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River trail stretch closing for repair

Pedestrians, area business see need for maintenance

Audit finds gaps in state personnel system

The state’s various departments do their own performance reviews and keep track of employee data at their home offices. But…

Durango teachers, staff up for raise

Health-insurance costs are expected to be lower for families

First comes baby, then … ?

women opt for motherhood ahead of marriage

Bear-aware time

Bicyclists pause for a young bear along the Animas River Trail on Thursday evening. The first bear reported out of…

City paves way for cyclist-friendlier grid

bicycle lanes planned

Tragedy can’t stop legacy

5K run to memorialize plane-crash victim Gena Rych

Old Spanish Trail

Western trade routes may be thousands of years old

Roybal family history set in stone in Durango

‘Book Case’ at library memorializes past, present residents

‘Here, fishy, fishy!’

Five-year-old Marina Bridge and her brother Tayton, 4, learn to appreciate nature, as well as how to be patient, while…

N.M. crews fight fires, capital covered in haze

Another blaze burning near Creede

‘From Habitat to Honda’

retires from Habitat for Humanity

A home for downhill bikers?

Proposed course at Logchutes generating debate

Board could shrink to five

Durango district voters to decide in November

The smell of success

Caleb Gonzales, left, accosts fellow Durango High School graduate Whitney Simon with a carnation as they prepare for the commencement…

Suspect nabbed after plunge in Animas River

21-year-old arrested in connection with assaults

It’s a wrap

Humane Society to hold adopt-a-thon

“They’re all sweet. There’s not one bad cat here,” said volunteer Karen Sprague, who visits the La Plata County Humane…

The finishing touches

Zak Fleming finishes the trim on the window sills of the Strater Hotel under Thursday’s brilliant blue skies. Keep the…

Teachers frustrated as lawsuit defeated

district on record: Budget allocations unfair

Gas, oil influence on Colo. politics at issue

Colorado Ethics Watch reviewed state lobbying disclosures and political donations from gas and oil companies, industry associations and their employees.…

State getting a climate-change czar

The state official, yet to be named by the governor, will be tasked with studying the effects of climate change…

School’s out! Now what?

Options abound, from summer camp to crime-scene investigation

Just showin’ off

Three-year-old Benjamin Andrea and a dozen or so other kids competed in the push-bike category of the Junior DEVO Super…