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Colorado avalanche study reveals troubling trend as backcountry season nears

Studying avalanche trends is tricky. Detailed statistics tend to focus only on avalanches involving fatalities. No one knows how many skiers and snowmobilers head into the snowy backcountry every...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Coronavirus killed a lot of Colorado jobs, but it also created new tech jobs

As technology companies sent workers home in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, they also were among the best equipped to keep staff since employees didn’t need to be at the office to sit...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dove Creek football team advances to state semifinals

For the first time in three decades, the Dove Creek High School football team is headed to the state semifinals, thanks to its 30-12 home victory over Rangely in the opening round of the eight-man...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Despite snowstorms, Colorado’s drought continues in ‘anomalous’ direction

There’s no way to water this down: Colorado is really, really dry right now. Thursday’s drought monitor report estimates that 27.22% of the state is in “exceptional” drought, a category indicating...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango police say juveniles are responsible for breaking Top That’s window

Police said Friday two girls are suspected of breaking a window at Top That Frozen Yogurt. Cmdr. Ray Shupe said the girls are not being identified because they are minors. The case is being turned...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute Mountain Casino holds Thanksgiving drive-thru

TOWAOC – The Ute Mountain Casino and tribal government provided more than 1,500 Thanksgiving meals to tribal members during a drive-thru event Thursday. The event replaces the traditional sit-down...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Forbes digs into story of Ska Brewing – from VW bus to present

Ska Brewing in Durango received some national recognition this week from Forbes Magazine for its unique past and latest ventures into the Front Range. Ska and its sister company, Peach Street...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Petition to recall Cortez school board member McDaniel is challenged

A hearing was held Thursday to protest the petition to recall Montezuma-Cortez school board member Lance McDaniel. The validity of the recall petition has been formally challenged, forcing a...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos, FastTrack providing free internet at Boyle Park

Free Wi-Fi at 100 Megabits per second is now available from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Boyle Park in Mancos through a partnership with FastTrack Communications and the town. Rachael Marchbanks, Mancos’...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Can the Constitution and COVID restrictions coexist?

COVID-19 restrictions have lasted so long and have narrowed the right to gather to such an extent that some legal scholars say some measures taken to limit transmission of the virus are impinging...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

COVID-19 enforcement: ‘It’s unsettled’ in Durango, statewide

Enforcement in the form of penalties for violators of COVID-19 restrictions “is not crystal clear,” says the leader of San Juan Basin Public Health. But Liane Jollon, SJBPH executive director, said...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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