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A hiker’s deadly fall highlights Colorado’s struggle to account for its abandoned mines

A 54-year-old hiker’s fatal fall into an abandoned mine shaft near Ouray last month highlights a broader danger left behind by Colorado’s rich mining history: more than 23,000 inactive mining sites, m...
DATE: Nov 24, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

Avalanche readiness prompts mountain pass closures for Tuesday morning

High-elevation mountain passes on three roadways will close for about two hours Tuesday morning for winter helicopter operations. Helicopters will lift equipment to prevent seasonal avalanches, accord...
DATE: Nov 24, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma, La Plata fairgrounds close amid 8-state outbreak of equine virus

A deadly horse virus has spread to eight states, including Colorado, prompting Montezuma and La Plata counties to temporarily close their fairgrounds to equine activities as officials work to limit it...
DATE: Nov 24, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

BYU's Benally, Weber State's Billy face off in Division I women’s basketball game

OGDEN, Utah – In a rare and meaningful Division I women’s basketball matchup, BYU freshman guard Sydney Benally and Weber State senior Lanae Billy faced off Saturday afternoon, connected by their shar...
DATE: Nov 24, 2025 CATEGORY: Sports

The Indian Health Service is flagging vaccine-related speech. Doctors say they’re being censored.

A year ago, the federal Indian Health Service posted dozens of flyers on Facebook promoting flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics across the Navajo Nation, where the pandemic had inflicted a staggering tol...
DATE: Nov 24, 2025 CATEGORY: New Mexico

Durango business owner frustrated national ghost tour company keeps using her address

Another Durango business owner has found herself in the midst of strange machinations by national ghost tour company US Ghost Adventures. Julie Dunn Brown, owner of ReLove Consign and Design, said she...
DATE: Nov 24, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores Turkey Trot returns Thanksgiving morning to support local food drive

Volunteers will set up the start line again for Dolores’ annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning – a community event that doubles as a food drive for the Dolores Family Project. The free event feat...
DATE: Nov 23, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

Thanksgiving meal resources in Southwest Colorado when budgets are tight

With the recent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program lapse having contributed to even tighter November budgets, a self-funded Thanksgiving meal may feel especially out of reach this year for some...
DATE: Nov 23, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

An unlikely place for tight-knit friendship: The professional gravel peloton

The cycling community is huge in Durango. I bet you could write an entire book about it, and as someone who grew up here, I can say with certainty that it is the reason I am racing and riding today. ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2025 CATEGORY: Columnists

Beef prices, civil discourse and farewell to producers

Thank you, Mr. Rick Corbett, (Letters, Journal, Nov. 14) for your well-reasoned, intellectual statistical response to my earlier Argentina post (Letters, Journal, Oct. 29). This is exactly what I’ve b...
DATE: Nov 23, 2025 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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