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Dolores Schools to register kindergarten and out-of-district students

The Dolores School District will open registration for kindergarten and out-of-district elementary students on April 5 from noon to 6 p.m. at the elementary school. To register a new student, the...

DATE: April 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores to receive curb ramps to improve accessibility

The Colorado Department of Transportation and Medved Global will begin work on Monday, April 9, to improve accessibility for people with disabilities in the south section of downtown Dolores. Curb...

DATE: April 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pleasant View woman celebrates 100th birthday

Lois Todd Smart, born March 20, 1918, celebrated her 100th birthday at her home with family and friends on March 18. Smart was born east of Pleasant View and lived there most of her life. She...

DATE: April 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma Social Services director resigns amid questions; commissioners silent

The director of Montezuma County Social Services has suddenly resigned, and the matter is being investigated by the 22nd Judicial District Attorney’s office. Josiah Forkner took over as director in...

DATE: April 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

First rescue mission on Lake Nighthorse is for Otto the dog

Turns out the first official rescue mission on Lake Nighthorse was for a 3-year-old pup named Otto who went overboard when his owner’s single-person sailboat capsized after winds picked up Sunday....

DATE: April 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Firefighters respond to fire at Days Inn in Cortez

A fire broke out in a room of the Days Inn at the corner of U.S. Highway 160 and Colorado 145 in Cortez about 1:30 p.m. Monday. No injuries were reported, and the fire in a room on the ground floor...

DATE: April 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

A fiery week: A summary of recent fires in Montezuma County

A controlled burn got out of control Monday afternoon in McElmo Canyon just east of the Sand Canyon Trailhead. No injuries were reported, but the fire singed a hay barn and threatened a trailer...

DATE: April 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos man who killed two in crash sentenced to prison

A Mancos man was sentenced to two years in prison for a deadly high-speed crash into an SUV carrying a family of four last July that left a father and son dead, and a mother and younger son in...

DATE: April 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Child poverty persists in SW Colorado despite low unemployment

Poverty is proving to be a persistent problem for families and children across the region, even though unemployment is low. Recently released Colorado Kids Count data show that 11.7 percent of...

DATE: April 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

This week in Washington: Transgender troops, Census citizenship and North Korea

Congress kicked off a two-week Easter recess this week after passing a $1.3 trillion spending bill late last week, funding the government through the end of September. The Trump administration took...

DATE: April 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s quest to tackle dangerously unhealthy forests

FORT COLLINS – There is life after death for Colorado’s forests. But to get there, the people who manage them must solve an economic quandary. Colorado’s 834 million dead trees can start anew as...

DATE: April 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Is the Animas truly the ‘River of Lost Souls’?

By all historical accounts, there is no “River of Lost Souls” running through Durango. So how is it that over the years that’s become the adopted, dramatized name of the Animas River? “It’s just...

DATE: April 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

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