Local News

With upgrades, El Niño, Purgatory Resort skier visits increase

Durango ski area has received more snow than all of last season

January 14, 2016

City Market in Durango sells $50,000 Powerball winner

People buy lottery tickets at the Primm Valley Casino Resorts Lotto Store just inside the California border on Tuesday near…

January 14, 2016

Local News

Gov. John Hickenlooper says Colorado must address abandoned mine issues

of State speech addresses Gold King Mine spill, housing shortage

January 14, 2016

Local News

Temperatures going up?

According to Puck, a sculpture in the 900 block of East Second Avenue by artist Elizabeth McQueen, the weather is…

January 14, 2016

Local News

Snowbank stops semi

Traffic on Camino del Rio was briefly down to one lane in both directions Thursday morning as a tow truck…

January 14, 2016

Local News

In fighting its legendary fires, Alaska counts on Durango pipeline

Elite fighters for the Alaska Fire Service smokejumper and hot-shot crews tend to come from the Western U.S. in particular.…

January 13, 2016

Local News

FLC suspends athletic training major

Faculty, students upset about process, timing

January 13, 2016

Local News

Thursday Durango Dayplanner

La Plata County Commissioner Julie Westendorff office hours, 10 a.m.-noon, Pine River Library Conference Room, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, Bayfield,…

January 13, 2016

Local News

Local Briefs

The Kiwanis Club will host Judith Reynolds of Fort Lewis College as its guest speaker at noon Thursday at the…

January 13, 2016

Local News

Animas High charter in Durango looks at building in Twin Buttes

Board’s decision dependent on development of infrastructure

January 13, 2016

Local News

Community garden planned for Three Springs

and Rec Board supports proposal

January 13, 2016

Local News

Tipton: Obama’s vision doesn’t mesh with concerns of western Colorado

Reality is that residents don’t feel safer, more prosperous

January 13, 2016

Local News

Durango farmer says local growers need community support

Dixon says movement just a label

January 13, 2016

Local News

La Plata County moves forward with study of impact fees

The study will likely cost about $8,500, and it will provide the county with a broad view of which fees…

January 13, 2016

Local News

Boulder Democrat opens Colorado Legislature with warning

Hullinghorst: Ideologues will try to rob women of choice to make private medical decisions

January 13, 2016

Local News

Durango street without water after pipe break

Drive residents should expect water outage

January 13, 2016

Local News

Car rolls on U.S. Highway 160 in La Plata County

Emergency personnel respond to a rollover on U.S. Highway 160 near Lightner Creek Road (County Road 207) around 1 p.m.…

January 13, 2016

Local News

United airplane lands with blown tire at Durango-La Plata County Airport

Responders confirm damage during low-flying pass

January 13, 2016

Local News

Durango teen uses holiday break to launch sock charity

teen hands out socks to Main Avenue homeless

January 13, 2016

Local News

Three arrested in Durango during drug ring investigation

Southwest Drug Task Force says it seized about $1.3 million in drugs

January 13, 2016

Local News

Cold air in Southwest Colorado expected to linger until this weekend

Durango could see up to 6 inches on Friday

January 13, 2016

Local News

Karen Langhart sends nearly 40 packages to friends before taking her own life

her daughter died from a controversial contraceptive, former Durango resident worked as an advocate for educating women about their reproductive…

January 12, 2016

Local News

Colorado delegation responds to Obama’s final State of the Union address

While the president laid out a series of lofty goals for moving the nation forward – including building upon his…

January 12, 2016

Local News

Bayfield kindergartner left on bus

disciplined, district says

January 12, 2016