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Head-on crash reported on Red Mountain Pass

Authorities responded to a head-on crash Wednesday evening on U.S. Highway 550, north of Silverton on Red Mountain Pass, resulting in injuries. San Juan County Sheriff Bruce Conrad said the two-car...

DATE: Feb. 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Electric bills delayed because of storm in Texas

FARMINGTON – Electric utility bills will be delivered late to some Farmington customers this week as a result of the winter storm that hit most of the United States and left hundreds of thousands...

DATE: Feb. 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Man arrested after slow-speed RV chase in Cortez is charged

Formal charges were brought Thursday in Montezuma County Court against the man who led police on a slow-speed RV chase through Cortez earlier this month. The highest offenses that Kevin Ritter, 41,...

DATE: Feb. 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Seventh Democrat announces bid to unseat Lauren Boebert

State Rep. Donald Valdez is running to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert next year, becoming the seventh Democrat and the second state lawmaker to jump into the 3rd Congressional District...

DATE: Feb. 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Demons ride dominant first half to convincing win over M-CHS

Although an eerily quiet gym with less than 50 fans in attendance made a contest Wednesday between the Durango and M-CHS boys basketball teams sound more like an afternoon practice than one of...

DATE: Feb. 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Durango girls basketball team races past M-CHS

Determined to put his team in the driver’s seat from the start, Durango High School girls basketball coach Tim Fitzpatrick implemented a full-court press throughout much of the first half of his...

DATE: Feb. 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

San Juan Regional Medical Center lowers requirements for COVID-19 antibody treatment

FARMINGTON – San Juan Regional Medical Center announced updates to the criteria to qualify for the monoclonal antibody therapy treatment for COVID-19 to expand access to patients who could benefit...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Main lift at Purgatory Resort resumes service after chair-spacing problem

Purgatory Resort’s main chairlift, Purgatory Village Express Lift 1, went down with a chair-spacing issue Monday but resumed service about 12:45 p.m. Thursday. Amanda Anderson, marketing director...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Shiprock man sentenced for assault on law enforcement officer

FARMINGTON – A 33-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison for assaulting a law enforcement officer. According to U.S. Department of Justice court records, on Jan. 22, 2020, Derrick...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Sens. Bennet, Kaine reintroduce Medicare-X Choice Act

U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Tim Kaine announced Wednesday they are reintroducing the Medicare-X Choice Act. Bennet, D-Colo., introduced the act in the Senate in 2017 and again in 2019. Kaine,...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Colorado’s Hesperus Ski Area reopens

The Hesperus Ski Area is open again, thanks to over a foot of fresh snow and lower temperatures. On Thursday and Friday, the lift will start turning again for night skiing, then throughout the...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County releases new vaccination numbers

Montezuma County’s effort to vaccinate as many people as possible has made some headway. According to the Montezuma County Health Department, 5,559 people have received their first dose of the...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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