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Redrafted rules could change mountain lion hunting in Colorado

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is considering a new series of drafted rules that could change how the Western Slope hunts and interacts with mountain lions. Matt Thorpe, area wildlife manager with...

DATE: March 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico to address lingering concerns of Gold King Mine spill

FARMINGTON – As the five-year anniversary of the Gold King Mine spill nears, the New Mexico Environment Department is holding feedback session with Navajo farmers to ease worries surrounding any...

DATE: March 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Can N.M. become an asset to U.S. Space Force?

FARMINGTON – The headquarters of the newly formed U.S. Space Force might be headed to Colorado, but New Mexico would like a slice of the galactic pie. In a letter to the chief of space operations...

DATE: March 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Scars of aspen decline persist nearly 20 years after drought

On a drive from Durango to Cortez, groves of aspens house dead and dying trees, ghostly reminders of the lingering effects of a drought 20 years ago and the region’s changing climate. Sudden aspen...

DATE: March 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mercy’s withdrawal casts health alliance in doubt

Durango-area residents demonstrated outside the front doors of Mercy Regional Medical Center on Tuesday as the CEO of Centura Health, Mercy’s parent company, met with hospital executives,...

DATE: Feb. 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Body found in Arizona confirmed as missing Farmington woman

FARMINGTON – The body of a woman discovered last week in Arizona has been identified as a Farmington woman who had been missing for more than a month, the Coconino County (Arizona) Sheriff’s Office...

DATE: Feb. 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Census workers needed for Four Corners

FARMINGTON – With Census Day on April 1 drawing closer, the U.S. Census Bureau is still hiring for positions throughout the Four Corners, and it hopes to fill some of those jobs at a recruiting...

DATE: Feb. 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

In outdoor meccas, medical helicopters save lives

PURGATORY RESORT – Within minutes of the helicopter landing at Purgatory Resort, Petra Bier was out the door and rushing to the ski patrol officers huddled around a man lying on a stretcher. Bier,...

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

Three teens questioned in Farmington, Durango property damage spree

FARMINGTON – A spree of more than 80 property damage claims this weekend brought the Farmington Police Department, Durango Police Department and San Juan County Sheriff’s Office together to find...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

The science of sunsets and the secrets of alpenglow

FARMINGTON — No matter how many times we have seen the sun set in a blaze of reds and oranges, we are often left amazed. We take pictures, call friends and family and post the images to social...

DATE: Feb. 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Recreational marijuana remains out of reach for New Mexico

FARMINGTON – Colorado might have led the way in legalizing recreational marijuana, but not every state in the Four Corners shares its support of the green leaf. A bill in New Mexico’s Legislature...

DATE: Feb. 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Free college tuition moves forward in N.M.

FARMINGTON – Free college tuition in New Mexico is closer to becoming a reality, passing a hurdle as it moves through the state’s Legislature. The New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship was approved by...

DATE: Feb. 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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