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Durango police find 13 alleged intruders hiding inside former Red Snapper restaurant

Suspects include eight men, four women and a child

DATE: Jan 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Compassion Center’ moving to new location in west Durango

Program provides services to those experiencing poverty and homelessness

DATE: Dec 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mobile DMV services to visit Southwest Colorado

Six events will provide unhoused and rural residents access to ID services

DATE: May 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico homelessness spikes as housing costs surge

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – A tally of the homeless population in New Mexico shows an abrupt jump in the number of people living without permanent housing or with no shelter at all, according to t...

DATE: May 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Durango man found dead in shed along north Main Avenue

50-year-old had been living in structure for several weeks

DATE: Feb 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado libraries keep closing for meth contamination. Is it their problem to solve?

Directors say the drug use reflects a societal problem that should not be theirs alone to fix

DATE: Feb 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Oak Tree youth group expands outreach in Southwest Colorado

Nonprofit has helped 58 youths get off the streets and meet their basic needs

DATE: Jan 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Homeless camp sweeps draw criticism in Durango; code enforcement explains procedure

Potentially abandoned property is tagged and given 24 hours to be removed

DATE: Dec 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pandemic homeless hotels close, sending some back to streets

DENVER – As Charlie Gilmore collected his belongings Friday to leave the Denver hotel that had been a home to him and 137 other previously homeless people during the pandemic, he pondered wh...

DATE: Sep 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News