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Tribes lacking water see glimmer of hope with massive bill

Emergency management support workers unload water and COVID-19 supplies on Dec. 6 in Warm Springs, Oregon. In Warm Springs, the…

December 23, 2021

Colorado Parks and Wildlife sees banner year for kokanee spawn

Southwest Colorado will send a surplus of eggs to supplement other hatcheries in state

December 23, 2021

Hope’s Kitchen and Sharehouse prepare drive-thru Christmas dinner

Bring on the pies, event organizer says

December 23, 2021

Dominion Voting’s Eric Coomer files new defamation suit against conservative talk show host

A lawsuit filed in federal court this week claims Clay Clark monetized false claims during his ReAwaken America Tour that…

December 23, 2021

Montezuma County Historical Society hopes for June opening

A recent $18,000 Colorado Sustaining the Humanities grant will go toward curating exhibits in the museum’s new space

December 23, 2021

Owner of Bauer House reflects on past 27 years as historic home is listed for sale

Owner: ‘It would break my heart’ if it were torn down

December 23, 2021

Ignacio student dies from COVID-19 complications

Case marks first COVID-related pediatric fatality in La Plata and Archuleta counties

December 22, 2021

New CEO hired to lead Southwest Memorial

Gentry is a veteran in health care and hospital management

December 22, 2021

Colorado Gators started as a natural garbage disposal. Now it’s a tourist attraction

Jay Young’s San Luis Valley oasis offers tourists close-up encounters with gators, snakes, turtles and lizards

December 22, 2021

Colorado confirms first wolf kill of livestock in decades

Calf carcass found on ranch in North Park

December 22, 2021

Dark-money group bankrolled major Republican efforts in Colorado, tax docs show

Unite for Colorado, a nonprofit that doesn’t have to disclose its donors, spent $17.2 million in Colorado last year

December 22, 2021

Proposed Canyons of Ancients’ land buy raises questions in Montezuma County

Acquisition of private land in Yellow Jacket Canyon will face environmental analysis and public comment

December 22, 2021

Montezuma-Cortez’s Avery Wright opts for School of Mines

Senior is standout in classroom, is a record holder in track and field

December 22, 2021

Contractors in Montezuma walked out, used foul language as school COVID testing struggled

Email records from CDPHE related to COVID-19 testing in schools reveal problems in Montezuma County

December 21, 2021

Omicron has arrived in Colorado. Here’s what we know about how COVID spreads in the air

Studying aerosols helps us understand how coronavirus spreads

December 21, 2021

Farmington police investigate shooting; two men injured

Blotter lightscca The Farmington Police Department said Tuesday it was investigating a shooting that left two men injured. About 6:30…

December 21, 2021

Family of Colorado avalanche victim drops one lawsuit, targets maker of air bag

Peter Marshall was killed in a January 2019 avalanche while taking a class near Red Mountain Pass

December 21, 2021

Colorado lawmakers still have $2.6 billion in federal COVID stimulus to spend

Legislative task forces have been meeting for months to discuss how to make a dent on issues like affordable housing…

December 21, 2021

Longest-serving La Plata County sheriff dies at 80

Friends and family remember law enforcement career of Sydney ‘Duke’ Schirard

December 21, 2021

Navajo Police seek tips to find missing woman

Identity of deceased man also sought; Secretary of Interior forms Missing and Murdered Unit

December 21, 2021

Rare Rocky Mountain insects will need snowfields to survive

Stoneflies’ peril underscores threat to mountaintops that are ‘biodiversity hot spots’

December 20, 2021

Cortez hires new directors for recreation and public works

Hiring process continues for economic development director

December 20, 2021

New rules to curb oil and gas emissions across Colorado

More stringent leak detection, pollution regulations will help state meet air quality, climate change goals

December 20, 2021

Developer of Denver’s Larimer Square and Union Station is investing big in Crested Butte

Jeff Hermanson, who helped revitalize downtown Denver, bought three buildings on the resort town's historic Elk Avenue

December 20, 2021