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Senate Finance Committee takes aim at rising drug costs

A majority of Coloradans believe prescription drug prices should be more transparent, as the Senate Finance Committee expressed bipartisan support this week to decrease the costs of drugs. Lowing...

DATE: Feb. 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

National parks rush to repair damage after shutdown

SALT LAKE CITY – National parks across the United States are scrambling to clean up and repair damage that visitors and storms caused during the recent government shutdown while bracing for the...

DATE: Feb. 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango airport plans to purchase property for expansion

The city announced Friday that the Durango-La Plata County Airport plans to buy land and two commercial buildings across the street from the airport to expand. The contract includes a $3.9 million...

DATE: Feb. 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Cortez finance director brings private sector experience

Ben Burkett has been away from home for about 18 years. Now, he’s back in Cortez with a prominent job as the city’s finance director. In mid-January, Burkett, a Montezuma-Cortez High School and...

DATE: Feb. 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Giant transport load rolls through Cortez at noon

Downtown Cortez got an unusual glimpse of oversized Chinese manufacturing on Friday when a 200-foot-long transport rolled down Main Street, stretching nearly the length of a city block. According...

DATE: Feb. 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Arches and Canyonlands reopen, get financial help from a friend

Arches and Canyonlands National Parks have resumed operations this week following the end of the partial federal government shutdown. Both park facilities are back to normal winter operations with...

DATE: Jan. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man who drunkenly ran over two pedestrians given amended sentence

A Durango man sentenced to two years in community corrections and 10 years of probation for running over two pedestrians while driving drunk was given a reduced sentence Thursday, but with a...

DATE: Jan. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man suspected of attempted murder, pulling knife on police

A Durango man is suspected of attempting to strangle a woman and threatening police officers with a knife Thursday, resulting in law enforcement using a K-9 unit and a Taser gun to subdue the...

DATE: Jan. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango airport passenger numbers up in 2018, despite 416 Fire

Commercial passenger traffic at the Durango-La Plata County Airport increased to 378,876 combined arrivals and departures in 2018, an increase of 6,549 passengers, or 1.8 percent, compared with...

DATE: Jan. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

After assault charges, man back in custody for two violations

A Dolores man charged with assault and false imprisonment in early January was back in court Wednesday for failing to appear in court to apply for a public defender and violating a protection...

DATE: Jan. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Search teams, family looking for missing Towaoc man

Search teams and family members are looking for Arnold Dean House, a Towaoc man who has been missing since Dec. 24. House, 49, is often seen walking or hitchhiking along U.S. Highway 491 between...

DATE: Jan. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Update: Cortez councilman flown to Grand Junction after collision

A violent two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon injured Cortez City Councilman Mike Lavey, who was recovering Wednesday at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction. The crash occurred at the...

DATE: Jan. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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