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Man injured, children walk away as SUV flips on Colorado Highway 145
Violent crash requires extrication
Cortez
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New center provides emergency aid, counseling to veterans
Free mental health care, financial aid and yoga classes are offered
Business
Colorado’s economy winning, but not everyone shares in victory
Some businesses struggle to find qualified workers
Local News
Archaeology conference coming to Elks Lodge Sept. 22
State and local scholars to give a series of lectures
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Suspects in Cortez-area pot raid appear in court
Interpreter assists court with Cantonese, Mandarin languages
Local News
Crow Canyon plans public celebration of life for trustee David Fraley
Crow Canyon will host service today
Scraping out a living in the ditches of Montezuma County
Editor’s note: This is the second of two Looking Back columns about the Hammond brothers. Part 1 published on Aug. 3.By James Hammond James, Allen and Matthew Hammond came from…
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Astronaut shares experiences with audience at Canyons museum
Heib tells stories from three space shuttle voyages
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Osprey donates packs to students in Cortez
Manaugh Elementary Principal Whitney Rapp and her students celebrate as Cortez-based Osprey Packs donates packs to the school on Friday. The company gave away 100 backpacks to students at various…
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Community mourns Fraley, remembers his legacy
Fraley’s passing ‘leaves empty space in heart of community’
State Nation World
Colorado students show gains in literacy on 2018 state tests
Park Elementary School third-grade students learn how to login and access school computers during computer lab on Thursday that they will use for future testing.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald More than half…
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Ute Mountain Ute policymaker leaves state office
Ute Mountain Ute goes to Keystone Policy Center
Business
Southwest Colorado ideally situated to lure more tour groups
Illinois tour operator says organized tours ideal to fill shoulder season
For the record
Police Blotter
du1-i-syn Wednesday, Aug. 8 1:51 a.m.: An officer recognized a woman with an outstanding warrant walking in the 200 block of W. Fifth St. and arrested her. 1:53 a.m.: An…
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Low, warm water prompts voluntary trout fishing closure
Mandatory closure possible if conditions worsen
Raven Narratives shows canceled by 416 Fire to be staged
After cancellations attributed to the 416 Fire, storytellers will take stage in Silverton, Durango
Two Montezuma County properties honored as Centennial Farms and Ranches
Working ranches have been in the family for 100 years
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UPDATE: At least eight face charges in Cortez after pot raids
Thousands of plants, hundreds of pounds of marijuana seized from properties
Local News
Four candidates for county commission present views
Building code, forest access debated; rumors addressed