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Four Corners chapter of Red Cross needs volunteers

Rather than standing by during a disaster, consider lending a helping hand by volunteering with the Four Corners chapter of the American Red Cross. The organization responds to local disasters by...

DATE: March 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trump signs spending bill, averts shutdown

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill Friday afternoon after threatening a veto hours before federal funding lapsed. It drastically increases defense and domestic...

DATE: March 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Amid shortage, health education centers work to recruit rural doctors

As the nation faces a looming shortage of doctors, rural areas such as Southwest Colorado, could be particularly susceptible. A local organization and similar groups across the state are working to...

DATE: March 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

FireWise plans fundraiser after dry winter, budget cut

FireWise of Southwest Colorado has announced a fundraising effort to fill a gap in its budget after losing county funding. The loss in funding comes amid a dry season in which the snowpack in the...

DATE: March 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos Conservation District seeks mill levy

The Mancos Conservation District will be seeking its first mill levy tax in an election scheduled for May. The district, which oversees a wide variety of water and soil conservation programs in...

DATE: March 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Support soars for stricter gun control laws

NEW YORK — Support for tougher gun control laws is soaring in the United States, according to a new poll that found a majority of gun owners and half of Republicans favor new laws to address gun...

DATE: March 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

What’s quelling the anxiety of electric-car drivers?

Gerald Espinosa vividly remembers his anxiety-riddled drive up Colorado’s McClure Pass in May 2015, watching the charge on his fully electric Fiat 500e plummet as he inched toward the 8,755-foot...

DATE: March 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College names three finalists for presidency

Fort Lewis College has named three finalists for the school’s presidency – two are currently higher-education administrators teaching abroad and one works for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation....

DATE: March 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

Cortez receives grant to buy site of old Montezuma-Cortez High School

On March 15 the Great Outdoors Colorado board awarded Cortez a grant that will allow the city to purchase land for a new park on the site of the old Montezuma-Cortez High School. The $169,276 grant...

DATE: March 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sex trafficking bill heads to president’s desk

The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill Wednesday afternoon that increases penalties on websites that knowingly facilitate sex trafficking. The bill, known as the Allow States and...

DATE: March 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Parents, school officials cross wires on school-safety meeting

Parents concerned about school safety crossed wires with Durango School District officials, with both taking leadership roles in organizing the same panel. A passionate desire to move quickly to...

DATE: March 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

Undocumented: A life, a home and a family in the rural West

Before the sun rises over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains east of Lucia Gaspar’s home in Alamosa, Colorado, she is making pancakes for her kids: Erick, 9, Alexandra, 8, and Anna, 7. By 7 a.m., all...

DATE: March 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

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