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ZU Gallery will host its first Musicians’ Market on Saturday, Nov. 29, offering a space where local music enthusiasts ca...
11/06/2025

ZU Gallery will host its first Musicians’ Market on Saturday, Nov. 29, offering a space where local music enthusiasts can connect, buy, sell and trade a wide array of instruments and gear.

ZU Gallery will host its first Musicians’ Market on Saturday, Nov. 29, offering a space where local music enthusiasts can connect, buy, sell and trade a wide array of instruments and gear. The market ...

Eddie Box Jr., a Southern Ute spiritual healer, took the witness stand Wednesday afternoon in a Durango federal court to...
11/06/2025

Eddie Box Jr., a Southern Ute spiritual healer, took the witness stand Wednesday afternoon in a Durango federal court to describe what a spiritual blessing looks like.

Editor’s Note: This story contains court testimonies and language regarding allegations of sexual assault and r**e. If you or someone you may know has experienced an assault or r**e and would like...

League of Women Voters will limit seating capacity to 50 people.
11/06/2025

League of Women Voters will limit seating capacity to 50 people.

Two state lawmakers will visit Dolores on Saturday morning to discuss recent ICE activity in Durango and the Colorado legislature’s special session. Colorado Sen. Cleave Simpson will join Rep. Katie S...

Proposition MM’s passage means Colorado will fully fund free breakfast and lunch for all public school students.
11/05/2025

Proposition MM’s passage means Colorado will fully fund free breakfast and lunch for all public school students.

Coloradans voted Tuesday to increase taxes on wealthy households to fully fund free breakfast and lunch for all public school kids and bolster the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, al...

A woman reportedly stole a bottle of liquor from Cork and Bottle and fled in a Ford Fusion. Stopped by officers, she was...
11/05/2025

A woman reportedly stole a bottle of liquor from Cork and Bottle and fled in a Ford Fusion. Stopped by officers, she was charged with DUI, and a passenger was cited for possessing brass knuckles.

Thursday, Oct. 23 3:29 p.m.: A man in custody at the Montezuma County Detention Center, 700 block of E. Driscoll St., was served with two active arrest warrants. He remained in detention. Summar...

Day 7 of Lyndreth Wall’s Durango trial marked a shift in the prosecution’s case from emotional witness testimony to reco...
11/05/2025

Day 7 of Lyndreth Wall’s Durango trial marked a shift in the prosecution’s case from emotional witness testimony to recounting the investigative work behind it.

Editor’s Note: This story contains court testimonies and language regarding allegations of sexual assault and r**e. If you or someone you may know has experienced an assault or r**e and would like...

The Mancos RE-6 school district’s 10-mill property tax override currently leads with 60.49% of voters in support of its ...
11/05/2025

The Mancos RE-6 school district’s 10-mill property tax override currently leads with 60.49% of voters in support of its passage, according to unofficial election results. Nearly 40% (39.51%) have voted against the measure.

The Mancos RE-6 school district’s 10-mill property tax override currently leads with 60.49% of voters in support of its passage, according to early, unofficial election results. Nearly 40% (39.51%) v...

In early voting, Laura DeWitt, Lara Maria Blair and Joshua Shumway take leads.
11/05/2025

In early voting, Laura DeWitt, Lara Maria Blair and Joshua Shumway take leads.

Early results show the candidates leading in the race for Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 school district seats. Five seats are being filled out of 11 candidates on the school board of the Montezuma-Cortez RE-...

The unofficial report from the Colorado Secretary of State shows that 6,375 ballots were cast in Montezuma County’s 2025...
11/05/2025

The unofficial report from the Colorado Secretary of State shows that 6,375 ballots were cast in Montezuma County’s 2025 Coordinated Election as of 8:24 p.m. Tuesday.

The unofficial report from the Colorado Secretary of State shows that 6,375 ballots were cast in Montezuma County’s 2025 Coordinated Election as of 8:24 p.m. Tuesday. Voters rejected two local ballot ...

Montezuma County has begun reporting its vote. Who's winning, who's losing?
11/05/2025

Montezuma County has begun reporting its vote. Who's winning, who's losing?

The following statistics were reported by the Colorado Secretary of State’s office as of 8:24 p.m. Tuesday.

UPDATEAbout 7,800 of 20,900, or nearly 40% of registered voter in Montezuma County had returned their ballots an hour be...
11/05/2025

UPDATE
About 7,800 of 20,900, or nearly 40% of registered voter in Montezuma County had returned their ballots an hour before Tuesday’s 7 p.m. Election Day deadline.

Close to an hour and a half past the Election Day deadline, Montezuma County was the last remaining county to report unofficial election results, according to the Colorado Secretary of State. By 8:21...

Two state lawmakers will visit Dolores on Saturday morning to discuss recent ICE activity in Durango and the Colorado le...
11/04/2025

Two state lawmakers will visit Dolores on Saturday morning to discuss recent ICE activity in Durango and the Colorado legislature’s special session.

Two state lawmakers will visit Dolores on Saturday morning to discuss recent ICE activity in Durango and the Colorado legislature’s special session. Colorado Sen. Cleave Simpson will join Rep. Katie S...

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