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Despite rain, Montezuma County keeps fire ban; two fires erupt

Montezuma County has had an unusually rainy July, but officials say fire danger is still too high to lift the county burn ban, even if the monsoons have arrived. The U.S. Forest Service has lifted...

DATE: July 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Study looks at how burning, thinning improve forest health

Returning more of the San Juan National Forest to a healthy and resilient state will require more proactive thinning and managed fires. “When we have a resilient ecosystem, it reduces the potential...

DATE: July 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rural La Plata County residents in a pinch for water

Residents in rural La Plata County are feeling the pinch of Durango’s decision to cut off new customers at its water dock. “The urban communities that have water docks, in my opinion, have a...

DATE: July 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Thousands of Colorado court cases hidden from public view

DENVER (AP) – Thousands of court cases across Colorado – hundreds of them involving violent felonies – are hidden from public view, concealed behind judges’ orders that can remain in effect for...

DATE: July 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Olympian joins effort to help kids get access to special care

Three-time Olympian Todd Wells retired from professional mountain biking after the 2017 season. While the nation’s top mountain bikers tackle the trails in West Virginia at the national...

DATE: July 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: More Sports

Two horses killed in car accident Friday evening

A driver hit two horses in Vallecito on Friday evening, resulting in one horse being killed instantly and another having to be put down. Thomas McBride, a 70-year-old man from Bayfield, was driving...

DATE: July 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado Parks and Wildlife to conduct work in Hermosa Creek

Colorado Parks and Wildlife will conduct treatment, as part of an initiative to restore native Colorado River cutthroat trout populations in the Hermosa Creek area, Tuesday and Wednesday to...

DATE: July 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Health care exchange rates stabilizing

Customers who purchase insurance through the state health care exchange could see smaller rate increases than in previous years, and some rates could decline. Across the state, insurance rates...

DATE: July 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Baxter Family BMX Track gets official renaming in Cortez

Officials started off the annual state BMX qualifier in Cortez on Saturday by unveiling a new name for the Parque de Vida track. Every year, the state race brings riders of all ages and from all...

DATE: July 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tomac runs down Musquin to win the Spring Creek motocross

Rebounding from a disastrous race two weeks ago in Michigan, Eli Tomac of Cortez raced from sixth place to overtake rival Marvin Musquin for the lead and the title with just two laps to go in the...

DATE: July 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Sports

Diane Mitsch Bush opposes opening federal land to livestock grazing

Democratic candidate for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District Diane Mitsch Bush opposes Rep. Scott Tipton’s recent suggestion to open more federal land to livestock grazing. Mitsch Bush, a former...

DATE: July 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Appeals court formally dismisses charges against Rose Chilcoat

Charges against Durango wilderness advocate Rose Chilcoat, who was accused of trying to kill cattle in Utah, were officially dropped late Thursday. The Utah Court of Appeals ordered all charges to...

DATE: July 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

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