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One of oldest coal companies in U.S. files for bankruptcy

HELENA, Mont. – One of the oldest coal companies in the U.S. filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday to deal with more than $1.4 billion in debt amid declining demand for the fuel. Englewoo...

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 CATEGORY: Business

Mormons to spend less time at church on Sundays

SALT LAKE CITY – Mormons will start spending less time at church each Sunday – two hours instead of three – after a change announced earlier this month aimed at making worship more manageable for memb...

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 CATEGORY: Faith

Juvenile detention center remains shuttered in Durango, with no new contractor

A juvenile detention center in Durango remains closed almost two months after the Colorado Department of Human Services suspended the license of Rite of Passage, the private company contracted to run ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

Prebiotics, probiotics in natural foods can benefit your gut health

Many of us spend time carefully perusing grocery shelves looking for healthier foods, particularly items advertising prebiotics and probiotics. New research is showing how important these ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 CATEGORY: Sheriff Update

Drought plan aims to curtail water loss at Lake Powell, Lake Mead

Water managers in Southwest Colorado voiced grave concerns Wednesday that communities along the Front Range should contribute just as much as the Western Slope in addressing dwindling water reserves i...

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s Safe2Tell program sees surge of suicide reports

DENVER – Colorado’s program for parents, students and teachers to report potential school threats or violence has seen a substantial increase in reports related to suicide, surpassing bullying as the ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 CATEGORY: Education

Guinn Unger is the one for healthcare

The World Health Organization ranks the US 35th in healthcare outcomes – far below almost every universal healthcare system in the world (we barely edge out Cuba). For such lousy healthcare, and consi...

DATE: Oct 11, 2018 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vote to extend DA’s term for the children

I am currently serving as a board member for the Four Corners Child Advocacy Center. I support measure 7A, which will make the term limits for our district attorney equal to other elected officials in...

DATE: Oct 11, 2018 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We need to balance county commission

Montezuma County has at least two basic political groups – conservative/old guard and liberal/pragmatic. It seems to me that we need county commissioners that reflect both groups. Let’s as...

DATE: Oct 11, 2018 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Planning to conserve our most precious resource

Anyone residing in Southwest Colorado knows what a precious commodity water is, and worry over drought is a constant in our collective consciousness. The lack of rain this summer has been of special c...

DATE: Oct 11, 2018 CATEGORY: Opinion

One of oldest coal companies in U.S. files for bankruptcy

Mormons to spend less time at church on Sundays

Juvenile detention center remains shuttered in Durango, with no new contractor

Prebiotics, probiotics in natural foods can benefit your gut health

Drought plan aims to curtail water loss at Lake Powell, Lake Mead

Colorado’s Safe2Tell program sees surge of suicide reports

Guinn Unger is the one for healthcare

Vote to extend DA’s term for the children

We need to balance county commission

Planning to conserve our most precious resource

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