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La Plata County reports growth in asymptomatic COVID-19 cases

As testing increases, fewer people are showing symptoms

DATE: Jun 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Community Foundation to host Secret Garden fundraiser, COVID-style

Local musicians to play online to raise money for La Plata County nonprofits

DATE: Jun 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County awarded $2.2 million from CARES Act

Local officials seeking clarification on use

DATE: Jun 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

House Democrats pass police reform bill; Tipton votes against it

Proposal would ban chokeholds, no-knock warrants and remove qualified immunity

DATE: Jun 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Struggling ski resort industry frets over Trump’s ban on immigrant visas

‘If you are an HR director at a ski area, you are panicking right now’

DATE: Jun 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Police arrest 26-year-old man in connection with Durango crime spree

Law enforcement says more arrests are expected

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

COVID-19 outbreak reported at Otero County Prison Facility

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — About 80% of inmates at the Otero County prison in southern New Mexico have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said. The outbreak started in ea...

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tribe, environmentalists fight rollback of U.S. water rule

ALBUQUERQUE – The nation’s largest Native American tribe and several environmental groups are waging a legal challenge to a revised federal rule that lifts protections for many streams, cree...

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Navajo Nation reports 68 new coronavirus cases and 11 deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Department of Health has reported 69 new cases of coronavirus on the Navajo Nation with 11 more known deaths. That pushes the total of positiv...

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Arizona starts talks on addressing dwindling Colorado River

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. â€“ Arizona is getting a jump-start on what will be a yearslong process to address a dwindling but key water source in the U.S. West. Several states and Mexico re...

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Habitat for Humanity celebrates new home build

Local nonprofit seeking volunteers

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

How hot? Even a bullsnake had to cool off under a sprinkler near Durango

How hot is it? So hot, apparently, that a 4-foot bullsnake had to cool off this week under a La Plata County woman’s sprinkler. Julie Winkelman said she went outside to move the s...

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News