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A Cortez man suspected of peeping into the women’s bathroom at the Durango Welcome Center in May pleaded guilty Wednesday. Hernando Tsosie, 39, faced one count of invasion of privacy for sexual...
DATE: July 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
A death sentence isn’t typically the penalty for breaking and entering, but that may be the punishment for a few bears around La Plata County in an unusually active season for human-bear conflicts....
DATE: July 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
Farmers and ranchers in La Plata County are feeling the pressure after the assessed value of agricultural lands this year experienced one of the largest jumps in the county’s history. “It stunned...
DATE: July 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
La Plata County Commissioners on Tuesday took no action on whether to weigh in on a lawsuit that seeks a state agency to put public health and the environment above energy interests. The lawsuit,...
DATE: June 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
New Mexico’s petition to hold Colorado responsible for the Gold King Mine spill nearly two years ago was denied Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court. “Because it was the EPA and not Colorado that...
DATE: June 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
This summer will be the first full work season since the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site was declared last September, and the Environmental Protection Agency is wasting no time trying to...
DATE: June 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
According to a new report from the Brewers Association, Durango’s Ska Brewing ranked as the ninth largest craft brewery in an eight-state Mountain West region. The report, included in the May/June...
DATE: June 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
La Plata County’s only operating coal mine is set to run out of reserves in about two years, prompting the company to ask for an expansion of 950 acres of underground workings about 20 miles west...
DATE: June 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
Thousands of dollars worth of Native American artifacts were recently stolen from a Durango storage facility, said longtime Durango resident and former archaeologist Branson Reynolds. “I can’t...
DATE: June 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Rev. Larry Gallegos, who had been with Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Durango on and off for nearly 30 years, died Friday. He was 78. “You won’t believe how many people I’ve had call me and...
DATE: June 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Faith
The number of violations for people illegally entering closed wildlife areas was down in the past year, but so too were the number of law enforcement officers and, consequently, patrols to find...
DATE: June 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
From 2000 to 2003, a series of wildfires ripped through Mesa Verde National Park, burning about 24,000-acres – nearly half of the park’s old growth forest. Now, almost two decades later, park...
DATE: June 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
