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Durango Police Department Sunday 8:24 p.m. A man and a woman reportedly got into a fight in the 1000 block of Avenida del Sol. Saturday 2:07 a.m. A man and woman reportedly got into...

DATE: Dec 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Chapman Hill Ski Area opens in Durango

Chapman Ski Hill on Florida Road in Durango opened for the season, Monday, Dec. 20. The ski area has 500 feet of vertical terrain, a bumps course, park features, and ski and snowboard lesson...

DATE: Dec 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

United Power makes good on threat to break its contract with Tri-State Generation

With 103,000 customers, United Power accounts for 20% of Tri-State’s business

DATE: Dec 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Geographic naming board agrees to scrape offensive name from Chaffee County gulch

Board recommends renaming derogatory Chinaman Gulch as Yan Sing Gulch, which translates to ‘resilience’ in Chinese

DATE: Dec 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado representative tests positive for breakthrough COVID-19

Two senators also report positive tests

DATE: Dec 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Dec. 20-24

Information and agendas about local meetings: City of Durango: www.durangogov.org or call 375-5000. La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us or call 382-6210. Town of Bayfield...

DATE: Dec 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trucker’s sentence in fatal crash spotlights sentencing laws

DENVER (AP) – The 110-year prison sentence meted out Dec. 13 to the truck driver who killed four people when he lost his brakes on Interstate 70 put a renewed spotlight on Colorado’s mandato...

DATE: Dec 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Friday 2:29 a.m. A man and woman were reported for fighting on Florida Road (County Road 240). Thursday 11:17 a.m. Someone reported an abandoned RV ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bureau of Land Management’s relocation plans becoming clear amid Republican objections

The Bureau of Land Management’s plans for moving back to Washington, D.C., are taking shape, and Western Republicans aren’t happy. After higher-level senior positions have moved to Washingto...

DATE: Dec 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s fiscal outlook gets even better, with larger TABOR refunds on horizon

If projections hold, taxpayers will get money back for the next three years

DATE: Dec 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Manitou Springs Cliff Dwellings spark conversation about preservation and Indigenous history

Dwellings were taken from their original site in Southwest Colorado

DATE: Dec 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

Volunteers from Blue Star Mothers, Daughters of the American Revolution, American Heritage Girls and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be at local cemeteries at 10 a.m. Saturday for a Wreath...

DATE: Dec 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News