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Bee weed be gone

David Librande with the Durango Parks and Recreation Department loads up plants called “bee weeds” Thursday at Chapman Hill. Crews…

DHS student injured near school

A Durango High School student leaving school Wednesday afternoon on his bicycle was injured after attempting to cross Main Avenue…

Project gets off the ground

Three local entities pulled their resources to mount five murals depicting the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Locomotive No.…

City’s ‘Companies to Watch’ fêted

Audioair’s executive touts a supportive business environment

A little baseball and bucks for 2 good causes

Fair shows it’s good to go green

Peter Tregillus, center, program director for Southern Ute Community Action Programs, touts the benefits of mass transit to Sandy Dalenberg,…

Small seeds; big results?

First-time farmers flowering in Old Fort Lewis incubator program

Taxi? What taxi?

A closer look at Durango’s transportation services

Trail construction underway

City Park extension begins next week

Tipton opposes Syria strike

hall attendees largely agree with Cortez congressman

Helping hands

Urgent-care centers handling more traffic, offer relief for over-stressed emergency rooms

Labor days of love

it work takes a few different shifts

Is a rural emergency more fatal?

Investigation shows differences between urban, country care

Forest ranger’s goal: Halt march of beetles

Worried cabin owners in Cascade Creek take tour

Truck takes out traffic light

on ladder falls to pavement in downtown crash

Standing up, backing down

concerns prevent fast attack on two Southwest Colorado blazes

Crew ruptures gas line; residents evacuate

Emergency over after 45 minutes

Lessons in the debris

Front Range fires show the benefits, limits of forest thinning

A bird! A plane! It’s Ron LeBlanc!

dresses officials as comic superheroes

Tour de Farms bicyclists hit the road

During Tour de Farms, Colorado State University Extension Agent and horticulturist Darrin Parmenter shows a variety of peppers from his…

Osprey makes a pit stop in Durango for repairs

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey is stranded with a gear-box problem at Durango-La Plata County Airport. In this photo…

Fire scenario moves City Hall to library

Training exercise gives city officials a trial run of disaster plans

Setting up a little security shock

Dale Klotz, territory manager for Gallagher Animal Management, makes connections on an electrical fence surrounding beehives in Hermosa during a…