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Will 2020 be the year Colorado bans plastic bags, Styrofoam and other single-use plastics?

The town of Avon did something daring in January: It banned expanded polystyrene food containers, a.k.a. Styrofoam. The move made the town the first community in Colorado to forbid such take-out...

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

Local artist Lille Diane will lead journal workshops

The Mancos Public Library will host a series of art journal workshops starting next month. Local artist Lille Diane will lead a six-week course, showing attendees styles of journaling and...

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

Water dock repaired

The Dolores water dock has been repaired and went back in service Feb. 14. Damage from vandalism forced the unit to close Feb. 6. Somebody pried up the base plate, which disabled the coin operator...

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

Rico mine owner sues to cover cleanup costs

For nearly 10 years, Atlantic Richfield Co. has been cleaning up the Rico-Argentine Mine site along the Dolores River as part of a 2011 Environmental Protection Agency removal order. Now, Arco...

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

Fracking and marijuana divide Democratic candidates for president

The race for the Democratic presidential nomination focuses on the big issues: health care, education, climate change – and who is best positioned to take on President Donald Trump in November....

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

Florida man gets lifetime ban after poaching in Colorado

Two Florida hunters who illegally killed mule deer and pronghorns will probably never hunt in Colorado again. The two men pleaded guilty in 2018 in a poaching operation that killed at least three...

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

Skier at Purgatory who died after hitting tree ID’d

The 70-year-old Dallas man who hit a tree and died Saturday while skiing at Purgatory Resort was identified Sunday as Joel Eastman. Eastman hit a tree around 1:15 p.m. Saturday between Lift 3 and...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos Valley Resources’ Project of the Year will be Giving Tree

The Mancos Valley Resources has named its Project of the Year to be the Giving Tree. This was the 22nd year for the Mancos Giving Tree project, a holiday tradition in which local residents can pick...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Three teens questioned in Farmington, Durango property damage spree

FARMINGTON – A spree of more than 80 property damage claims this weekend brought the Farmington Police Department, Durango Police Department and San Juan County Sheriff’s Office together to find...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Exotic – and illegal – catfish found in the Animas River

Did you illegally dump an exotic catfish into the Animas River? If so, officers with Colorado Parks and Wildlife would like to have a quick conversation with you. “That is such a huge, huge...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local wrestlers qualify for state tournament

From the time that they begin competing at the peewee level, most wrestlers dream of one day competing in a high school state tournament. Now, after solid performances at their respective regional...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

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