Jeanne Matthews with the La Plata County Road and Bridge Department checks the nozzle while painting a stripe Tuesday along East Third Avenue as county and city of Durango crews…
Drainage piping is the backdrop to a construction worker as building continues Monday on the new $20 million Mercury campus alongside the Animas River just south of Durango Mall.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango…
Jake Rafferty, center, and his friends right their raft Monday afternoon after the Fort Lewis College students lodged against a Main Avenue bridge pylon. Durango Fire & Rescue Authority and…
of gas-and-oil lease nominators could still remain private, BLM says
LPEA: Supplier’s rules harm off-peak conservation efforts
But it turns out the bill will not help one of the dams in the Cortez Republican’s own district. Gary Kennedy, superintendent of the Mancos Water Conservancy District, will go…
Backyard beekeeper Jason McMillen vacuums a swarm of bees he’s removing from a tree outside La Plata County Courthouse. Healthy colonies try to reproduce in spring. Part of a colony…
Volunteers have been showing up Saturdays at Needham Elementary School to work on the community garden, building planter boxes, putting up fencing and doing other jobs, said Sandhya Tillotson, director…
Forecast doesn’t bode well for livestock, hay fields
proposed measures met with different types of support
Armstrong’s shame turns into Durango’s gain
Ginger Jenks of Durango grooms Linc, her 3-year-old Samoyed, before showing him at the Durango Kennel Club Dog Show on Saturday at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds.STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald “Dog shows…
teachers worried about long-term effects
Schirard among 54 suing Hickenlooper over two bills
Sippydu1-i-syn Sippy began the demanding job in 2007. During his tenure, the number of riders participating over the course of the Memorial Day Weekend event jumped from 2,800 to 4,000,…
The county’s not-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased six-tenths of a percentage point from 6.1 percent in March to 5.5 percent in April. The county’s rate also decreased 1.2 percentage points…
Contest included media from Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, N.M.
Contingent visiting Southwest Colorado for three days
A fire near the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad tracks on the west side of U.S. Highway 550 consumed up to 2 acres Friday, said Karola Hanks, fire marshal…
Skye Buswell, 33, was flown in critical condition to St. Anthony Hospital in Denver after Wednesday night’s accident. A spokeswoman said Thursday she died. The rollover occurred about 10:05 p.m.…
“The vehicle went off the road and down a steep embankment,” said Trooper Josh Lewis with the Colorado State Patrol. “I can confirm a fatality, but I don’t have any…
