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Ex-Skanska mechanics lead SCCC program at SCCC

Two former Skanska employees with more than 50 years of mechanical experience between them have found a new career path as instructors, and are preparing to begin their first semester teachi...

DATE: Aug 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Some shops already hurt by river pollution

Many more take wait-and-see approach

DATE: Aug 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos school board seeks nominees

At the regular meeting of the Board of Education on Monday, July 20, the board approved a call for nominations for school directors to be placed on the ballot for the regular biennial school...

DATE: Aug 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Town starts 2016 budget planning

Cox requests third marshal; other offices seek vehicles

DATE: Aug 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Moving in

DATE: Aug 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Holmes sentence Jury balks at death penalty Mental illness plays role in decision

CENTENNIAL – James Holmes will spend the rest of his life in prison after at least one juror balked at the possibility of sentencing him to death for the massacre that claimed 12 lives and s...

DATE: Aug 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southern Ute recall underway

Elders call it a ‘revolution’ to preserve their way of life

DATE: Aug 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

No major species dieoffs from Animas River contamination a cause for optimism

If the pollution in the Animas River was a comet, the tail would be passing through the town of Durango now, said Aaron Kimple with Mountain Studies Institute. Like a comet, the 3...

DATE: Aug 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango kayaker reacts to Animas River photo that went viral

It is now the iconic photo of a mine cleanup gone wrong – a photo that has been seen by countless people and one that defines the enormity of an environmental disaster. Since the ...

DATE: Aug 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Beyond the flowing water

At a minimum, the mining spill in the Animas River will cause a multi-million dollar loss to the area economy, economic experts estimated on Friday. “This is a man-made disaster,”...

DATE: Aug 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

EPA says it can handle the cleanup of Animas River

The Environmental Protection Agency typically responds to disasters caused by private interests; it doesn’t cause them. So the agency finds itself in an unusual position of accepting blame f...

DATE: Aug 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez, CDOT schedule second meeting on U.S. 160

The city of Cortez and the Colorado Department of Transportation have scheduled a second public meeting on the access plan for U.S. 160 between Maple and Patton streets on Wednesday, Aug. 26...

DATE: Aug 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News