I was shopping with my wife at the Cortez City Market last week and we wanted to leave a couple of unused food items at the northwest corner of the parking area where indigent people tend to gather. A...
On May 22, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill, otherwise known as the Budget Reconciliation Act, with a vote of 215 to 214 with 1 “present” vote. The heart of the 1,000+ pa...
Following a mild winter in Southwest Colorado, the arrival of spring and summer brings a heightened risk for wildfires in the region – a risk that already has fire crews in Durango and the surrounding...
The city of Durango is developing a plan to curb speeding and reduce crashes on city streets. slow speeders down and prevent crashes on city roads and streets.
Multimodal Manager DevinDevon King sai...
The following is a recap of local events for this time period throughout history.
25 years ago (2000)
A local teenager will head to the nation’s capital in September to discuss ways to prevent underag...
DATE: May 29, 2025CATEGORY: This Week In Local History
HESPERUS – Some La Plata County residents are looking for alternate sources of drinking water after a wastewater treatment system malfunctioned, sending E. coli into the local waterways.
The wastewate...
There’s a serial killer on the loose in Denver, and not only is their body count mounting, they’re using the identity of another serial killer – the PDQ Killer, who is Harry Kugel.
Kugel’s been out of...
DATE: May 29, 2025CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
Gray wolf activity has been detected in La Plata County for the first time since Colorado Parks and Wildlife reintroduced the endangered species in late 2023.
A map released on Wednesday highlights a...
DENVER – A judge sentenced a Cortez man who blamed exposure to far-right extremist content for motivating his online threats to kill Democratic election officials in Colorado and Arizona to three year...
The Bloomfield Police Department has identified the man, who was killed after shooting a Bloomfield Police officer during a routine traffic stop.
Dennis Armenta, 58, reportedly shot officer Timothy On...
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