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Dolores Rotary Bingo Night sets record with $3,400 raised for Operation Graduation

Operation Graduation provides a safe place for graduates to celebrate

DATE: Feb 27, 2026 | CATEGORY: Education

UPDATED Survey: What is your experience with home insurance and wildfires?

Another warm, dry winter has residents, fire departments and insurance providers worried in La Plata County. The Marshall Mesa and Angel fires in Boulder and Los Angeles, respectively, ...

DATE: Feb 27, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rep. Jeff Hurd avoids subject of losing Trump’s endorsement

President throws support behind challenger, upset by congressman’s tariff vote

DATE: Feb 26, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Winter plagued by ‘freakishly bad’ atmospheric pattern, meteorologists say

Major snowfall quickly followed by 60-degree temperatures

DATE: Feb 26, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

What’s plug-in solar? Colorado bill would help eager consumers find out

Millions of the portable, balcony-size systems are being installed around the world. Should the state catch up?

DATE: Feb 26, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trump strips protections for lesser prairie-chicken, the dancing, booming grouse of the Southwest

The bird has been a target of farming and oil and gas interests for years, while environmental groups have pushed for more protections

DATE: Feb 26, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango police chief, Flock critic testify on opposite sides of Colorado Senate bill

Measure would require warrants for database searches after 72 hours of incident

DATE: Feb 26, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County to ask voters to lift term limits for three elected positions

Commissions says no politics involved in these roles

DATE: Feb 25, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘It’s the only thing to do’: Cortez sales tax holiday faces questions but passes

Community members wondered how the pause would affect businesses and asked why overcollected taxes couldn’t fund city projects

DATE: Feb 25, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez school board OKs Kiva Montessori’s request to transfer authorization to Charter Institute

The school now enters the application phase with the Colorado Charter School Institute

DATE: Feb 25, 2026 | CATEGORY: Education

Farmington man, 61, suspected of bludgeoning his mother

Police arrest Brian Stover on aggravated battery charge

DATE: Feb 24, 2026 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

La Plata County man arrested on suspicion of stealing more than $17,000 from 86-year-old mother

Law enforcement allege fraudulent checks, debit card transactions

DATE: Feb 24, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News