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County salary plan fails in Senate

County salary plan fails in Senate

DENVER – County elected officials will not be getting a raise anytime soon. Senators killed a bill to ask voters…

Senate kills ballot petition plans

Senate kills ballot petition plans

DENVER – Western Slope legislators’ latest plans to make it harder to amend the state constitution met a familiar fate…

Have the number of feral horses become a problem?

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Have the number of feral horses become a problem?

Various groups – private and public – come to a head

Piñon Project improving care for disturbed youths

Piñon Project improving care for disturbed youths

The Piñon Project is launching a program to create individualized care for at-risk children with a serious emotional disturbance, who…

Meet county candidates for clerk and recorder

Meet county candidates for clerk and recorder

Last year, more than 50,000 motor vehicle transactions were conducted, 840 birth and 1,794 death certificates were issued and 186…

Cortez plans cleanup week

Cortez plans cleanup week

The City of Cortez is seeking volunteers for a cleanup day on May 10. The event kick starts a weeklong…

Transit center a boost

Transit center a boost

Bus ridership numbers up since Durango Intermodal Transit Center’s opening

Oil, gas surge pumps up northern Colorado towns

Oil, gas surge pumps up northern Colorado towns

Health department to study related issues, quality-of-life impacts

Bird fest offers new tours, lectures

Bird fest offers new tours, lectures

New tours at McPhee and Telluride focus on birds of prey

Candidates for assessor weigh in on KM

Candidates for assessor weigh in on KM

If elected, both GOP candidates for tax assessor indicated they would not afford Kinder Morgan with any special tax treatment.…

Animal shelter expands hours

Animal shelter expands hours

Additional staff will be hired; shelter wants more local adoptions

Contracts to buy U.S. homes rose in March

Contracts to buy U.S. homes rose in March

A for-sale sign hangs outside a home in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The National Association of Realtors said its seasonally adjusted…

Travel: It’s good for our economy and ourselves

Travel: It’s good for our economy and ourselves

By Heather Hughes The word travel invokes ideas of boarding a plane or ship, packing a tent or minivan. But…

Beef prices spur ranchers to expand

Beef prices spur ranchers to expand

Price per pound up 46 cents

business Briefs

business Briefs

Bealls supports Special Olympics Bealls raised close to $900 for the Cortez Special Olympics during March. Customers were invited to…

City, county to roll out pot rules

City, county to roll out pot rules

Everything from zoning, morals to be considered

Home and Garden show kicks off springtime

Home and Garden show kicks off springtime

Regional fundraiser draws up to 3,000 in its 14th year

Local Q1 home sales on par with last year

Local Q1 home sales on par with last year

Brokers remain optimistic about summer season

Local farms plan hemp test

Local farms plan hemp test

Two will grow development plots

The guardians of the Ancients

The guardians of the Ancients

Hopi tribesmen intervene to shore up Hovenweep ruins

Dog joins demo

Led down the trail by a dog, David Jones tests out a bike during the Salsa mountain bike demonstration at…

Wildflowers galore on plant tours

Wildflowers galore on plant tours

Enjoy spring wildflowers and long views of canyon country during two tours offered by the Four Corners Native Plant Society.…

Home & Garden Show prep

Home & Garden Show prep

Susan Rain lines up the Habitat banner for the Home and Garden Show with the help of Stephen Fox. The…

Southwest Studies doctoral fellowship

Southwest Studies doctoral fellowship

Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College will offer an inaugural doctoral fellowship in Southwestern history, broadly defined, beginning…