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Should marijuana shops be eligible for federal relief aid?

The federal government classifies cannabis as a Schedule 1 controlled substance, right up there with LSD, heroin and ecstasy. Yet, many state governments have legalized the drug for medical and...

DATE: May 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Target Rental opens new shop in Cortez

Whether you’re building, landscaping, remodeling or repairing, the new Target Rental in Cortez has the construction equipment to get the job done. The new shop on 5 acres is located at 1480...

DATE: May 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores Fire Protection District election is today

Today is the mill levy and board election for the Dolores Fire Protection District. Ballots were mailed out to residents within the district, and must be dropped off by 7 p.m., May 5, to the...

DATE: May 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

State workers fear worst as Colorado lawmakers begin slashing budget

Two weeks after she tested positive for COVID-19, Brandi Axelsen is still waiting for her symptoms to subside so she can return to work. The licensed psychiatric technician works for the state of...

DATE: May 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Telemedicine is gaining popularity in remote Southwest Colorado

With strict social-distancing rules intact across the state, health care providers are adapting to telehealth visits for minor care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health practitioners in Colorado...

DATE: May 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Up in the Durango sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane ... it’s a satellite ‘train’?

Since December, Michael Cobb has been checking the night skies above Animas City to observe a line of light dots. While he’s sure they’re not alien craft beginning their invasion of Earth, he was...

DATE: May 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Will Colorado step in to provide coronavirus aid to immigrants in U.S. illegally?

Alaina Silva met her husband in a crowded sushi restaurant in downtown Denver in 2011. He was the sushi chef behind the bar, wearing a black chef’s coat and apron that crisscrossed behind his back....

DATE: May 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado Democrats abandon 2020 effort to pass public health insurance

Democrats in the Colorado legislature on Monday said they are setting aside their contentious effort this year to pass a bill creating a public health insurance option . The prime backers of the...

DATE: May 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

When skiing stopped, so did pooping, and wastewater workers faced a pile of problems

On March 15, the day after ski resorts in Colorado were ordered to close, water treatment workers in Vail and Aspen scrambled to deal with a drastic drop in wastewater flowing into plants. “In...

DATE: May 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Coloradan honored after coronavirus death while volunteering in New York

DENVER — A retired Colorado paramedic who died from coronavirus after volunteering to help combat the pandemic in New York City was being honored Sunday as his body was returned to Denver. Paul...

DATE: May 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man wanted for shooting at officers is caught south of Cortez

A Utah man wanted for allegedly shooting at law enforcement last week and fleeing the scene was captured Sunday south of Cortez. The FBI said Cecil Vijil was spotted about 7 p.m. Sunday walking...

DATE: May 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

More than 300 people tested for COVID-19 at La Plata County Fairgrounds

Trisha Rickey was worried she might have been exposed to COVID-19 when her son came down with a severe sore throat, a high fever and a cough in March. Anne DiZenzo was simply curious and thinks the...

DATE: May 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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