Local News

Mancos designated as Colorado Creative District

Program helps attract artists to communities

The Blotter

Sunday 8:08 a.m. Someone broke into a woman’s house overnight in the 100 block of East Fifth Avenue. 7:01 p.m.…

Durango prepares for military funeral for Capt. Jeff Kuss

Governor orders flags flown at half-staff Saturday

Scenic highways help Colorado make Top 10 list

Colorado was ranked eighth in the nation for summer road trips, in part because of our skyways. And two are…

No spike in teen marijuana use after legalization

But anti-marijuana groups remain concerned that the normalization of the drug is misleading kids across the state. The Colorado Department…

Local Briefs

The Four Corners Gem & Mineral Club will hold the 63rd annual Gem & Mineral Sale, which will be held…

Tuesday Durango Dayplanner

Master’s Men Ministries of Colorado meeting, 6:30 a.m., lounge, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, 749-2888. DeColores Civitan club meeting,…

Photos of the week

Escalante Drive annexation would open door for housing

improvement district could fund road extension

More record-breaking heat forecast for Durango

Metal-bending temperatures put brakes on Durango & Silverton runs

Montezuma County starts fire ban in wake of Sage Hen blaze

fires, fireworks banned in unincorporated areas

Police respond to possible suicide in Durango

The man’s body was found about 8:30 a.m. at the bridge over Junction Creek, said La Plata County Coroner Jann…

La Plata Quilters Guild celebrates 30 years of artistry, philanthropy

30 years, guild’s creativity, philanthropy a source of comfort

EPA’s Gold King point man to retire

Questions remain on who ordered excavation of Gold King Mine

Emily Vierling to explore the sea on summer study

High School student selected for prestigious fellowship

Tim Kroes retires after 25 years at Adaptive Sports Association

Adaptive Sports provides summer and winter recreational opportunities for people with cognitive and physical disabilities. “I’ll probably be back where…

Photo: Sun lovers

Wild flowers bloom near Hesperus, near the Herspeus ski area. With only thin clouds in the skies, temperatures in Southwest…

Service set for WWII veteran Anthony Ferdinando

remembered for civic acts, including courthouse clock repair

And the West is History

75 YEARS AGO: “‘Men Of Boys Town,’ starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney opens at the Kiva Theater.” 50 YEARS…

Local Briefs

Durango Nature Studies will hold a summer solstice full moon hike from 8-10 p.m. Monday at Animas City Mountain. The…

Caption This: ‘Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right’

This week’s photo comes from reader Donell Deane who took this photo in front of a downtown shop that has…

Man found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wound in Ignacio identified

Around 7:30 p.m. Friday, a Postal Service delivery person found the body of Hand on the front porch of a…

Monday 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.,…

Fire south of Durango 100 percent contained

kept at 30 acres