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Durango Palestine Solidarity Coalition members hopeful of ceasefire, skeptical it will last

Announced truce ‘giving people a lot of hope, which is a good thing’

DATE: Jan 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield native named Navy’s top sailor in 2023

Petty Officer First Class Austin Smith wins award for work on submarine naval base

DATE: May 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Veterans remember the fallen during Memorial Day ceremonies

Former service members reflect on younger generations and what it means to serve your community

DATE: May 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County comes together for veterans as Afghanistan falls into chaos

‘They don’t have to go through this alone,’ says county manager and Afghan vet

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Four Corners veterans react to Afghanistan withdrawal

Uncertainty a pervading feeling among vets as U.S. pulls out of longest war

DATE: May 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gunnery Sgt. Scott Koppenhafer honored in Cortez as ‘Marine’s Marine’

Hundreds of residents, fellow Marines pay respects to Sgt. Scott Koppenhafer

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gunnery Sgt. Scott Koppenhafer honored in Cortez as ‘Marine’s Marine’

Hundreds of residents, fellow Marines pay respects to Sgt. Scott Koppenhafer

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Marine from Mancos, Colorado, dies after combat in Iraq

The Marine Forces Special Operations Command on Sunday announced the death of Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer, 35, of Mancos. He died after being injured during combat Sa...

DATE: Aug 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colo. delegation responds to strikes

Action in Syria was in response to recent chemical weapons attack

DATE: Apr 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

75 years after Midway, U.S. Navy hero honored

ALBANY, N.Y. – C. Wade McClusky Jr. faced a tough decision on June 4, 1942: turn his low-on-fuel U.S. Navy air squadron around or keep searching for the Japanese fleet headed for Midway. He ...

DATE: Jun 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. struggles to convince Iraqis it doesn’t support IS

BAGHDAD – For two years, U.S. airstrikes, military advisers and weapons shipments have helped Iraqi forces roll back the Islamic State group. The U.S.-led coalition has carried out more than...

DATE: May 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Protests disband after IS group carries out 2nd Iraq bombing

BAGHDAD – Anti-government protesters disbanded at least temporarily Sunday from the heavily fortified Green Zone they had stormed a day earlier after the Islamic State group carried out its ...

DATE: May 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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