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Overnight storm blankets Cortez area with fresh snow

Ski areas build up bases; multiple vehicles slide off road

DATE: Dec 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

21-year-old man arrested in connection with making threat of gun violence at Fort Lewis College

Campus was closed, classes were postponed and the students went into lockdown

DATE: Dec 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Storm dumps 3-12 inches of snow, closes schools and brings wind gusts of 80 mph

LPEA reports widespread power outages across La Plata County

DATE: Dec 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico Senate passes broadband, highway spending bill

SANTA FE – The New Mexico state Senate voted Friday in favor of a spending plan for $478 million in federal pandemic relief to expand highways, internet infrastructure, electric vehicles and...

DATE: Dec 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

A future of drought? Ute Mountain Ute Tribe looks at life with less water

Limited water supply consolidated to keep corn crop and flour mill operating; jobs lost, canal payment assistance requested

DATE: Dec 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute Mountain Ute elders fluent in the language honored by Tribal Council in Towaoc

‘Our culture and history are embedded in our language’

DATE: Dec 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local author draws attention to foster crisis with new book

‘Kokoon on a Hill’ details author’s experience of being a foster parent in Montezuma County

DATE: Dec 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado pushes its use of West’s major river to the limit, new study shows

Utah Rivers Council found that diversion and climate change could worsen limited water resources across seven Western states

DATE: Dec 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores completes revised land use code, passes 2022 budget

Town board election is April 5; law enforcement contract adds third deputy

DATE: Dec 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Scholarship program honors Montezuma-Cortez student; encourages new round of applicants

M-CHS student Shylee Graf selected as scholarship recipient; program taking applications

DATE: Dec 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA stops White Mesa mill from receiving toxic waste from uranium sites

Ute Mountain Utes say company might be polluting well water

DATE: Dec 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico redistricting stalls amid discord on tribal plan

SANTA FE – A state Senate redistricting plan is in limbo amid a standoff over Native American political priorities and efforts by lawmakers to avoid competitive pairing of incumbents in the ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico