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2017: A year of planning and building in Cortez

Cortez sets new goals, opens buildings, and considers new rules

December 26, 2017

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New year could bring snow to Southwest Colorado

Unseasonably warm weather means less skiing, more ice cream for some

December 26, 2017

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Photo: Smoke, but no fire

A lot of smoke but no fire was discovered at 221 Jenkins Ranch Road around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Laura Rickard,…

December 26, 2017

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Road between Walmart and Home Depot may be complete by late spring

Construction continues through winter while dry weather persists

December 26, 2017

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Montezuma Land Conservancy awarded $1.8 million grant

Funding will create, expand programs to encourage youth to spend time outdoors

December 26, 2017

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Photo: Speedskating on McPhee

Nicholas Tyson Jones of Lizard Head Cyclery has created a quarter-mile ice-skating track on McPhee Reservoir. “The conditions are perfect…

December 26, 2017

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The Blotter

Monday 8:04 a.m. Someone reported really loud Christmas music at the corner of East Fifth Avenue and East Fourth Street.…

December 26, 2017

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Cortez woman in church sanctuary honored during Las Posadas

One of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people visits Mancos

December 26, 2017

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Fort Lewis College pitches plan to expand Whalen Gymnasium

JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald file<br><br>Former first lady Michelle Obama greets supporters after speaking in a packed Whalen Gymnasium during a campaign…

December 26, 2017

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Fort Lewis College imagines $4.5 million cut in budgetary exercise

Estimate amounts to 8.2 percent of school’s general fund

December 26, 2017

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High suicide rate, spike in Safe2Tell reports prompt youth study in La Plata County

5-month focus group to be funded by Attorney General’s Office

December 25, 2017

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Mining claim in Weminuche Wilderness donated as open space

Land will be protected from future development

December 25, 2017

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Lawsuits challenge Trump’s trim of Utah monuments

Reductions in Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante exclude thousands of significant objects

December 25, 2017

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Dolores passes town budget for 2018 as tax revenues fall

Sales tax, oil and gas revenues down

December 25, 2017

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Survey floats new names for north Main Avenue

Options include North Main, Uptown and Animas City

December 25, 2017

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Montezuma-Cortez school board discusses safety, annual budget

Concerns focus on Lewis-Arriola, Pleasant View schools

December 24, 2017

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BP donates nearly 200 acres near Bayfield as open space

Donation part of agreement with state to offset oil and gas impacts

December 24, 2017

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Second-graders gain STEAM

Sunnyside students work on math, engineering skills

December 24, 2017

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Development plans abandoned for Boker Lumber site on College Drive

Property owner: Development rights for upper bench main issue

December 24, 2017

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Mercy’s endocrinology clinic to close

Durango Herald file<br><br>Mercy Regional Medical Center’s endocrinology clinic will close in May. Dr. Gihan “Gigi” Dawood resigned her position at…

December 24, 2017

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Caption This!: ‘Colorado security system’

Courtesy of Lynn Dearey Durango Herald Facebook reader Myrtle Homan submitted this week’s winning Caption This! headline: “Colorado security system.”…

December 24, 2017

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Jay and Silent Bob help ‘Stuff the Truck’ with toys

Yearly benefit for La Plata County kids hit new donation record

December 23, 2017

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Traces of snow possible Christmas morning

Purgatory could see 4 to 6 inches

December 23, 2017

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Brush fire along U.S. Highway 160 burns 2 acres

Within 20 minutes of arriving at the fast-moving fire, firefighters had it controlled, said Battalion Chief Michael Krupa with Durango…

December 23, 2017