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A road trip through New Mexico’s atomic past

Refueling 16-wheelers, a cloudless blue sky and an asphalt parking lot that blurs into the brown scrub beyond the intersection of two highways: If you’re headed north from White Sands National...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

A day of fiction

The Mancos School of the West is taking a literary turn in a few weeks, with a fiction-writing workshop led by author Lisa C. Taylor. Taylor uses characters to drive her writing, hence the class...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos approves Capital Improvement Plan

The Mancos Town Board of Trustees recently approved a Capital Improvement Plan to guide departments through 2025. The five-year plan is intended to help anchor various divisions in multi-year goals...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Endangered Mexican wolves blamed for livestock deaths

ALBUQUERQUE — It’s shaping up to be a deadly year for livestock in the American Southwest as the number of cows and calves killed by Mexican gray wolves has skyrocketed, aggravating an already...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores boating release ending, but it could restart in mid-June

A 10-day whitewater release from McPhee Dam into the Lower Dolores River will end this week, but another release may come in mid-June, according to reservoir managers. The pause in the spill is a...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores dog breeders take steps to reduce noise

After taking steps to reduce noise, a dog breeding facility north of Dolores was granted a commercial permit by Montezuma County commissioners. Rocky Mountain Malamutes operates on a 12-acre ranch...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local rancher welcomes end to Japanese beef embargo

WASHINGTON – Japan has lifted restrictions on U.S. beef imports, ending a partial embargo stemming from a 2003 mad cow disease outbreak, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced earlier this...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man found dead in La Plata County Jail

Sheriff’s deputies found a man dead in the La Plata County Jail on Sunday, prompting an investigation by the Durango Police Department, the county coroner said. A 21-year-old inmate died by...

DATE: May 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Update: Crew blasts boulder blocking Colorado 145

A crew Sunday night blasted one of two boulders that shut down Colorado Highway 145 north of Dolores since Friday, and built a temporary road to allow traffic through. Trucks hauled way the rubble...

DATE: May 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Memorial Day in Montezuma County

Memorial Day ceremonies were held Monday at the Cortez cemetery and American Legion Post 75. A wreath honoring fallen soldiers at sea was placed on the Dolores River during an event in Dolores....

DATE: May 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Historic business signs buck a politically correct world

In a battle of societal forces with homage to the past duking it out with adaption to en vogue politically correct aesthetics, honoring the past appears the hands-down victor – at least as far as...

DATE: May 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Three boats with mussels found trying to enter Navajo State Park

Three boats carrying invasive mussels were found trying to get onto Navajo Lake in the past month, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. “Colorado is surrounded by states where waters are...

DATE: May 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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