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Learn about our local feathered friends from experienced birders at the Cortez Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 28. The all-day or half day carpool tours will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the Cortez Cultural...
DATE: Dec. 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado Springs man who stabbed his two young siblings to death has been sentenced to 96 years in prison. The Gazette reports 22-year-old Malik Murphy was sentenced Friday...
DATE: Dec. 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News
COLORADO SPRINGS – In 2015, Colorado Springs police placed a camera atop a utility pole to monitor a suspected drug stash house over a three-month period. Then they got a warrant to search the...
DATE: Dec. 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News
SANTA FE – A Saudi Arabian student at the University of New Mexico was arrested Friday by federal authorities on accusations of illegal possession of a firearm as a student visa holder after a...
DATE: Dec. 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News
The high cost of living in Durango might be having an impact on birth rates in the area. Durango School District 9-R consultant Lyn Eller presented demographic data this week showing the number of...
DATE: Dec. 14, 2019 | UPDATED: 1 day 12 hours ago | CATEGORY: Local News
About 60 people participated in last week’s quiz. Participants scored highest on a question about coyote hunting, with 83% of respondents correctly answering, “Competition-based coyote hunting.”...
DATE: Dec. 14, 2019 | UPDATED: 1 day 12 hours ago | CATEGORY: Local News
La Plata County will not close trash transfer stations in Bayfield and Marvel after all. In August, La Plata County commissioners questioned what role, if any, the county should play in funding ...
DATE: Dec. 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The major and big difference between the liberal/progressive national Democratic Party political views of those such as two of my college professor friends and those of people such as myself is...
DATE: Dec. 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Having covered the Middle East my entire adult life, I’m seeing some trends emerging there I’ve never seen before. From the streets of Beirut to streets all across Iran, Middle Easterners are...
DATE: Dec. 14, 2019 | COLUMN: Thomas Friedman
Escalante Village, a tiny-home community south of downtown Durango, is proving to be a popular option with residents of diverse ages and backgrounds who want to save on housing costs by going...
DATE: Dec. 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Fort Lewis College is updating about a dozen panels at the Clock Tower in the center of campus to better recognize the past, "in a way that's fully inclusive of our Native American community on campus and the families directly affected by Indian boarding schools."
