$10,000 grant to enhance Cortez Public Library’s teen tech space programming rolls out next year October 17, 2025
Polis opposes effort to ban flavored tobacco, nicotine products Bill 1064 would siphon as much as $25.2 million from universal preschool program April 20, 2022
Durango High School junior starts hand-sanitizer business COVID-19 closing restaurants, Samantha Newcomer created her own summer job August 15, 2020
Teen Maze prepares eighth graders for a healthy road ahead Interactive Teen Maze provides ‘hard information’ in a positive way November 21, 2019
Local News Teen birth rates decline, but sexually transmitted diseases rise in Southwest Colorado contraception may lead to unsafe sexual behavior April 9, 2019
Local News Mancos library plans ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ survival course invited to two days of training March 4, 2019
Local News Report says La Plata County teens lacking meaningful relationships with adults study looks at risks, barriers to suicide prevention January 15, 2019
Local News Cortez council plans to start youth commission Teenage volunteers would conduct city projects April 11, 2018
Escalante Middle School student found dead Durango School District 9R offers resources for families May 2, 2017
State budget proposal cuts youth surveys on drugs, sex Lundbergdu1-i-syn The budget draft introduced Monday cuts about $745,000 to end the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey. The youth-risk surveys are… March 28, 2017
Durango schools integrating restorative justice into discipline behavior as a learning tool March 6, 2017
Local News No spike in teen marijuana use after legalization Colorado reports that there’s been no spike in marijuana use among youths since state legalized it June 22, 2016
Local News Colorado pot report: More adults smoking not smoking more since legalization April 19, 2016
Arts and Entertainment Ute students’ film wins award in Los Angeles Ute Mountain Ute council member DeAnne House, actresses Tayanita Hatch, Destiny Whiteman, Kamea Clark and Leslie Lang and director Alex… December 17, 2015
Local News Ute Mountain Ute teens tackle filmmaking premiere held at Sunflower Theatre October 5, 2015
Local News Colorado teen-pregnancy program shows results In La Plata County, the number of pregnancies among girls ages 15 to 19 dropped from 49 in 2009 to… May 14, 2015
Local News Ute taskforce to tackle teen drug use With a philosophy that local drug problems require local solutions, a 2014 Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant was recently awarded… May 13, 2015
Local News Dumb luck cracks burglary spree Suspects leaving restaurant as investigators entered April 16, 2015
MT - News Judge ends arbitrary shackling of youths Judges, officers retain discretionary authority March 31, 2015
Local News Judge orders end to indiscriminate shackling of youths Judges, officers will have discretionary power March 27, 2015
Teen Maze teaches youths life lessons event stresses decisions and consequences faced by young people May 9, 2013
