LaChappelledu1-i-syn But he’s not playing hooky – he’s preparing to meet the president. Easton, 17, has been invited to participate in the White House Science Fair on Monday. He’ll demonstrate…
Stephanie LeMasters, 37, was turning her 2010 Kia Sedona van west on to Highway 160 from County Road 225 when she struck a westbound 2013 Kenworth tractor-trailer driven by Charles…
Colorado’s junior senator in charge of fundraising for Senate Dems
Roan Harvey, 7, reads her favorite author, Bill Peet, Thursday at Durango Public Library. The library is celebrating National Library Week and Week of the Young Child with events throughout.…
“The tires on those trucks heat up enough so they pop quite loudly,” Deputy Chief Tom Aurnhammer of the Los Pinos Fire Protection District said Thursday of the incident, which…
Taylor Folmar was discovered by a family member just before 8 p.m., said Joe Farmer, a detective with the Durango Police Department. The cause of death was pending an autopsy…
says Coloradans bring ‘broken system’ to his attention
Dropped calls plaguing AT&T customers in Bayfield area
Service chief: Agency will have enough firefighting planes
William Herringer, a longtime defense lawyer in Durango, was appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper in March to serve as a district court judge for the 6th Judicial District, which includes…
Both Colorado Democrats supported a bipartisan amendment that would have expanded background checks to gun shows and the Internet. That amendment, one of seven that failed in the Senate on…
protests about paying $100M bill fail to persuade
Strawberrydu1-i-syn While the nine-time Major League Baseball All-Star originally scheduled his visit as a vacation, he may not have time to do much relaxing. He’s speaking at Fort Lewis College…
Decades ago, Colorado’s uranium belt north of Dove Creek and west of Telluride provided high-paying jobs and much of the fuel for the country’s early nuclear-weapons arsenal. But the mines…
Cole Perez, 15, gets some help from Camren Cordell, an eighth-grader at Escalante Middle School, during a relay race at the sixth annual Bowker Games, a track-and-field event for children…
Prattdu1-i-syn Larry Pratt, head of Gun Owners of America, is scheduled to speak at 6:30 p.m. at the Durango Community Recreation Center. Pratt is in town to drum up support…
One American flight from the Durango-La Plata County Airport to Dallas was canceled and another was delayed about four hours because of the outage, according to the airline’s website. About…
Sponsors have scaled back their original plan to allow mental-health professionals to flag possibly dangerous patients and keep them from buying guns, as well as make it easier to hold…
The letter, signed by Udall and nine other senators, seeks to provide aid – similar to federal crop insurance programs available to farmers – to livestock producers across the country…
meet’s starter pistol heightens security at area elementary school
Full-timers get insurance; part-timers see shorter week
Sarah Lockwood had just gotten a second wind about 18 miles in during Monday’s Boston Marathon. She turned onto Kenmore Square when the course filled with people, confusing her. As…
Keith Brant, left, Dean Brookie, and Christina Rinderle are sworn in by Durango City Clerk Amy Phillips during Tuesday’s City Council meeting in City Hall. Brookie, an architect, received most…
Under Senate Bill 200, adults making 133 percent of the federal poverty level $15,282 for a single person would qualify for Medicaid. The cost to insure the extra…
Republicans worry about impact it will have on rural consumers
