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Government shutdown exposes domestic violence funding woes

The country’s longest shutdown highlighted funding insecurities and strains for many domestic violence prevention organizations, at the state and local level, reliant on federal grants. The...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Citizens group for Superfund site to meet Thursday for first time

With most members set, a citizens group that aims to provide input on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund site of mining areas around Silverton will meet for the first time Thursday. In...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Frank Lockwood fired from Durango Area Tourism Office

Via an email Friday, Frank Lockwood was informed he had been terminated as executive director of the Durango Area Tourism Office, and in the same email, he was informed the board of directors would...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

How anti-trafficking efforts got lost in Washington

In late 2017, someone online offered 25-year-old Jehan a maid-service job in a town six hours from her home outside Gallup, New Mexico. She was skeptical. She’d have to leave her two children...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Escaping the sugar trap

A love affair with sugar may not be tearing you apart, but it could be taking your energy levels for a roller-coaster ride. In pursuit of a higher energy level, Brittany Baez, 34, said she gave up...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

Lady Panthers pick up ‘confidence building’ win over Monte Vista

As cheers rained down from the stands after the Montezuma-Cortez girls basketball team defeated Monte Vista, 62-50, on Jan. 25, Brianna Comisky took a step back and took it all in. Less than two...

DATE: Jan. 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Road damage, rockfall delay reopening of Mesa Verde

President Donald Trump signed a bill late Friday that reopened the federal government for three weeks, but it will take some time before Mesa Verde National Park reopens to the public. A U.S. park...

DATE: Jan. 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County’s hopes for solar power begin to dim

Three years ago, Montezuma County began an economic development campaign to attract large-scale solar farms. And while there has been progress, hurdles remain. In 2015, county commissioners rolled...

DATE: Jan. 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Three arrested in connection with stabbing at Iron Horse Inn

Durango police have arrested three people in connection with a stabbing at the Iron Horse Inn after receiving false information from two individuals about a potential suspect, who remains at large,...

DATE: Jan. 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

CSU Extension adds newsletter, social media

The Montezuma County Colorado State University Extension office has started publishing a regular newsletter and has a new presence on social media. Extension Director Kacy Riedel said the office...

DATE: Jan. 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan Mountains protection bill gets another chance

An effort to protect an estimated 52,000 acres of the San Juan Mountains in Southwest Colorado appears to have new life. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo.,...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trump and Congress agree to reopen government; Coloradans call for bipartisanship

President Donald Trump and congressional leaders reached an agreement to temporarily reopen the government and continue negotiations over the border wall on Friday, ending the country’s longest...

DATE: Jan. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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