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A pressing matter

River Mist Preschool director Jennifer Tew, left, and teacher Sammie McCoy help 4-year-old Liam Wallace and other children Tuesday as…

Animas Museum awarded hefty grant

is to use $130,000 to preserve collections and documentation

Standing up to cancer

Stand-up paddle boarders make their way down the Animas River on Sunday for “A Paddle and a Pint for the…

Cowboys round up in Durango for annual poetry gathering

And she has many more days ahead of her. Mitchell is 13 years old. “Right now, I’m just doing the…

Flooding may lead to new well rules

Almost 900 barrels of oil have spilled in the flood zone in northeastern Colorado.Courtesy of Colorado Public News Mitsch Bush,…

Creating sustainable change

Durangoans support work in Myanmar villages

Three Durango men missing in Tajikistan

Kayakers sent two emergency signals

Heavy traffic slows health website on debut day

Scantily clad models, from left, Katina Shoemaker, Sharayah Jones and Meghan McMahon, hand out fliers and display signs encouraging the…

Fee for fire-prone forest homes?

It’s one of governor’s task force’s many recommendations

Best still to come?

Josh Potter of Graphic Assassin unveils the poster he designed for Snowdown 2014 on Friday evening at Alpine Bank during…

Ignacio launches centennial bash

hoping it will become annual event

Rollover accident

A man who had been reported as a possible drunken driver rolled a Toyota Highlander about 4:45 p.m. Friday while…

Lawmakers take aim at ski water plan

Service takeover bid meets bipartisan pushback

Swift drills in search of oil

Company unsure if fracking needed for well in county

Vallecito dam road retiring

Replacement ready for aging 72-year-old section

No one’s hurt

Botany fans race for plants in Durango

dampens second day of Horticultural Festival

Run for the orphans

The sixth annual River Run for Orphans took place Saturday morning at the Fort Lewis College clock tower. The event’s…

Hometown pride

Jim Foltz puts up flagpoles bearing the Durango High School Demons’ red at Riverview Sports Complex on Friday afternoon. Jim’s…

Creating a flap(jack)

Jeovanna Rios, a sophomore chemistry major at Fort Lewis College, came really close to successfully flipping her Mickey Mouse-shaped pancake…

Rainy day commute

Jill Hesford walks her 5½-year-old daughter, Sylvia Hesford, right, to her kindergarten class at Riverview Elementary School on Wednesday along…

Tattoos not always ‘job wreckers’

Durango employers vary on body art policies

Hold the lines

As part of sidewalk reconstruction, electrical lines are being run beneath Main Avenue. Kalvin Brown holds electrical wiring and Charles…

Dance to your heritage

Elias Ojeda and his cohorts with Mariachi Nuevo Sonido entertain the crowd Monday evening during Fiesta on the Mesa at…