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Mancos OKs cost of bridge project; charging station moves forward

The Mancos Town Board approved several motions in its meeting Wednesday, including one to accept the updated cost estimate for the planned Main Street bridge replacement project and one for Town...

DATE: Aug. 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan Brewfest marks 20 years of beer

The San Juan Brewfest is celebrating two decades as the largest beer fest in the Four Corners on Saturday, but it’s still just shy of drinking age. “It’s almost legal. In one more year, it will be...

DATE: Aug. 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living

Montezuma-Cortez CMAS scores improve; SATs dip

Elementary and middle school students in Montezuma-Cortez schools showed improvement in English and math test scores, according to results released last week by the Colorado Department of...

DATE: Aug. 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez school board will not ask for mill levy increase

The Montezuma-Cortez Board of Education has decided against asking voters for a mill levy increase in November. The unanimous vote was made at Tuesday’s regular meeting after a discussion concluded...

DATE: Aug. 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College alum ready to rebuild M-CHS team

After he was hired to coach Montezuma-Cortez High School’s boys soccer team earlier this year, Dawson Emrich looked at his team’s projected roster and pored over the program’s recent results. In...

DATE: Aug. 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Tribes to rebury ancient remains found by hiker near Dolores

Native American tribal leaders with ancestral ties to the region will conduct a reburial ceremony for ancient human remains found near Dolores on the San Juan National Forest, officials say....

DATE: Aug. 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Five Southwest Colorado firms on fast track to growth

Daudi Barnes is looking for an investment of $4 million to $5 million to revolutionize the way rocket thrusters are designed and manufactured through his firm, Agile Space Propulsion Co., located...

DATE: Aug. 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Splish splash: Bear takes a dip

The Durango Herald reader Davitt Armstrong shared this video captured by a game camera of a bear taking a bath in his decorative pond off County Road 206 in July.

DATE: Aug. 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos Planning and Zoning reviews Comprehensive Plan

At the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting last week, commission members continued to review and discuss the Comprehensive Plan for the town of Mancos. The plan, which Town Administrator Heather...

DATE: Aug. 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan wilderness bill receives hearing in Senate committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act received a hearing Wednesday at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee, which was attended by supporters from San Juan and San...

DATE: Aug. 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Jury convicts husband of strangling his wife

A Durango man suspected of strangling his wife last year in the Lightner Creek Mobile Home Park was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder. Silvino Martinez-Perez, 36, showed no obvious...

DATE: Aug. 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Jail escapee captured; schools placed on lockout during chase

A jail escapee was captured Wednesday after an hour-long foot pursuit up and down the Animas River Trail north of downtown Durango. The chase resulted in lockouts at Durango High School, St....

DATE: Aug. 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

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