Local News

Rain-barrel law helps educate about water conservation in the West

Conservationists look toward the next step in water law

Photo: Traveling in style

Gannon Lavell, 2, gets a tour of downtown Durango in a cart pulled by his mother, Kisha Lavell, as Brynn,…

Photo: Flying the flags of Pride

Alysha Carmien hangs rainbow flags along Main Avenue on Wednesday ahead of the Four Corners Alliance for Diversity Pride Festival.…

Agencies hammer out cost-sharing agreement for 217 Fire

to cover most of air attack costs

Clean Commute Week to conclude with memorial ride

Community event, tree planting will honor Paul Wilbert

State pension fund investment returns fall short

official calls it ‘challenging year’

Animas River too high, too cold to raft without life jackets

Durango Fire called to water rescue, but individuals had self-rescued

Local Briefs

The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College continues its summer lecture series based on the theme “A Year…

Michael Bennet joins U.S. House gun vote protest

Democrats’ sit-in halts business in U.S. House

Telling Durango High School’s stadium story in video

Dave Preszler, Durango High School athletic director, in March shows the dilapidated long jump area of the high school’s track.…

The Blotter

Wednesday 12:17 a.m. A man was dumpster diving in the 2300 block of Main Avenue. 4:41 a.m. A man wearing…

Thursday Durango Dayplanner

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

EPA weighs options for dumping treatment plant sludge

Non-toxic sludge could go to mining site or landfill

Palin to attend Western Conservative Summit

Alaska governor will join Trump in Denver

New library program offers free visits to state parks

Patrons can check out a park explorer’s backpack

Photos: Durango stands on pedals for Bike to Work Day

Smith Sports Complex fields turn brown, but it’s not heat-related

Intense maintenance regime underway

Internet outage exposes weakness in S.W. Colo. fiber-optic system

cut to a line causes problems across region

Local Briefs

The Check Out Colorado State Parks Program launched Monday at The program, the result of a partnership between Colorado Parks…

Changes proposed for draft barking dog ordinance in La Plata County

Officials will continue reworking draft

The Blotter

Tuesday 2:36 a.m. Up to eight people were hitting signs with a golf club in the 700 block of Main…

Wednesday Durango Dayplanner

Sunrise Yoga adult classes, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave.,…

Durango Brewing Co. eyes July 1 reopening

brewery has spent almost a year closed for renovations

City of Durango to Hillcrest Golf Club: Quiet on the course

Warning issued for early morning lawn mowing