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Update: Deputy, recruit recovering after close call with chase suspect

A man on Sunday led officers from multiple agencies on a high-speed, 50-mile chase through Dolores and Mancos before he crashed and was arrested on U.S. Highway 160 east of Cortez. A deputy and a...

DATE: March 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Storm heads to Southwest Colorado; Red Mountain Pass remains closed

Another storm is anticipated to move in Sunday night and remain through Wednesday night, bringing snow to the high country and rain to Southwest Colorado’s river valleys, according to the National...

DATE: March 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Two bodies found at residence south of Oxford

Two people were found dead inside a residence south of Oxford after SWAT teams from the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office and the Durango Police Department were called to assist the Southern Ute...

DATE: March 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Red Mountain pass may open next week

Red Mountain pass will remain closed through the weekend as state crews work to clear the U.S. Highway 550 of snow and debris from avalanche mitigation done earlier this week. The Colorado...

DATE: March 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Doctors tout direct primary care

With the penalty for dropping health insurance or a noncompliant Affordable Care Act policy set at $0, alternatives are expanding and, in some ways, Durango is ahead of the curve. Direct primary...

DATE: March 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Eli Tomac starts fast, dominates Daytona Supercross

Eli Tomac of Cortez broke fast from the gate and quickly raced to the lead for a dominating win Saturday night in the 450 Supercross at Daytona International Speedway. The win catapulted him from...

DATE: March 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Democrats charge ahead to take on Sen. Cory Gardner

Entrants into the Democratic primary to take on U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner are likely to be numerous, perhaps more than double the seven entrants now announced, according to two observers of Democratic...

DATE: March 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sabido living ‘in a very challenging time’ in Mancos sanctuary

After 600 days in sanctuary at the Mancos United Methodist Church, Rosa Sabido said she needs an answer. Days before a vigil on Saturday, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton denied Sabido’s request for the...

DATE: March 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bill would expand Yucca House National Monument

Yucca House National Monument south of Cortez would grow six times larger under legislation introduced last week in Congress. U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton and Sen. Cory Gardner, both Colorado...

DATE: March 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

They painted in the canyons: Archaic artists created compelling images 5,000 years ago

Of the thousands of Native American rock-art panels in the Southwest, none are older than the Barrier Canyon pictographs found throughout the Colorado Plateau and concentrated along rivers,...

DATE: March 9, 2019 | COLUMN: Gulliford's travels

State lawmakers consider tougher financial oversight on hard-rock mining

Colorado senators gave initial approval to a bill last week that would make Colorado the first western hard-rock mining state to ban the practice of self-bonding, a controversial financial surety...

DATE: March 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Former Dolores County deputy sentenced in child sex assaults

Former Dolores County Sheriff’s Office deputy Joshua Hemphill was sentenced in February in two separate Colorado judicial districts to 15 years to life for sexual offenses against children....

DATE: March 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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