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Getting their kicks

Eli Holden, 9, left, and Rory Stahl, 9, get their own soccer game going during the Fort Lewis College men’s…

What pesticides are being used to grow your pot?

Cannabis farmers don’t face same regulations as other agriculturalists

Local issues dominate ballots

to decide debt, taxes, telecommunications and school board candidates

Boo on who?

Kevan Walker, 3, from Prescott, Arizona, fearlessly confronts the giant inflatable pumpkin Friday in front of the Durango & Silverton…

Train to help haul freshly cut Christmas trees

will reduce risk of wildfire near Cascade Wye

Vandalism causes delays again on Red Mountain

A major rockslide in January 2014 has caused ongoing problems and closures on Red Mountain Pass. As crews from San…

Science is stressful

Mountain Middle School sixth-graders Hunter Gray, front, watches as his 38.3-gram bridge withstands the weight of 7.36 kilograms during a…

La Plata County’s warm weather not expected to last

National Weather Service says this fall in ‘top five’ warmest

Print’s not dead in Durango

Magpies Newsstand holds its ground in online age

Nutritious and all natural

Crate-diggers have their day

aficionados look to add to their record collections in Durango swap

Ray Duncan, ski area founder, dies

Purgatory pioneer, vintner dies at 84

Report: Building up in Durango better than building out

of Main Avenue provide model of efficient tax production

Wax ’em up!

FLC alum donates $90,000 for new hall

FLC alumnus Chuck Baltzer, who graduated with a degree in geology in 1982, has donated $90,000 to the school. Most…

DHS suspends 7 cross country runners

Marijuana, alcohol found in hotel room

Durangoans bring spirit of aloha to life

teaches hula, storytelling

Two vie for 9-R school district board seat

Candidates to speak at forum Thursday

Mill levy increase to go to voters

polling predicts passage

Wild stallion on Main

Photographer Claude Steelman’s “Wild Stallion” appears to catch a glimpse of a woman on her cellphone Friday as she walks…

Dead eye

Shane Moller, 18, an engineering major at Fort Lewis College, sinks one while playing disc golf on Thursday with friends…

You can’t beat the freshness

Lucas Manymules, 5, takes a big bite of Harvest Stew at Wednesday during lunch at Needham Elementary as the school…

A holiday for coffee lovers

Remains found in U.S. 550 wreckage

stumbles upon car, body of woman missing since June