DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A national weather agency has announced plans to lower its radar system elevation to better track weather in the Four Corners region including southwest Colorado. The Durango Herald reports that the National Weather Service has proposed adjusting its Grand Junction radar to track areas that were originally blind […]
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A hospital in the Four Corners has announced it will lay off 5% of its staff to cut costs and increase bill collections. The Farmington Daily Times reports San Juan Regional Medical Center said Thursday the cuts will impact about 78 employees as part of a larger plan […]
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The trading posts, once a staple in the Four Corners region that connected Navajo weavers and artists to buyers, are facing challenges to their survival. Trading posts are facing increased competition from online retailers as well as a large regional grocery store chain and working to […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has accepted an original copy of an 1868 treaty that had been stored in a Massachusetts home. The treaty allowed Navajos to return to their homeland in the Four Corners region after years of imprisonment in eastern New Mexico. It is one […]
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Officials in northwestern New Mexico are hoping Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs a bill that could open a film studio near the Navajo Nation. The Farmington Daily Times reports San Juan County is waiting for the governor to sign a capital outlay bill that includes $1 million for […]
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — Colorado has awarded $1.7 million to set up a weather radar system in the Four Corners region, a blind spot in current weather and radar modeling systems. The Durango Herald reports the state Department of Local Affairs awarded the funding for a system in southwest Colorado, clearing a […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Climatologists say conditions are right for development of an El Nino weather pattern that could bring wetter than normal conditions this winter in drought-stricken area of the southwestern U.S. But weather researchers said Wednesday that even if an El Nino occurs, that doesn’t assure that parched […]
