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Sweet success

Sam Atchison, 11, cranks a cider press while, from left, Vincent Gomez, 14, Grace Gomez, 11, Hannah Gomez, 17, and…

Hoping for a cure

Runners and walkers took part in the 19th annual Journey of Hope on Saturday at Mercy Regional Medical Center in…

What A Girl Wants

“I ride, so I’m the perfect girl to have down here,” said Kathy Tucker, who was setting up the Durango…

‘Pints for Prostates’

Beer, cycling provide way to peddle message

Final month for iron horse

Engine No. 486 of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad churns its way across the bridge near Rotary Park…

Having a ball

Victoria Collette found time to play with her dog, Cricket, on Tuesday afternoon at Santa Rita Park. The National Weather…

Water-main break brings gusher

leaks for 2 hours; residents lose pressure

Bigfoot might lurk in nearby bush

N.M. sightings explored at weekend conference

Fall Blaze

Rollover accident

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

New chapter for Animas High

Charter school celebrates move to new home at Twin Buttes

Experience not always required

Employers, job hunters seek matches at job fair

2 die in Highway 550 head-on

Durango resident is one of victims

Turns of the season

Time to sharpen the edges? Silverton Mountain reported as much as 2 to 3 feet of fresh snow from the…

Fall arrives with a deluge

Powerful storm floods roads, keeps crews scrambling

Getting outside for awareness

Participants hit river trail for AIDS benefit

Touching up Florida

Road crews should finish the chip-and-seal work on Florida Road today, Karen Gillum of Branson Traffic Control said Friday. Crews…

Airline apologizes for service

‘We hurt you,’ United official tells airport board

Officials focus on door-to-door searches

Samantha Fennell sprays mud off of clothing Wednesday in Longmont. The number of people missing after the floods now is…

Sealing the deal

A Colorado Department of Transportation sweeper clears loose rocks during rain-delayed chip seal operations Tuesday on state Highway 3 in…

Evacuees return to find more heartbreak

Rescuers grounded by weekend rains took advantage of the break in the weather to resume searches for people still stranded,…

State will help pay for flood damage

Hickenlooper says no one knows how much, but local governments will have to help

One sunny day out of two isn’t half bad

First will benefit from weekend bash

Rescuers: Evacuate while you still can

people have been confirmed dead so far