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Dolores County farmer and native Stanley Daves was killed Saturday afternoon when a truck struck his tractor on U.S. Highway 491, about a mile west of Dove Creek. According to Colorado State Patrol...
DATE: May 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Efforts to prevent forest fires and invasive mussels are among the list of projects that may receive funding from the U.S. Forest Service this year. On Tuesday, the San Juan Title II Resource...
DATE: May 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
A decade-long fight to save the HD Mountains from oil and gas development took a hit last week: Leases on more than 6,000 acres of Forest Service land sold for $5.2 million. On May 12, the Bureau...
DATE: May 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business
It’s no secret that Americans are bad at geography, but readers were reminded again Monday when USA Today mistakenly highlighted Wyoming on a map instead of Colorado. The article, “When Smuggling...
DATE: May 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Though early indications had some river enthusiasts hopeful the lower Dolores River would have enough water for rafting for the first time since 2011, all signs now point to another year of a...
DATE: May 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Nov 3, 2008: The Colorado Division of Mining, Reclamation and Safety (DMRS) found an illegal road constructed at Mayday-Idaho mining complex, and brought forth a violation that was issued by the...
DATE: May 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Another year, another round of fines, state orders and recommendations to revoke the permit of hopeful silver and gold company Wildcat Mining Corporation. Yet, in what could be the operator’s last...
DATE: May 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
A May 5 deadline to determine whether to postpone an oil and gas lease sale on sacred land near Chaco Canyon passed without a decision, and agency officials said there’s some leeway on a final...
DATE: May 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Halfway through a public comment period, a mere five short responses have been posted regarding the proposed Superfund designation for the mining district north of Silverton. On Aug. 5, 2015, the...
DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Sen. Michael Bennet walked the Animas River Trail on Thursday, enjoying the sunshine and sights made possible by a fund he and other senators saved from extinction last month. “There’s not a...
DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
When grizzly bears in Montana can’t break into bear-resistant trash cans, yet black bears in Durango can, it raises the question – what’s going on here? Bryan Peterson, executive director of the...
DATE: April 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
When longtime employees retire, they usually impart words of wisdom or tricks of the trade to their successors. For retiring Colorado Department of Transportation spokeswoman Nancy Shanks, she...
DATE: April 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News