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The world’s oldest COVID-19 survivor?

ALBUQUERQUE — At 108, Phil Corio is certainly one of the oldest people in New Mexico and the U.S. But now the Los Ranchos resident has a new claim to fame: he just might be the oldest person in the...

DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

CPW approves grants for motorized trails

At its virtual meeting May 6, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission unanimously approved the 2020-2021 OHV Trail Grant funding award recommendations for $4.273 million to fund 60 trail...

DATE: May 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

A rainy Monday expected in Southwest Colorado

Rain is expected Monday in Southwest Colorado after weeks of dry weather leading to heightened fire danger in the San Juan National Forest. Megan Stackhouse, meteorologist with the National Weather...

DATE: May 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Longtime Mancos resident turns 100

A longtime Mancos resident turns 100 on Saturday, May 16, and her family members hope to mobilize 100 people to send her birthday cards in honor of the occasion. Betty Mauler is an active church...

DATE: May 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County reports its first confirmed COVID-19 death

La Plata County has its first confirmed COVID-19-related death, San Juan Basin Public Health announced Saturday. The adult resident marks the first lab-confirmed person to die from the disease in...

DATE: May 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

LWCF, abandoned mine cleanup could be part of next COVID-19 stimulus bill

As Colorado works to rebuild its economy from the novel coronavirus, elected officials in Southwest Colorado, lawmakers in Congress and Western advocacy groups say permanent funding for the Land...

DATE: May 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Salons, shops and offices take baby step in return to normalcy

Businesses in Durango took tentative steps Friday to emerge from government-ordered restrictions and shutdowns put in place to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. A week after most other...

DATE: May 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Donated pet food arrives in Cortez for residents, Ute Mountain Utes

To help support pet owners during the coronavirus pandemic, the Colorado Pet Pantry has donated 15 tons of pet food to For Pets’ Sake and the Ute Mountain Ute tribe. A semitrailer stacked with 32...

DATE: May 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

GOP official alleges caucus results in Weld County tainted by fraud

By John Frank The Colorado Sun An aide to U.S. Rep. Ken Buck and three other Weld County Republican Party officials are accused of election fraud and corruption as part of a scheme to alter the...

DATE: May 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Polis: Colorado can shut down meatpackers despite Trump’s order

Gov. Jared Polis on Friday said he believes Colorado can still shut down meatpacking plants where there are outbreaks of the new coronavirus, even after an order from President Donald Trump...

DATE: May 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘The Blacksmith’ opera rescheduled for October

After being canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the long-awaited Blacksmith Opera has been rescheduled for October. “The Blacksmith” is a two-act French comic opera that has been updated...

DATE: May 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Nesting birds halt construction work on Hermosa Creek bridge

The discovery of nesting birds on the Hermosa Creek bridge north of Durango has postponed work on U.S. Highway 550. The American dipper nest is protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty...

DATE: May 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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