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Dolores board approves community garden in Joe Rowell Park

Produce will be distributed to anyone in need with a Dolores address

DATE: Apr 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Search and rescue may have become much easier in Southwest Colorado with new technology

Durango’s Colorado Highland Helicopters is first operation in the state to receive RECCO equipment

DATE: Apr 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man who threatened gun violence toward Fort Lewis College is sentenced

Bailey Hannan posted Snapchat video as part of a prank

DATE: Apr 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado Rep. Matt Gray won’t run for reelection after DUI arrest

Democratic Party will convene a vacancy committee to select a candidate for Broomfield-area seat

DATE: Apr 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Attempt to stop Colorado water speculation is circling the drain

Despite intense pressure, legislature says impinging farmers’ right to sell is too risky

DATE: Apr 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bill would allow Colorado’s 38,000 county employees to bargain – but not strike

Earlier versions of the legislation would have expanded collective bargaining rights

DATE: Apr 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Police arrest man suspected of shoplifting, showing gun at Home Depot in Durango

Escalante Middle School was placed on ‘lockout’

DATE: Apr 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Police release videos in probe of Baldwin film-set shooting

SANTA FE – Law enforcement officials released a trove of video evidence Monday in the ongoing investigation of a fatal October shooting of a cinematographer by actor and producer Alec Baldwi...

DATE: Apr 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Three deaths at Cortez motel blamed on fentanyl use

Alcohol was a contributing factor; triple fatality is one of many group deaths cited in DEA warning

DATE: Apr 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Navajo President Jonathan Nez says he’ll seek re-election

SHONTO, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, whose tenure has been dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, is seeking a second term in office. Nez made the announcement over the wee...

DATE: Apr 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Southwest wildfire outlook grim as flames char New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Bulldozers were busy Monday scraping through New Mexico’s high country as firefighters scouted more rugged terrain, looking for places where they could wield tools to dig lines...

DATE: Apr 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Law gives Southwest Colorado’s Ute tribes a voice at state Capitol

Gov. Jared Polis declares April 11 Ute Day at Capitol

DATE: Apr 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News