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La Plata County boasts low tax burden

Adams County is Colorado’s most-burdened

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Utes sue over fracking rule

Tribe challenges authority on its lands

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Making hay

Late rains delay push back hay cutting and crop planting

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Forest cutting back on grazing

Vacant allotments may ease impact of changes for ranchers

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Push for good Samaritan law revived

There’s a push for U.S. legislation that would allow for more cleanup efforts at Silverton mines. But in order for the Animas River Stakeholders Group to start draining mines, the...

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Business Briefs

Former Cortez resident has show in Maryland Former Cortez resident artist Tom Kenyon continues his “Dreams of Speed” series with “Dreams of Speed … Supercharged!” Mr. K...

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Movie and a swim

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango teen falls, dies near Silverton

The Silverton Standard & The Miner reports that a 19-year-old man from Durango died Saturday afternoon after tumbling into a stream. Apparently, he had been walking in a snowfield with his f...

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Briefs

Journal contributor ulliford wins book award Fort Lewis College professor and Journal contributing writer Andrew Gulliford was awarded a Colorado Book Award prize for his essay co...

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Medical marijuana law hazy for those on probation

Supervisors getting used to the rule

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Transgender groups seek protections

DENVER – Colorado transgender advocates are hoping to build on the trending sensation after Caitlyn Jenner unveiled her new name and gender to the world. Jenner, who previously li...

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Funding for EPA clears Senate

Measure blocks agency’s move to regulate carbon pollution

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News