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Whiteskunk continues basketball career at Midland University

Teagan Whiteskunk knew in middle school he could score at a high volume. Long before then, he knew he wanted to play college basketball. The 6-foot-1 guard from Montezuma-Cortez High School...
DATE: Jul 21, 2020 CATEGORY: High School Sports

Polis orders alcohol sales to cease at 10 p.m. to slow spread of coronavirus

Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday ordered that alcohol sales in Colorado cease at 10 p.m. in an effort to slow the increasing spread of coronavirus among young people in the state. Polis said alc...
DATE: Jul 21, 2020 CATEGORY: Local News

A mandate may have to choose for us

When there comes a time that the health and safety of people is beginning to be severely compromised, it is in the best interest of all people to do what is necessary to provide protection. That’s why...
DATE: Jul 21, 2020 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Rename it

John Evans was born on the Ohio frontier. By 1838, he had an Ohio college medical degree. In 1845, he became the first superintendent of an Indiana insane asylum he pioneered with the belief that pati...
DATE: Jul 21, 2020 CATEGORY: Editorials

How could you do this to the peacock?

On Sunday, July 5, some heartless driver ran over the neighborhood peacock on East Empire Street. This peacock’s owner apparently passed away, and the neighborhood had been feeding him. ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2020 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I’d like to keep my PO box door, please

Without a written notice to box holders, the Yellow Jacket Post Office is gradually replacing its 60-plus-year-old combination post office box doors with ugly tin-colored ones that open with keys. I j...
DATE: Jul 21, 2020 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Durango-La Plata County Airport sees increase in air travel

The number of airline passengers traveling through Durango-La Plata County Airport has increased steadily since the coronavirus pandemic nearly halted air travel in April. “Our trajectory c...
DATE: Jul 21, 2020 CATEGORY: Local News

Matriarch of the James Ranch dies at 80

Linda Kay James, known to almost everyone in Durango as Kay, the matriarch of the James Ranch, which pioneered sustainable agricultural practices in Southwest Colorado, died Wednesday at the age of 80...
DATE: Jul 21, 2020 CATEGORY: Local News

Durango family raising money for 5-year-old in need of heart transplant

Alanna Lucero is a typical 5-year-old. She likes bouncing on the trampoline and playing with her siblings and kids from school. But she needs a heart transplant, and she needs it soon. ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2020 CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County denies proposed campground, event space for motorcycle rally

After a more than five-hour meeting, La Plata County commissioners on Tuesday denied a proposed temporary camp and entertainment hub for the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally over the Labor Day weekend ne...
DATE: Jul 21, 2020 CATEGORY: Local News

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