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Suit against mill expands
Grand Canyon Trust claims radon emissions violate Clean Air Act
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Pond prize
Kolton Hadden displays a fish that Destiny Salsberry caught in the Parque de Vida pond.Sam Green/Cortez Journal
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Feathered friend
A Canada goose helps Karen Ordemann with repairing some cracks in the driveway in front of the state park office along Railroad Avenue. Ordemann said the goose was supervising her…
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Crow Canyon receives Boettcher grant
The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center has been awarded a capital improvement grant from the Boettcher Foundation. One of 20 nonprofits across the state selected, the Boettcher Foundation awarded more than…
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Talk about town FLC student named Miss Native American
Miss Native American USA 2014-15 April Yazza of Mentmore, New Mexico.Courtesy of Roshan Spottsville Miss Native American for 2014-15 is April Brannon Yazza, 19, a student at Fort Lewis College.…
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How to provide kids with school supplies School supplies will be collected Saturday from 7:30- 11:30 a.m., south of the Cortez Farmers Market at the corner of First and Elm.…
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Tires go up in smoke
The sun peeks through the smoke as Robert Valencia burns rubber with his pickup truck at the George Geer Memorial Car Show burnoff. Besides the tires, contestants also burned out…
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Voters asked to expand money for schools
Foes say it’s just a disguise for out-of-state casino
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Region briefs
Durango bubonic plague case confirmed A La Plata County woman tested positive for bubonic plague on Friday. It’s the first case of bubonic plague in the county since 2006, according…
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2 men injured in motorcycle-pickup collision
A Harley-Davidson came to rest in the middle of the road Thursday afternoon after colliding with a Ford pickup near County Road 225A and U.S. Highway 160 east of Elmore’s…
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City Council considers retail pot sales
Former Homeland Security officer warns about threat of black market