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The Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office failed to make a single arrest while operating three area DUI checkpoints this summer. The latest DUI sting was conducted on Saturday, Sept. 5. “No DUI...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
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DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Community Calendar
When we moved to Colorado in 1998, one of the first things we planted was a blue spruce tree because we have always had one in the yard of every house we’ve owned. Then we planted a weeping cherry...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living
A wet spring and early summer giving rise to acorns and berries could make for fewer bears heading for neighborhood trash cans this fall. So far, that seems to be the trend. “We haven’t had too...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER – Misunderstandings on the road between cyclists and motorists can be deadly. But a simple change in the wording of traffic signs could help clarify how drivers and bicyclists should safely...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
Care is needed to protect McPhee Dam if a proposed oil-and-gas lease is developed nearby, according to Montezuma County commissioners. In a comment letter to the Bureau of Land Management, the...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
DENVER – More than 80 percent of Coloradans are paying more in property taxes now than they would have if the Taxpayer Bill of Rights had never passed according to a new study by Colorado State...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. – New laws have helped fix a legal system that left tribal communities especially vulnerable to violent crimes for decades, but challenges still remain, the top federal...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
The identities of four Californians who died in a plane crash Sunday north of Purgatory Resort were released Tuesday, two of whom weren’t rated to fly the aircraft. The San Juan County Sheriff’s...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
The city of Cortez is encouraging eligible community organizations to apply for grant funding through the Community Support Grant Program. The Cortez City Council annually budgets money from the...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
As part of a series of congressional hearings, outraged members of the U.S. House of Representatives grilled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and affiliated parties and asked the agency to...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
It’s educational. It’s worthy. It’s heart-wrenching. It’s overwhelming. Last fall, I had the fortunate opportunity to visit the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York. Located in lower Manhattan next to...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
A home on Jenkins Ranch Road sold for $3.1 million on Dec. 31, 2019, making it the most expensive sale within Durango city limits in recent memory, according to a local real estate agent. The 7,567-square-foot home has six bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and one half bathroom, and sits on 3.81 acres.
