily records in Cortez

Record high temperatures are searing Cortez and the Four Corners. A strong area of high pressure over Utah continues to block monsoon moisture from reaching the Four Corners, said James Andrus,...

DATE: Aug. 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Archuleta County cools talk of leaving San Juan Basin Public Health

Archuleta County commissioners tamped down rhetoric Tuesday about leaving San Juan Basin Public Health, but said the county will continue to form a task force to look into whether it should start...

DATE: Aug. 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

With federal regulations rolled back, New Mexico forges ahead to curb methane

New Mexico’s governor is not happy about the Trump administration’s rollback of methane regulations for the oil and gas industry. “It is utterly disheartening and sadly unsurprising to hear once...

DATE: Aug. 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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