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Suicide prevention forum to highlight community efforts

9-R, Southern Ute tribe and nonprofits will share updates

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowball fights now legal in Colorado town after boy’s quest

SEVERANCE – A 9-year-old boy has convinced the leaders of a small northern Colorado town to overturn a nearly century-old ban on snowball fights, and he already knows who his first target wi...

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man acknowledges role in killing 2 high school students

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado Springs man has pleaded guilty to his role in the gang-related killings of two high school students. The Gazette reports 20-year-old Diego Chacon ple...

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Schools: Teacher won’t return after ‘bloody Indian’ comment

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials say a teacher at an Albuquerque high school will no longer work for the school district after she was accused of calling one Native American student a “bloody Indian”...

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Two-week motions hearing underway in Mark Redwine murder case

Lawyers to argue admissibility of evidence and trial venue

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

How will acting attorney general influence marijuana legalization?

Gardner, Bennet hold out hope next AG will support states’ rights

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Marvel family loses home, belongings in house fire

Fire chief says wood stove appears to have started blaze

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango lands LEED certification

Designation is an award and tool for measuring standards

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA: Gold King Mine spill had no immediate, long-term impacts

Study confirms other organizations’ findings

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango bibliophile offers book giveaways

About 1,000 books a month given away at Durango Book Rescue

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Job search ramps up for next La Plata County manager

Leader will have to deal with declining oil, gas revenues

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Feds fail to prosecute crimes in Indian Country

U.S. attorneys declined a third of cases in 2017; a quarter of them were sexual assault cases

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News