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Pediatric Partners of the Southwest welcomes new nurse practitioner at DHS School Based Health Center

Pediatric Partners of the Southwest has announced that Amanda Singh, pediatric nurse practitioner, will join the practice to provide care at the Durango High School â€” School Based Health C...

DATE: Jul 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Award recognizes Celeste Hanson-Weller as Health Care Professional Making a Difference

American Sentinel University and Colorado Hospital Association named Celeste Hanson-Weller, emergency department manager with Centura Health Mercy Regional Medical Center, as a Colorado Heal...

DATE: Jul 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Red Cross announces new disaster program manager in Durango

The Western Chapter of the American Red Cross of Colorado has announced the addition of Sean Killoy as the new disaster program manager for Southwestern Colorado and the San Luis Valley. As ...

DATE: Jul 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Art meets COVID prevention at Alpacka Raft

Mancos-based raft business creates unique masks, raises funds for Creative District

DATE: Jul 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Smaller ski areas retain workers with help of federal coronavirus stimulus money

Granby Ranch, Hesperus, Loveland, Monarch, Powderhorn, Purgatory, Ski Echo, Ski Sunlight, Silverton Mountain and Wolf Creek qualified for a cumulative $5 million to $13 million in PPP loans

DATE: Jul 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Legal cannabis sales in Colorado reach all-time high in May

DENVER – Cannabis sales in Colorado set a new monthly record in May, reaching their highest level since broad legalization in 2014. Dispensaries sold over $192 million worth of ca...

DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico restaurants bristle at rolling back indoor dining

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s revamped public health order took effect Monday, and some restaurant owners aren’t happy that they have been ordered to roll back indoor din...

DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Animas High School seeks owner’s representative

Animas High School has been awarded a $13.7 million grant from the Colorado Capital Assistance Board as part of their Building Excellent Schools Today program. Animas High School...

DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Enchant Energy Corporation names Cindy A. Crane as Chief Executive Officer

Enchant Energy Corporation has named Cindy A. Crane as Chief Executive Officer. She will lead the company that is developing the project to add carbon capture utilization and sequestration t...

DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

San Juan Health Partners pediatrics nurse practitioner named chair of New Mexico Board of Nursing

Jonathan Palmer, a nurse practitioner with San Juan Health Partners Pediatrics, has been appointed Chair of the New Mexico Board of Nursing. Palmer has served on the New Mexico Board of Nurs...

DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Pat Page selected to manage Bureau of Reclamation’s Four Corners Construction Office

The Bureau of Reclamation’s Upper Colorado Basin Region recently selected Pat Page as its project construction engineer and manager of its Four Corners Construction Office in Farmington. In ...

DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

What, a new coffeehouse?

Yup, but this one is near FLC, far from Main Avenue

DATE: Jul 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

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Photos: People’s MarchAbout 300 people take to the street on Saturday in Durango

About 300 people take to the street on Saturday in Durango

Photos: Fort Lewis College basketballWomen’s and men’s basketball teams take on South Dakota Mines

Women’s and men’s basketball teams take on South Dakota Mines

Photos: Wrestling at Durango High SchoolDurango High School boys wrestling beat Bayfield High School Tuesday night

Durango High School boys wrestling beat Bayfield High School Tuesday night

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

Photos: Wreaths Across America honors fallen veteransDurango residents on Saturday honor those who served their country

Durango residents on Saturday honor those who served their country

Photos: Skyhawks men’s and women’s basketball Fort Lewis College men’s and women’s basketball lost to Regis on Saturday

Fort Lewis College men’s and women’s basketball lost to Regis on Saturday

Demons defeat Bobcats 62-47 on Friday at DHS