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Southwest Health System and the Montezuma County Hospital District are hosting an open house on June 4 from 6-8 p.m. for the public to tour the newly completed Inpatient Wing and Medical Office...

A bear and her two yearlings were trapped and euthanized Tuesday after breaking into multiple homes during the past three weeks in Durango. The bears had either broken into or attempted to break...

On July 5, 1998, a massive rockfall carrying boulders the size of houses came tearing down Missionary Ridge in the Animas Valley, the scar on the forested hillside stands out to this day. The rare...

KSJD Community Radio has hired a new local news and morning host, Daniel Rayzel. The change comes after current host Austin Cope announced he was leaving KSJD to work in India for two years....

Charges were filed Wednesday against the five suspects who were arrested in mid-May in connection with a Cortez drug trafficking investigation. Rommel Aviles-Reyes, Zekiel Biard, Jessie Valenzuela...

A major remodel of the Mancos Schools campus began Tuesday, and some of the school’s neighbors aren’t happy about plans to cut down some of the trees. The final design for the remodel includes...

In a special meeting on Tuesday, the Cortez City Council scheduled interviews and a public meet-and-greet for the candidates competing for city manager. Five people have been chosen as finalists...

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident from Sunday in which two all-terrain vehicles went off-road illegally and damaged pristine alpine tundra north of Silverton. Two...

The day after Memorial Day, Cortez police officers honored a fallen comrade in a small ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of Dale Claxton’s death. Claxton died May 29, 1998, in a shootout...

Thunderstorms are expected to roll through Southwest Colorado this week and into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. There is 30 to 50 percent chance of thunderstorms Wednesday,...

The prognosis does not look good for a mama bear and her two yearlings that have been breaking into homes around Durango. “This is a dangerous situation,” said Joe Lewandowski, spokesman for...