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Weekly planner for Nov. 29-Dec. 3

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: Nov 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Corn meal, whiskey help save Ute Mountain Ute Farm and Ranch

TOWAOC (AP) – Drought in much of the West, 22 years running, has struck Colorado’s Four Corners tribal lands with bitter force. This year, the Ute Mountain Ute’s celebrated 7,700 acre farm a...

DATE: Nov 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

If Colorado River keeps drying up, a century-old agreement could be threatened

Rapid decline of water source could soon cause problems between states

DATE: Nov 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

GOP Rep. Boebert apologizes to Muslims for Omar remarks

DENVER – Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized Friday for using anti-Muslim language in describing a recent encounter she had with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. In h...

DATE: Nov 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

The annual “Singing with Santa” caroling procession and community Christmas tree lighting will be held Friday. Each year, about 1,000 children and their parents gather for the event. Caroler...

DATE: Nov 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Statewide mask mandate ‘not something we’re considering,’ Polis says

As three metro Denver counties enact some version of a mask requirement this week, Gov. Jared Polis reiterated during a COVID-19 update Tuesday that a statewide order is not in the cards. In...

DATE: Nov 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Tuesday 4:30 a.m. Someone reported a large trash can was on fire in the 1100 block of South Camino del Rio. Monday 8:08 a.m. Someone reported a stolen ve...

DATE: Nov 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Xcel files plan to close coal-fired power plant in Pueblo

DENVER – Xcel Energy has proposed a tentative agreement to close Colorado’s largest coal-fired power plant by 2035, well ahead of its original retirement date of 2070, as regulators consider...

DATE: Nov 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hiker finds remains of fourth, final victim of Colorado flood

FORT COLLINS – A hiker found the remains of the fourth and final person who died during flooding and mudslides in an area of northern Colorado that was burned by a massive wildfire, authorit...

DATE: Nov 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver imposes mask mandate in indoor public places

DENVER – Denver is joining other nearby counties in imposing a mask mandate in public places, a move which officials said Tuesday was needed to prevent the region’s hospital system from coll...

DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News