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Region 9 gets new economic development coordinator

Audrey Royem is a fourth-generation Coloradan with a master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University

DATE: Aug 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fearless: The air tankers that help fight wildfires

Specialized aircraft helped quell initial spread of recent blazes

DATE: Aug 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

A cleanup in Dolores, but not for everyone

Dolores asks some properties to clean up yards but resorts to summons and fines when homes go silent

DATE: Jul 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Investigation into KP Pawn and Sales shooting ongoing

Names, status of critically injured individual not yet released

DATE: Jul 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Two La Plata County music organizations join forces

Bayfield’s Be Frank Foundation to consolidate with Durango’s Stillwater Music

DATE: Jul 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado EV sales continue to slump as subsidies wane, tariffs spike

State’s ‘buy now’ message promoting electric cars has been enough to counter national pressures

DATE: Jul 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Elkhorn Fire expected to persist for coming weeks

Residents urged to be patient, trust fire crews to do their job

DATE: Jul 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Goats in town: Dolores rethinks livestock rules

Trustees plan to consider amending ordinance to allow goats temporarily in town for lawn mowing-purposes

DATE: Jul 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

AmeriCorps cuts affect communities and organizations across Colorado

Hickenlooper and stakeholders host roundtable to push back

DATE: Jul 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores considers raising price of tent camping in town parks

Town Trustees say that Dolores should raise cost of camping from $5 to $25

DATE: Jul 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

At the county fair: Weigh-in day with the goats

A sampling of images from the Montezuma County Fair

DATE: Jul 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wrangling steers at the Montezuma County Fair

An informal annual event: some livestock run off and need to be corralled

DATE: Jul 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News