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Laundry Love celebrates 1,000 free loads in Durango

Service brings simple yet critical service to low- or no-income families

DATE: Jan 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sheriff’s blotter

Friday, Dec. 27 3:56 p.m. A car battery and toolbox were reported stolen from a man’s work truck in the 7000 block of Road 24.3, with a cumulative value of $600. The truck’s owner said he w...

DATE: Jan 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office posts collective bargaining notice

‘This isn’t an indictment,’ the office just wants a voice, lawyer says

DATE: Jan 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos falls short at home duel, focus turns to regionals and state

MANCOS – Cedaredge defeated Mancos in Friday’s Senior Night duel at the Bluejay Fieldhouse, 64-15. Seniors Quinton Martinez and Brandon Vannest were honored before the contest, thanking thei...

DATE: Jan 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Santa Rita Park shooter sentenced to 45 years prison

Two more defendants await adjudication in alleged ambush-style shooting

DATE: Jan 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Grand Junction man who stabbed and killed a person in Cortez is set free

‘There’s a valid self-defense claim,’ DA says

DATE: Jan 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango residents push City Council to raise minimum wage

Advocates say policy would put more money in workers’ pockets, feed economic growth

DATE: Jan 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez shares draft of land use code, encourages input

The public’s deadline for questions and comments is Feb. 18

DATE: Jan 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Silverton Standard, oldest paper in Western Colorado, under new ownership

DeAnne Gallegos purchased weekly from Jennifer Brill

DATE: Jan 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Coalition of funders supports local newsrooms across U.S.

Press Forward funding can support infrastructure, operations and reporting for small-town newsrooms

DATE: Jan 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Court sides with sheriff in first hearing over La Plata County Jail dispute

Durango lost a judicial bid to temporarily restore ability to house municipal inmates at jail

DATE: Jan 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango names La Plata County commissioners in second jail lawsuit

City says decision to terminate contract is ‘arbitrary and unreasonable’

DATE: Jan 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News