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Two new doctors hired at Southwest Memorial

Services include family and women’s health and general surgery

DATE: Dec 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango Transit offers sign-on bonus for full-time operators

Durango Transit is seeking transit operators to help maintain and expand routes. Operators hired by Jan. 31 will receive a $5,000 sign-on bonus, half of which is paid at 90 days of employmen...

DATE: Dec 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bonuses offered to snowplow operators

Durango Public Works is offering monthly bonuses of up to $500 to help recruit and retain snowplow operators during the winter months. The base wage for an operator is $20.26 per hour. For m...

DATE: Dec 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Water line breaks in Mancos Monday afternoon

Repairs made and water was turned back on

DATE: Dec 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango man escapes from La Plata County Jail, remains on the loose

Elias Buck, 22, was being held on suspicion of auto theft

DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute Mountain Utes awarded $3.2 million for internet broadband infrastructure

Project will lay fiber-optic lines connecting Towaoc to broadband network in Cortez

DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Avalanche mitigation likely to cause delays Tuesday at Lizard Head Pass

Colorado Department of Transportation plans avalanche mitigation operations on Colorado Highway 145 at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. Traffic will be stopped at various locations between Rico and Trout ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Consecutive storms to bring more snow to Southwest Colorado

Roads could become treacherous; avalanche danger is high

DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lost rancher on Stoner Mesa found by helicopter

Woman searching for livestock had unplanned night in backcountry

DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexicans call for change for repeat DWI offenders

ALBUQUERQUE – With authorities logging more than a dozen DWI arrests in the Albuquerque area since Christmas Eve, there are more calls for New Mexico to crack down on repeat offenders. Albuq...

DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Democratic House leaders move to dissolve land grant panel

SANTA FE – Top Democrats in the New Mexico House have chosen to dissolve a legislative committee that deals with Hispanic land grants, traditional irrigation districts known as acequias and ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Here’s what it takes to actually get on the ballot in Colorado

Candidates may start gathering petition signatures in mid-January. If they go the caucus-and-assembly route, they must start gathering support ahead of March

DATE: Dec 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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