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As tariffs take effect, a new struggle for small town newspapers arises – the cost of paper

A newsstand at Gub Gub’s pizza in Walsenburg, CO sells copies of the World Journal newspaper on Mar. 11, 2025.…

March 21, 2025

Five local producers receive certifications for artificial insemination at Ag Expo

‘Knowledge is key to a successful breeding operation,’ producer says

March 21, 2025

Bennet grapples with party’s future. ‘I think we should be looking at all the Democratic leadership’

Sen. Michael Bennet speaks to town hall attendees at Harrison High School in Colorado Springs on Mar. 20. (Dan Boyce/CPR…

March 21, 2025

Bondad Landfill in La Plata County has an estimated seven years until it is full

Officials, experts say conversations about the future must start now

March 21, 2025

Planning and Zoning denies application for glamping development outside Mancos

‘We don’t want to know the kind of people who pay hundreds of dollars a night to stay in a…

March 20, 2025

Montezuma-Cortez accountability committee releases family engagement survey

Survey will allow the DAC to make recommendations to district leadership

March 20, 2025

Rayah Chowen plea hearing rescheduled for end of May

Chowen didn’t appear for plea on Tuesday due to possible livestream issues

March 20, 2025

Cortez’s finance director moves on

Kelly Koskie helped get the city to good financial standing after embezzlement

March 20, 2025

Durango Celtic Festival takes over concert hall

Weekend will also include late night jams, workshops

March 20, 2025

Governor signs bill to protect Native students’ rights to wear tribal regalia

‘Every student deserves to celebrate their academic achievements in a way that honors their identity and traditions,’ Lujan Graham says

March 20, 2025

Mancos school board to move forward with mill levy override

The mill levy override, if passed, would help raise staff and teacher salaries

March 19, 2025

Mark your calendars: Third Thursdays return this summer

Third Thursdays will feature music, food, drinks and more

March 19, 2025

‘Ag is hard’: Local producers convene in Cortez to discuss concerns and solutions

‘It’s not a temporary drought we’re in, it’s the new norm,’ producer says

March 19, 2025

Colorado water project funding is drying up

Under Senate Bill 40, a nine-member panel would examine new options to replace severance tax money

March 19, 2025

Colorado lawmakers approve bill to classify nuclear power as ‘clean’ energy

A worker looks at a turbine at the Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Power Plant near Platteville, Colorado, in 1972. The…

March 19, 2025

Durango man charged with officer shooting waives preliminary hearing

Elias Buck to remain in San Juan County jail through trial

March 19, 2025

San Juan Mountains Association receives grant for care of public lands

$299,000 in funding awarded by Great Outdoors Colorado

March 19, 2025

San Juan County Sheriff’s Office investigates rural homicide

Report mostly redacted including victim’s identity

March 19, 2025

A Southwest Colorado town has carved itself into a snowboarder’s paradise

Silverton Mountain's stable of guides have proved their boards are efficient guiding tools, defying decades of ski-only history.

March 19, 2025

Police investigating confrontation over ‘MAHA’ hat at Durango recreation center

A woman alleges a man confronted her aggressively over conservative slogan

March 18, 2025

Longtime Cortez resident and public figure Orly Lucero remembered for ‘doing the maximum’

‘Everyone that knew Orly knew that grass never grew under his feet,’ his obituary reads

March 18, 2025

San Juan County receives a bit more snow early Saturday

High winds Friday evening brought needed precipitation

March 18, 2025

Omar Brito gets date for plea hearing after arrest in gunfire at Cortez bar

Judge allows Brito to drive daughter to college after spring break

March 18, 2025

ICE ‘disappeared’ 48 New Mexico residents, attorneys say

Immigrant families, advocates call for New Mexico Legislature to act

March 18, 2025