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More than 250 public comments submitted on Lake Nighthorse recreation focused overwhelmingly on the most common complaint surrounding the lake’s management: keep motorized boats out of the water....
DATE: Dec. 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
An investigation has found the Southern Ute Indian Tribe threatened retaliation on a federal employee who in 2012 tried to raise an alarm the tribe skirted environmental regulations for new oil and...
DATE: Dec. 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
The SunUte Community Center in Ignacio will offer free admission throughout the week, starting Monday, in celebration of its 15-year anniversary. Community members can challenge staff members in a...
DATE: Dec. 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
La Plata and Montezuma counties are now required to provide language assistance during elections to the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribes per the minority language provision of the Voting...
DATE: Dec. 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Young Native American athletes who want to test their skills against the continent’s best might have that chance in July in the North American Indigenous Games . An informational meeting will be...
DATE: Nov. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Ignacio town trustees have approved higher sewer and water rates to cover price increases from the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, which provides services to the town. The most significant increase,...
DATE: Nov. 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Bureau of Land Management agreed Friday a tribal rule will govern hydraulic fracturing on tribal land. The tribe sued the Department of the Interior in summer...
DATE: Nov. 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Eleven candidates are vying for two Tribal Council seats in the Southern Ute Indian Tribe ’s general election Nov. 4. The ballot, which is subject to change, includes one incumbent, Tribal Council...
DATE: Oct. 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
It began as part of President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s War on Poverty, and 50 years later, the nonprofit Southern Ute Community Action Programs has become an integral part of the Ignacio community,...
DATE: Oct. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Ute Mountain Ute leaders traveled to Washington this week to attend President Barack Obama’s eighth annual White House Tribal Nations Conference . Tribal Chairman Manuel Heart and councilwoman...
DATE: Oct. 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Southern Ute tribal member Shelly Thompson took a carload of blankets, jackets and other supplies last week to the thousands of Native Americans camped out on the Standing Rock reservation in North...
DATE: Sept. 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
A bipartisan group of senators on Monday introduced a measure that would expedite reimbursements to entities affected by last year’s Gold King Mine spill. Colorado senators Michael Bennet, a...
DATE: Sept. 12, 2016 | 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.
