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Crews will work on Colorado 141 north of Dove Creek

Colorado Department of Transportation maintenance crews will be working north of Dove Creek through Friday, Sept. 11-14. Tuesday through Friday, a crew will chip seal Colorado Highway 141 ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College’s new president launches a listening tour

Tom Stritikus is beginning his tenure as president of Fort Lewis College playing to a strength: listening. Stritikus is in the middle of a listening tour during his first weeks on campus. ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2018 CATEGORY: Education

Natural gas pipeline and wells proposed east of Bayfield

An 8-mile natural gas pipeline and a handful of wells are being proposed in the Fosset Gulch area, east of Bayfield. The project – the Northern Extension Pipeline and associated Fruitland C...

DATE: Sep 09, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

Howard Grotts 15th; Kate Courtney claims mountain bike world championship

Durango’s Howard Grotts had his best career finish in an elite men’s cross-country mountain bike world championships race, while his teammate Kate Courtney won the women’s world title. Grot...

DATE: Sep 09, 2018 CATEGORY: High School Sports

Police search for man accused of holding wife, children at gunpoint

Authorities are searching for a Durango man who is accused of kidnapping and holding at gunpoint six people – five of whom are children – in a car during a police chase Friday. Durango Poli...

DATE: Sep 09, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos nets impressive road sweep of Ignacio

Closing her eyes and drawing in a deep breath while signaling to which zone she wanted Thursday’s match-point serve targeted, it was clear Brittany Lang had envisioned such a moment, especially in a r...

DATE: Sep 08, 2018 CATEGORY: High School Sports

Montezuma-Cortez vs. Zuni

DATE: Sep 08, 2018 CATEGORY: Gallery

Ballantine Family Fund supports San Juan County

San Juan Development Association, a nonprofit economic development group in San Juan County, announced it was awarded funding from the Ballantine Family Fund. SJDA aims to build resiliency ...

DATE: Sep 08, 2018 CATEGORY: Business

Tipton bill to protect landowners near federal property advances

WASHINGTON – A congressional bill to protect property owners’ rights during federal land acquisitions has won first round approval but drew only cautious support from a major Colorado environmental gr...

DATE: Sep 08, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

Public lobs tough questions to county commissioner candidates

The public got ample time during a forum Thursday in Dolores to ask four candidates running for a seat on the Montezuma County commission about their views on a variety of issues. The format was...