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SWOS board discusses cellphone policy, student names, and an odor of cats

Cortez school will allow cellphone breaks and name changes

DATE: Aug 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Education

Durango becomes ‘sentinel’ site for monitoring diseases like COVID-19 in wastewater

City surveilling for enteroviruses, RSV’s and influenza

DATE: Aug 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Safe2Tell hits record number of reports

The 2023-2024 school year had over 28,000 reports

DATE: Aug 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

United Airlines to add early morning Durango-to-Denver flight

The 5:30 a.m. departure will ease same-day round-trip travel

DATE: Aug 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Expect brief delays as crews repave U.S. Highway 491

A short section of the highway will be smoothed over starting Aug. 13

DATE: Aug 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Region 9 receives state grant for broadband development

Funding will be used to connect Southwest Colorado to statewide network

DATE: Aug 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez Police Department to hold classes for citizens

The 2024 Fall Citizens Academy is open to anyone 18 and older

DATE: Aug 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Eligible Colorado students received EBT last month

The Colorado Department of Human Services mailed over half a million EBT cards to students across the state

DATE: Aug 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Former Cortez resident loses service dog after water main break

Rose Romero’s dog Ivy died after being trapped in the garage of her Albuquerque home

DATE: Aug 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County likely to propose 70% reallocation of lodgers tax to housing, child care

Ballot question would go to voters in November

DATE: Aug 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma and La Plata county projects funded by DOLA

The Department of Local Affairs funding broadband project, downtown rejuvenation

DATE: Aug 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Kemper Elementary’s first day of school starts with evacuation

Fire alarms required all in the building to evacuate

DATE: Aug 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Education