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Dayplanner Sunday

Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200. Jazz church (experienced musician drop-in session), 6…

Legends Lift opens at Purgatory in Durango

improvements planned for ski resort

Caps off

About 200 Fort Lewis College graduates throw their mortarboards at a commencement ceremony Saturday. Speaker Lee Frazer, assistant professor of…

Gift with no strings, paper or tape attached

This story was originally published on Dec. 3, 1999, in Cross Currents magazine. The magazine for several years was inserted…

La Plata County tests for elements not previously sampled at Gold King Mine

amounts of uranium detected in mine shaft, but far below typical levels

From silver screen fame to Durango’s Santa Rita Park

Sweeny starred in Durango’s golden age of film

Dayplanner Saturday

San Juan Basin Health hosts health insurance coverage walk-in enrollment and information event, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds,…

Romance at the Durango Mall?

Texas romance novelist Jaspira Noel has set a Christmas novella in Durango called Christmas Conundrum. It’s equal parts “It’s a…

Local Briefs

The following is the holiday schedule for the city of Durango: City administrative offices will be closed Thursday and Friday,…

High-speed Internet comes to Silverton School

Fiber-optic line will greatly aid students, superintendent says

Iranian missiles tests worry Colorado senators

Bennet, Gardner voice concerns about ballistic missile tests

Planned Parenthood braces for rocky Colorado legislative session

Legislature will tackle heated issues

Durango-La Plata County Airport reports busy November

American Airlines adds capacity; taxiway project to begin in spring

The Blotter

Friday 12:26 a.m. A woman was sleeping at Colorado Pongas, 121 W. Eighth St. Police made an arrest. Thursday 8:30…

La Plata County rescinds floodplain permit for Simmons property

Valley property owner dumping fill on land

Where there’s mist, there’s snow

Ute students’ film wins award in Los Angeles

From left, Ute Mountain Ute council member DeAnne House, actresses Tayanita Hatch, Destiny Whiteman, Kamea Clark and Leslie Lang and…

Snow and ice wreak havoc on gas lines

Gas, propane trouble fire and emergency personnel during winter

Bayfield School District shocked by low standardized test scores

Superintendent: ‘We own our results’

The Blotter

Wednesday 10:50 a.m. Someone reported a handgun stolen from a vehicle at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.…

Even in Durango: The force is with them

Chris Lile, left, Dan Chowen, center, and Ron Floroplus gather Thursday evening at the El Rancho Tavern on Main Avenue…

Ignacio teacher involved in scuffle with student is reinstated, but put on paid leave

is now on administrative leave

$1.1 trillion federal spending bill reauthorizes conservation fund

would not block water rule, but keeps greater sage-grouse off endangered species list

Fort Lewis College hires new director for Center of Southwest Studies

Tisdale comes from Autry Museum of the American West