Local News

Sewer bills are causing sticker shock

rate based on average use sends one woman’s bill soaring

Giving Santa a little competition

police help children in need buy presents

Dayplanner Thursday

Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango…

Boards settle on Oxbow management plan revisions

Wildlife Preserve to close later this month until June 30, 2014

Local Briefs

The La Plata County Salvation Army has volunteer bell ringing shifts available up through Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. The local,…

Farmington Hill house fire sends 1 to Mercy

A house near the top of Farmington Hill along U.S. Highway 550 sustained damage from a fire Tuesday evening.STEVE LEWIS/Durango…

Rush underway to send gifts

There’s still time before Christmas, but don’t delay too long

Tire falls off vehicle, hits small pickup

Colo. State Patrol seeking other driver

Snow-survey funding gets renewal

Funding will be renewed until August 2014, at which point stakeholders are expected to have a more sustainable method of…

Silverton mine-waste cleanup urged

River Stakeholders no longer enough, ex-member says

Keeping all eyes on the head

high schools carefully track athletes before and after concussions

School board appoints two new members

DHS principal will represent District A

United States faces gaps in response to diseases

Colorado has issues with vaccination levels

City buys 32 acres

Purchase part of expansion of Overend park

Two men suspected of mini crime spree

believe they broke windows, damaged cars

Mercury edges toward going public

Durango company files pre-IPO document

Firefighters squelch Grandview chimney fire

The fire was reported at 9:57 a.m. by a passerby in the 28600 block of U.S. Highway 160 at a…

County OKs pot-growing licensee

Cooper Mason Ventures, also known as Silverpeak Apothecary, operates a 2,800-square-foot grow facility at 444 Conestoga Way. The company’s sole…

The Blotter

1:10 p.m. A driver in a red Jeep with New Mexico license plates was all over the road and almost…

Dayplanner Tuesday

11th annual “Blue Christmas,” 5:30-6 p.m., Mercy Chapel, Mercy Regional Medical Center, 764-2340. Arts and Entertainment “Sicily 2013” by Paul…

Local Briefs

Polar Express ride lights up

show adds pizazz to holiday train experience

It’s the season for in-town turns

Equipment failure temporarily shuts Durango airport

temperature sensor holds flights

Durango mono-skier invited to train with U.S. team

Hotchkiss takes 3rd in Breckenridge

Animal Planet crew seeks Bigfoot

Episode will feature hunt in Four Corners

Loose change changes lives

Salvation Army: Helping hand since 1852

Offer could make waves in Oxbow access plan

Resident offers $600 to kickstart campaign to promote life-jacket use

Dayplanner Sunday

Christmas in Vallecito, 7 a.m.-3 p.m., various locations at Vallecito, www.facebook.com/events/542370165851884. American Legion will host Sunday brunch, 9 a.m.-noon, 878…