KSJD Local News

Critics of HR 1 warned in a Zoom call Thursday that its impacts to patients and hospitals in rural Colorado will be enormous.

The Pantry Produce Share Program will provide fresh, locally grown produce to food pantries in Montezuma and Dolores counties and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Nation. In Dolores, the library district board has voted to terminate Executive Director Sean Gantt’s contract after discussing a third-party workplace assessment.

Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez has been honored nationally, even as it faces financial struggles that are being shared by many hospitals across the state and nation.

The Montelores Coalition’s first Strike Team projects will support cleanup at Hawkins Preserve, Mancos River restoration and derelict fence removal near Rico.

Because of an enforcement order issued by the state, the Town of Dove Creek soon will be getting its water from a new source. That decision has led to a price increase that made some town residents so angry that the Town Hall has closed because of threats to staff.

Grand Canyon National Park has issued a warning that, because of extreme heat, people should not hike below the rim between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

The Montezuma County commissioners this week said no to both a sales-tax question and a proactive emergency declaration.

The Four Corners Poetry Festival brought poets laureate to the Durango Public Library for workshops and readings focused on memory, language, sensory writing and place.

Conservation groups are expressing relief that Congress appears unlikely to throw out the management plan for Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

A survey regarding voters’ attitudes toward a 1 percent sales tax in Montezuma County has been completed.