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The young and the restless at Music in the Mountains

New music and new faces take the festival stage

DATE: Jul 25, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Music in the Mountains: Two soloists and a festival tribute

A salute to Mary Jane Clark anchors the 38th festival calendar

DATE: Jul 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Music in the Mountain’s Figueroa: Hail and farewell

The Maestro celebrates his final festival

DATE: Jul 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Music in the Mountains is on the road again

The Music in the Mountains mobile stage will present three different professional ensembles on three successive days to launch the 38th season of the festival. Thursday: The Wildwood Ree...

DATE: Jul 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Bar-D Wranglers’ Gary Cook performs following triple bypass surgery in June

Despite missing three weeks, musician didn’t wait long before returning to stage with Durango band Bar D Chuckwagon guitarist and vocalist Gary Cook and his family were preparing to go to di...

DATE: Jul 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Ann Wilson announces cancer diagnosis, postpones Heart tour

LOS ANGELES – Ann Wilson, lead singer of rock band Heart, says she has cancer and the band is postponing the remaining shows on its Royal Flush Tour while she undergoes treatment. Wilson sai...

DATE: Jul 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

The Jeff Solon Swing’n Big Band to perform at Aztec Museum and Pioneer Village

Jeff Solon carries on Rollie Rustad classic jazz tradition, which was conceived in Durango

DATE: Jun 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Tri-Cities

Thurston Moore returns Colorado to teach summer writing course at Naropa University

Sonic Youth co-founder has been an instructor in Colorado since 2011

DATE: Jun 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Tuning in to the early history of Telluride Bluegrass

After 51 years, Marikay Shellman recalls early years of festival

DATE: Jun 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Olympics-themed Burro Fest draws a crowd to Mancos

More than 1,000 turn out for burros, arts, music and food

DATE: Jun 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: 2024 Burro Fest puts local arts, music and food on display

On Saturday, more than 1,000 people head to Mancos for burros

DATE: Jun 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Gallery

Roxy’s closes after sudden death of co-owner

Business opened in spring 2023 and developed following in Durango electronic dance music scene

DATE: Jun 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

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Photos: Where there's smoke there's firefightersDurango firefighters take advantage of the old River City Hall building for training

Durango firefighters take advantage of the old River City Hall building for training

Photos: Durango plays Montezuma-Cortez in boys, girls high school basketballDurango girls and boys basketball teams defeat Montezuma-Cortez at DHS

Durango girls and boys basketball teams defeat Montezuma-Cortez at DHS

Year in photos: A look back at Southwest Colorado in 2024Each year brings some of the new and some of the old – breaking news and cherished traditions. It is the people, their emotions, different cultures and varied forms of entertainment that make for impactful images. Add to that Southwest Colorado’s gorgeous scenery, abundant wildlife and range of weather events, and you have the makings for stunning photos. We hope you enjoy Photo Editor Jerry McBride’s photos from 2024.

Each year brings some of the new and some of the old – breaking news and cherished traditions. It is...

Montezuma County DA Christian Hatfield charged with DWICharges come 16 weeks after crash near Farmington, New MexicoMontezuma County District Attorney Christian Hatfield was charged Friday with driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs 16 weeks after he crashed his SUV on U.S. Highway 64 outside Bloomfield.The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office charged Hatfield, 59, with petty misdemeanor charge of DWI and an open container in connection to the Aug. 30 single-car crash.The charges come after results from a blood test by the New Mexico Department of Health Scientific Laboratory showed alcohol and a drug in Hatfield’s body after the crash.

“The results show that at the time of the blood draw, which was approximately eleven hours after the time of the crash due to medical issues, were 0.05 g/100 ml of Ethanol and 0.04 mg/L of Zolpidem (Ambien). Both Ethanol and Ambien are Central Nervous System Depressants,” the law enforcement report states.Two vials of blood were taken from Hatfield at 1:33 p.m. Aug. 30, which was more than 12 hours after the crash occurred about 1 a.m. Those vials were received by the New Mexico Department of Health Scientific Laboratory at 10:26 a.m. Oct. 11, which was six weeks after the crash, according to records from the lab.An investigation into the blood warrant by The Journal newspaper in Cortez, Colorado, showed that the blood sample sat in a refrigerator at the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office until Oct. 3, because paperwork to send it to the state laboratory was not processed.“I think it’s a non-prosecutable case because of all the errors made by law enforcement,” said Arlon Stoker, a high-profile defense attorney secured by Hatfield to fight the charges.

The charges made by the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office are “based on the observations made by law enforcement officers on scene and the presence of intoxicating drugs and liquors in Christian's blood,” according to the report that was given to The Journal by the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government.Amanda Lavin, legal director for NMFOG, assisted The Journal in accessing public records from the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office in Aztec. The records had been redacted, leaving out Hatfield’s name and information about the blood warrant filed in San Juan County Magistrate Court.Public records requests by The Journal and the Tri-City Record went unresolved for 14 weeks.The Journal requested body camera footage and lapel camera video on Sept. 3.The Tri-City Record requested any and all warrants, investigative reports and laboratory reports as well as photos, lapel cam videos and dash cam videos on Oct. 23.On Dec. 9, Lavin made the same requests.

The Journal received access to photos and videos in an email on Dec. 19, and Lavin, after making a legal argument for unredacted information, received the full report Dec. 19 and was advised that charges would be forthcoming.The report detailing the crash states that Hatfield was found “unresponsive and barely able to stand” about 1 a.m. Aug. 30 near the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and County Road 5099.Investigators and medics noted a “pungent” odor of alcohol coming from Hatfield, and investigators found “an open 12-ounce can of Mexican Lager with residual liquid inside,” an “empty wine glass,” and a “bottle of Ambien prescribed to Christian,” according to the report.The affidavit for search warrant for blood submitted by sheriff’s deputy Avery Killifer states he had an “opinion that the defendant was driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance.” The deputy “placed the defendant under arrest” at the time, but Hatfield was taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center, because of “extensive injuries.”A summons was issued for Hatfield, and an arraignment is set for 8:30 a.m. Jan. 8 in Aztec Magistrate Court.

Charges come 16 weeks after crash near Farmington, New Mexico