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Scientists chase storms across the Mountain West to study hail’s growing threat

Dewey Kahawai was asleep when he heard a knock on his bedroom window. “I sprang out of bed and thought, ‘Oh my gosh, someone’s trying to get into my house,’” he said. That was soon followed by thumpin...
DATE: Aug 16, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

Crews battle to contain Stoner Mesa Fire, work to protect high value areas

Firefighters are pushing to build containment lines in the Stoner Mesa Fire northeast of Dolores, taking advantage of a cool night with rainfall to improve fire lines and further implement the contain...
DATE: Aug 16, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

Blue Ridge Fire 90% contained after rapid start, fast firefighter response

Only hours after the Blue Ridge Fire started on Friday afternoon, evacuation and pre-evacuation notices for 900 homes in the Forest Lakes subdivision were lifted as fire crews brought the blaze to 90%...
DATE: Aug 16, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

SWOS board revamps website, offers after-school activities for new year

At its first meeting of the 2025-26 school year, the Southwest Open School board reviewed its strategic plan and professional development report for August, while celebrating recent campus improvement...
DATE: Aug 16, 2025 CATEGORY: Education

Cortez man sentenced to 21 years for shooting father in the hand

A man was sentenced to 21 years in prison after being convicted of shooting his father in the hand with an AK-47 rifle. Robert Reinfeld, 42, was found guilty Aug. 12 in 22nd Judicial District Court of...
DATE: Aug 16, 2025 CATEGORY: Courts and Crime

Durangoan offers communication services to owners and their pets

According to Marcie Draheim, intuitive animal communicator, certified hypnotherapist and reiki master, telepathic energy communication with animals – when boiled down to its most generic form – is “ju...
DATE: Aug 16, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

Controversy surrounds letter sent to tribal leaders after a death on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation

After an alleged homicide Tuesday on the Ute Mountain Ute reservation shook the small community, a letter demanding action to prevent gun violence was sent by a group of advocates to tribal leaders. T...
DATE: Aug 15, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

Far-right Israeli minister posts video of confrontation with imprisoned Palestinian

TEL AVIV, Israel – Israel's far-right national security minister posted a video Friday that shows him admonishing an imprisoned Palestinian leader in a face-to-face meeting inside a prison, saying Isr...
DATE: Aug 15, 2025 CATEGORY: Faith

Discussions begin with Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and Cortez on new water treatment contract

Forty years ago, a contract between Cortez and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe settled on water delivery from McPhee Reservoir. That agreement is coming to an end, however, and new talks are on the horizon...
DATE: Aug 15, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

Qatar sentences country’s Baha’i leader to 5 years for social media posts

The leader of the small Baha'i community in Qatar was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for social media posts that allegedly “cast doubt on the foundations of the Islamic religion,” accordi...
DATE: Aug 15, 2025 CATEGORY: Faith

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