Local News

Old laws collide with digital reality in teen sexting cases

Educators aren’t allowed to counsel students without informing police about incidents

Heaps of trash removed from Durango homeless camps

Middle school students help clean up homeless camps

Local Briefs

Herbalist Marija Helt will draw on her training as a microbiologist and herbalist in a class on natural support for gut health from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Durango.…

Hermosa woman dies by suicide

Charlotte Sieber, 54, died in her home on Orchard Lane, Smith said. She is survived by her husband, Brad Sieber, a daughter, Scarlett, and son, Sven. “My wife’s life was…

Metal sediment unlikely to dissolve

FLC professors plan research on effects on plants

Local teenager appears in indie film ‘How to Beat a Bully’

Fazekas cast for Disney, Nickelodean shows

Hitting highway for hoops

The Hozhoni Days Basketball Tournament drew 11 men’s teams and eight women’s teams from as far away as Wyoming, South Dakota and Washington state, said organizer Damon Whitethunder, a senior…

French transplants in La Plata County horrified by terrorism

Hopes those from Middle East won’t face baseless prejudice

Lawmakers question EPA reports that reference Colorado agency’s involvement with Gold King spill

State officials contradict account

Dayplanner Sunday

Durango Elks Lodge Veterans Committee will serve breakfast, 9-11 a.m. $6/$5, Durango Elks Lodge, 901 East Second Ave. Arts and Entertainment Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub,…

Dayplanner Saturday

Friends of the Durango Public Library Book Sale, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. What A Girl Wants Expo, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., $3, La Plata County…

The Blotter

Thursday 11:14 a.m. Taco Bell was broken into overnight at 2902 Main Ave. Police made an arrest. 4:44 p.m. Two people were selling cocaine in a parking lot near East…

Forest officials agree: Beetle infestation doesn’t determine fire severity

CU report downplays correlation between tree die-offs, wildfires

What drives high gas prices in Durango?

Being an affluent tourist destination plays a role

Local Briefs

ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is looking for local families to host boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 from a variety of countries. The exchange students…

Navajo artist visits Needham students

Shonto Begay, a Navajo Diné artist, author, illustrator and actor, reads a book Friday to Needham Elementary School first-graders as part of Native American Heritage Month. The Spirit Runners 5K…

Rollover at Farmington Hill

Traffic was reduced to one lane shortly after 1 p.m. Friday when a vehicle rolled onto its side in the eastbound lane of U.S. Highway 160 at the Farmington Hill…

Durango man Randall Ash victorious on ‘Price is Right’

Takes home car, Madagascar trip

Doughnuts with dads

Mancos’ Marshal John Cox arrested for drunken driving

Cox was already on paid administrative leave

Camper, car destroyed from fire in western La Plata County

No one was badly hurt in the fire started around 8 p.m. on County Road 128 east of Kline, said Sgt. Jeff Blevans with the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office.…

The Blotter

Wednesday 11:49 a.m. Four men were pulling down each other’s pants in the west 100 block of Seventh Street, across from the Strater Hotel. 11:58 a.m. A power line was…

Dayplanner Friday

Durango Early Bird Toastmasters meeting, improve communication, presentation and leadership skills, 7-8:30 a.m., Holiday Inn, 21636 U.S. Highway 160 West, September-May, 749-1741, [email protected], www.earlybirdtoastmasters.org. Community Health Action Coalition meeting, 8-9:30…

Local Briefs

The 29th annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner will take place from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 26 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Volunteers are needed for…

Durango Parks and Rec Board backs new maintenance shop

Upgrades to softball, tennis complexes also recommended

Superfund tour through Colorado paints positive picture

Durango leaders visit sites in Leadville, Minturn

Ryan Frazier joins U.S. Senate race in Colorado

Former Aurora councilman seeks Republican nomination

Fort Lewis College students march against debt

National movement draws attention to student loans

Colorado disputes key part of EPA Gold King Mine report

State officials did not sign off on plan, according to letter

Colorado governor talks proposed budget cuts with lawmakers

Proposal impacts schools, medical providers for poor the most