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Email: mshinn@durangoherald.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6037

Ranchers can receive drought relief

After years of delay in Congress over the Farm Bill, ranchers can now apply for livestock forage disaster payments to cover grazing losses during drought conditions during 2012-2014. The Farm...

DATE: Sept. 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cowboy Keeper

A long-time advocate for the cowboy way of life and local DJ, Barbara Richhart was honored with the national Cowboy Keeper Award this summer. She was recognized by the National Day of the Cowboy...

DATE: Sept. 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Flea market closes till new site is found

The Mancos Flea Market closed Saturday and will be on an indefinite hiatus, unless a new location can be found. "Everybody is very disappointed it's closing," organizer Queenie Barz said. She has...

DATE: Sept. 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Those dog-gone dogs

If you’ve been inundated with prairie dogs this season, you’re not alone. The Cortez Airport, the Parks and Recreation Department, local residents and prairie dog control businesses are reporting...

DATE: Sept. 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

SWOS celebrates opening of on-campus health clinic

Southwest Open School students and staff celebrated the completion of their new clinic, which replaced an aging modular, at a community open house Friday evening. Students gave tours of the...

DATE: Sept. 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Mancos company looks to cultivate homebrewers

Mancos is now home to a brewing company on Railroad Avenue that plans to cultivate community by giving homebrewers an outlet for their work. Owner Kathy Hands and brewer DeWayne Jackson opened...

DATE: Sept. 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Growth story

Mountain biking, paintballing, fly fishing, archery and many other activities, in addition to horseback riding, has brought a dude ranch on Road N near Mancos State Park success in recent years....

DATE: Sept. 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Opening eyes to the 'Junk in the Trunk'

"There's life in old rusty cars," says local photographer Mark Montgomery, and he's out to help you see it in his show "Junk in the Trunk." For four years, he's been working on this theme,...

DATE: Sept. 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Company OK'd for corridor redesign

The town board took a step toward a redesigned U.S. 160 corridor on Aug. 27 by approving an engineering company to start working on a plan. The board unanimously approved contracting with Russell...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

SWOS celebrates opening of on-campus health clinic

Southwest Open School students and staff celebrated the completion of their new clinic, which replaced an aging modular, at a community open house Friday evening. Students gave tours of the...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

Event casts light on Alzheimer’s

Across Colorado, more than 65,000 people are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and in Southwest Colorado, patients face a variety of problems including a lack of specialists and the steep costs of...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Variety is key to local dude ranch’s success

Mountain biking, paintballing, fly fishing, archery and many other activities, in addition to horseback riding, has brought a dude ranch on Road N near Mancos State Park success in recent years....

DATE: Sept. 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

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