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About 175 people protested on Cortez’s Main Street on Tuesday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and attack on the Capitol. And the hike-able warm weather has a down side: lower snowpacks.

The family that was detained last month in Durango by ICE agents is asking to be voluntarily deported back to Colombia.

A family from Colombia whose arrest by ICE prompted a protest in Durango is reportedly preparing to self-deport.

The protest is happening outside of the ICE field office in Durango after a man and his two children were detained Monday morning. Advocates say the family is seeking asylum and has an active case. There were reports that officials responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.

Joining an estimated 7 million people nationwide, more than 850 people lined Cortez’s Main Street on Saturday morning as part of the No Kings Day protests against the Trump administration.

Some 225 people stood along Cortez’s Main Street for an hour Monday evening to express support for workers and criticism of the Trump administration. And during Tuesday’s meeting of the Montezuma County Commission, Chair Jim Candelaria spoke out against what he called misinformation on social media.

About 200 people commemorated the fifth anniversary of the death of famed civil-rights activist John Lewis by joining a “Good Trouble” rally in Cortez Thursday morning. And Monsoon rains are offering some mild hope for progress in fighting wildfires in the Southwest.

This week on Regional Roundup: protests in Denver and Salt Lake City, hazard mitigation planning in the West, a social media regulation bill in Colorado, and land conservation efforts in Colorado and Wyoming.

The Montezuma County commissioners are considering implementing a permit system for short-term rentals.

Thousands gathered in communities across Colorado on Saturday as part of the national Hands Off! series of protests.