Local News

The Blotter

Monday 11:07 p.m. People were not obeying construction signs near 18th Street and Main Avenue. 4:19 p.m. A drunken man…

Toe toppers

At left, Ellie McLean’s complaints about having to touch her toes to her head provoked laughter among classmates during a…

Will hemp be the next cash crop?

farmers convene to discuss viability

Purgatory wins subdivision approval

Townhomes, lodge planned at resort

Dayplanner Wednesday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

Down comes the snow

Local Briefs

Motorists on U.S. Highway 550 (north Main Avenue) will encounter the final single-lane closure on northbound Main Avenue at 18th…

Ballantine purchases Bayfield newspaper

River Times editor to stay

And Durango’s winners are …

Chamber of Commerce holds ceremony Jan. 23

Atmos Energy Corp. warns of email scam

bills contain harmful links

Silverton’s slow season

rolls up the sidewalks when train is absent

Manhunt leads to second arrest

Springs man jailed on $5,000 bail

Dayplanner Tuesday

Public hearing on the adoption of regulations governing the construction of cell towers and other telecommunications facilities, 10 a.m., meeting…

Passers-by alert residents of fire

destroyed, house damaged

The Blotter

Monday 6:20 a.m. Someone reported an ongoing problem in the 100 block of East Sixth Avenue where a diesel truck…

Good day, sunshine

Soaking away seasonal aches

Trimble Spa & Natural Hot Springs helps residents and visitors relax all year – even in the cold and snowy…

Skimo: It hurts so good

at Hesperus pushes athletes past their limits

The mourning isn’t over

Parents continue fight against birth-control device they say killed their daughters

Dayplanner Monday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

Local Briefs

The La Plata County Motor Vehicle Division in both Durango and Bayfield as well as the Bayfield Clerk and Recorder’s…

Military Brief

Logandu1-i-syn Logan also received the honor of “Distinguished Graduate,” which is determined by totaling combined academic, instructional performance and operational…

Dayplanner Sunday

Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com. Belle Brunch with Donny Johnson, 1…

6 GOP candidates eye Hickenlooper’s position

Sitting governor is considered vulnerable

Defendant’s rights tangle with tribal sovereignty

charged with felony menacing

Sign says …

A to Z, some odd names for area roads

Journey to Chimayo

Ann Sieben endures strong winds and light snow Saturday as she leaves an area near Durango Mountain Resort on her…

Avalanche school scholarship in the works

business decided to do something to prevent more deaths

Local Briefs

As marijuana becomes available for recreational use throughout Colorado, the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Colorado State Patrol remind…

Manhunt suspect likely has left area

“We have good intelligence that he has left the area,” Driscoll said. “He had a cell phone and GPS, so…