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No money for aerial fire fleet in Colo.

bill would create Air Corps

Delegation seeks farm bill passage

Congressional members say provisions will help farmers deal with drought

130 years of searchable Heralds

Supremes’ Sotomayor encourages youth council

Don’t be afraid to try new things, justice urges students

Congress talks forest health in Colo.

touts his bill seeking to mitigate fire danger

A road more traveled

by economics, commuters crisscross state line

Day of Prayer

About 75 people attended a National Day of Prayer gathering Thursday afternoon at the La Plata County Courthouse. The annual event featured music and prayers for the military, government, education…

Rebels with a cause

Paraglider crashes on Smelter Mountain

2012 Fort Lewis College graduate suffers multiple fractures in fall

A day after deadline, covenant-flouting catwalk remains

Gus the cat uses a catwalk built by his owners that leads from a second-floor bathroom to a pine tree. The Edgemont Property Owners Association says it’s too late for…

Feds, kids visit Chimney Rock

Monument hosts event to combat childhood obesity

The clock is ticking on plan for air tankers

optimistic about finding $17M for firefighting force

Verizon mobile service takes a hit

The site started “acting up” around 11:30 a.m. and affected coverage in the southwest part of downtown Durango and on U.S. Highway 160 south of the city, said Verizon spokesman…

House ups renewable power mandate

GOP: Setting quotas for expensive sources will harm rural economies

Agreement inked on firefighting operations

budgets, drought morph a handshake into a contract

Ex-NASCAR driver, Herschel Walker to ride into Durango on motorcycles

All those motorcycles in town are participating in the 19th Anniversary Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America. 175 riders are scheduled to arrive at 4:45 p.m. today at Best Western…

Bayfield teachers to get pay raises

Finance director projects salaries to rise on average 8.33 percent

Just hanging out

Alison Fuchs, volunteer for Durango Fire & Rescue Authority, rappels off the agency’s fire tower Tuesday during technical rescue training under warm temperatures and high winds that prompted red-flag fire…

House votes for high tax on marijuana

approves $10 million for wildfire-prevention grants

Troubled Internet project gets federal OK to resume

Eagle-Net’s broadband expansion will miss Aug. deadline

Havin’ a ball

Parting of the waves

Ambitious project to get to the bottom of whitewater park

Durango woman, 19, found dead

Celine Bleger, daughter of Jean-Pierre Bleger, owner of Le Café Chic & Wine Bar on Main Avenue, was found by her mother early Sunday morning at her home in the…

Fire danger high in S.W. Colorado

Weather service says outdoor burns should be postponed

Two men accused of sexual assault

Jeffery Rey Gallegos, 45, and his cousin Joseph Robert Toledo, 25, who is accused of acting as an accomplice, were arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and placed in La…

Hemp horticulture to be sprouting in Colo.

Bulletproof coat made from plant bedazzles state’s lawmakers

No Electra Lake summer recreation

closed for Stagecoach Dam repair

Engineers and athletes

School-funding overhaul nearing end

GOP: Bill a missed opportunity to reform education

Holding a ton of memories

Massive safe hoisted from Main Avenue store