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Amendment would benefit ranchers, rafting companies

Measure would give exemption on using government-owned property

Amendment aims to strike slavery language from Colorado Constitution

Archaic law concerns enslavement as punishment

Photo: Indigenous Peoples Day

Jet Sono Rama, (Chip Thomas), right, an artist and physician on the Navajo reservation, and founder of The Painted Desert…

Tourism boosts La Plata County economy in July

decline still a drag on coffers

Daily Planner

Indigenous Peoples Day: Real History of the Americas, all day, FLC Student Union Ballroom, www.fortlewis.edu/homecoming. Sunrise Yoga adult classes, 7-8…

Caption This! ‘Back away slowly, clown’

This week’s photo comes from Duane Fiorini, who took it of his neighbor’s dogs peering down at him.Courtesy of Duane…

West History

25 years ago: Purgatory-Durango Ski Resort and Sportours, the largest wholesale ski tour operator in Southern California, have signed an…

Construction will close Colorado 184 at Narraguinnep Canal

One-week road closure expected

Vault gym to hold ‘Push for a Cure’ on Sunday

The event features partner-friendly workouts. Each team’s $50 entry fee will go to the family of Kristen Dugan, who died…

Drive ‘deer-wise’ and save lives during migration period

The migration period is usually the last weeks of October into early November, but drivers are cautioned to be aware…

Rosa Cemetery cleanup set for Oct. 22

Anyone with family or friends buried at the Rosa Cemetery is welcome to help, including those who need community service…

Durango breweries take medals home from Great American Beer Festival

Steamworks, Ska and Carver each awarded at competitive beer contest

Cortez landlords pay settlement after fraud allegation

accused of excessive rent in HUD program

Vehicle crash on Coal Bank Pass temporarily closes lane on Highway 550

Traffic was alternating through a single lane at mile marker 58, but both lanes were clear just before 11 a.m.,…

Schwartz makes 3rd Congressional contest competitive with Tipton, Kent

By Peter Marcus Herald Denver Bureau Democrat Gail Schwartz couldn’t sit on the sideline this election. In weighing her run…

Grease trap causes smelly situation behind Francisco’s Building

Repairs were expected Saturday afternoon

Southwest Open School receives El Pomar grant

Pomar awards SWOS $25K for work with at-risk, diverse students

Purgatory starts making snow

predicted in Durango

End of Life Options talk slated

Proposition 106 would give terminally ill, mentally capable adults who are Colorado residents access to prescription medication to end their…

NAIFA to meet Wednesday at First National Bank

Brandon Nickel, a trainer with Freedom Personal Development, will present “Train Your Brain for Success.” Nickel has trained business professionals…

GC Solutions to manufacture water-treatment product in Bayfield

Durangoan funded product development in Ukraine

Photos: Ah-one and ah-two …

Inmate starts fire at juvenile detention center in Durango

Lighter used to ignite papers, clothes and bedding

Fort Lewis College students prepare for social side of careers

than 100 attend Etiquette Dinner