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Maps of Indigenous dwellings now on view at Canyons of the Ancients museum

15-year-long project produces detailed digital drawings

DATE: Feb 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation maintains mask mandate as New Mexico drops it

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation is maintaining a mask mandate to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, even as the last of the states that surround the reservation dropped the requi...

DATE: Feb 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Coloradans worried about water, wildfires and cost of living, new poll shows

Telephone and online interview polled 3,440 residents of eight Mountain West states

DATE: Feb 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

San Juan Symphony will perform its show “Perpetual Motion” this weekend. The Friday show is at Henderson Performance Hall in Farmington. There will be a pre-show lecture an hour before the ...

DATE: Feb 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Wednesday 7:58 a.m. A man with blood on his hands was reportedly yelling in the 400 block of South Camino del Rio. 11:37 a.m. Someone reported a stolen moto...

DATE: Feb 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado ends crisis care protocol for hospital staffing

DENVER – Citing declining COVID-19 hospitalizations as the omicron coronavirus variant wanes, Colorado on Thursday deactivated its crisis standards of care that enabled hospitals and emergen...

DATE: Feb 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Most Colorado school districts ditch mask mandates

Decisions come amid steep decline in omicron wave

DATE: Feb 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Wednesday 1:43 a.m. A man was reportedly punching glass at a bar in the west 100 block of Eighth Street. 4:37 a.m. Someone reported being assaulted in the w...

DATE: Feb 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utah senator drops opposition, internment camp bill advances

DENVER – A proposal to create a national historic site at a former World War II Japanese American internment camp in rural Colorado has passed the U.S. Senate after Republican Utah Sen. Mike...

DATE: Feb 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado inmates say state is violating ban on forced work

DENVER – Two Colorado inmates who say they were pressured into working despite health concerns are suing the state’s prison system, saying it’s violating a constitutional ban on slavery and ...

DATE: Feb 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Megadrought in Colorado, rest of the Southwest, is worst in 1,200 years

Using tree ring data, researchers say climate change made conditions worse in last 22 years

DATE: Feb 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man accused of lifting $25K dinosaur claw at Tucson gem show

TUCSON, Ariz. – A man has been arrested for allegedly stealing a fossilized dinosaur claw valued at $25,000 from a vendor in Tucson last month and then trying to resell it, according to auth...

DATE: Feb 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News