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La Plata County targets gun range contamination

2021 budget proposes $2.5 million to remove lead

DATE: Oct 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores offers financial aid for businesses

Cares Act funding covers costs of pandemic

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southern Ute Indian Tribe reports its first positive COVID-19 test

Officials say likely no threat to tribal community

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Young Navajo musicians shape, define country music genre

Some songs evoke miles of open space, others convey political messages

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Truck rolls, becomes fully engulfed in flames

Driver swerved to avoid a deer southeast of Aztec

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

US attorney general touts success of federal crime fighting

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday the federal government’s efforts to crack down on violent crime in Albuquerque and other U.S. cities is paying divi...

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fierce winds fan Rockies wildfires, new evacuations ordered

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Strong winds fanned two Rocky Mountain wildfires Wednesday, prompting new evacuation orders as one of them spread toward communities that lie outside Rocky Mountain National...

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico names leader of Native American education reform

SANTA FE – Former Navajo Nation legislative staff member LaShawna Tso has been selected to lead New Mexico’s Indian Education division. The announcement by the Public Education De...

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez City Council appoints new member

The Cortez City Council appointed a new member on Tuesday to fill a vacancy that opened up in August. Robert Dobry, director of corporate support for local radio station KSJD, was...

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News