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New Mexico, Colorado get fired up over hot peppers

ALBUQUERQUE – “It’s on!” New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she’s ready for a culinary duel with her neighbors to the north after the governor of Colorado proclaimed on social media that...

DATE: July 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

Self-described ‘prowler’ charged in connection with break-ins

A Bayfield man who police say habitually broke into Durango homes for at least a year was charged Friday with at least two counts of trespassing and three counts of possession of a controlled...

DATE: July 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez council considers regulations for marijuana businesses

The city of Cortez is considering an ordinance to allow businesses to produce and sell edible marijuana products. The issue arose at a recent City Council work session after Oliver Scott-Tomlin,...

DATE: July 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Silverton’s Fourth of July out of control, officials say

After a chaotic and dangerous Fourth of July celebration, Silverton’s flagship event of the year must make drastic changes, event organizers say. San Juan County Sheriff Bruce Conrad said...

DATE: July 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rep. DeGette to visit Cortez to pitch massive wilderness bill

A U.S. congresswoman from Denver said she will travel to Southwest Colorado in August to pitch a vast wilderness protection bill to local officials after a Montezuma County commissioner vehemently...

DATE: July 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Congress hears Montezuma County’s wilderness bill concerns

Montezuma County Commissioner Keenan Ertel testified against the proposed Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 to a Congressional Natural Resources subcommittee Wednesday in Washington, D.C. But, in a...

DATE: July 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Attacker stabbed in melee is sentenced

A Durango man admitted Thursday to threatening another man with a deadly weapon before being stabbed in the leg with a knife. Ian Taylor, 27, threatened Brian Picard with a makeshift cane in the...

DATE: July 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango Independent Film Festival, Animas City Theatre present Hitchcock on the big screen

When it comes to classic suspense movies, it doesn’t get better than Alfred Hitchcock. Unless, of course, it’s free Alfred Hitchcock. On the big screen. In an air-conditioned movie theater. Durango...

DATE: July 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Woman injured in fall rescued from La Plata Canyon

A 23-year-old woman who fell about 20 feet in La Plata Canyon near the waterfall at the turnoff to Columbus Basin was loaded onto a Flight for Life helicopter shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday for...

DATE: July 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

48-hour bonding would pinch county budgets

As part of Colorado’s new Prompt Pretrial Liberty and Fairness law, officials with the Montezuma County Combined Courts are required to study the costs for holding weekend court services. According...

DATE: July 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan County sheriff cracks down on illegal off-roading

San Juan County’s sheriff is cracking down on illegal off-roading in the high country around Silverton. “If you can’t properly use your toys in San Juan County, we’re going to take your toys away...

DATE: July 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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