Local News

The Blotter

Friday 2:43 a.m. A woman was stocking shelves who does not work at Walmart. Thursday 9:20 a.m. Smoke was coming…

Local Briefs

The High Noon Rotary Club of Durango will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel,…

Dayplanner Saturday

Free breakfast, 8-10 a.m., Florida Grange, 656 Colorado Highway 172. Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot,…

Cutthroat making comeback

The fish, native to Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico, is now found in only about 14 percent of its…

Managing the future of Hermosa Creek

Service evaluating campsites, trails, habitat

San Ignacio Fiesta hits 115 years and counting

The 2014 Fiesta Royalty will pass their crowns on to the new queen and attendants this weekend at the 115th…

Victim identified as N.M. man

found near DoubleTree, autopsy planned

Body found in Animas identified

Shane Pierce drowned June 25

Passing showers

A car window reflects the image of a pedestrian along Main Avenue on Friday as rain showers moved through the…

Disabled Durangoans face local obstacles ADA-compliance issues cited

Herald Staff Writer Before the Americans with Disabilities Act passed, Fort Lewis College, the Durango Public Library and the Mercy…

Dueling chuck-wagon cook-off

Sandy Cooper and John Hargrabe, at the reins, drive their chuck wagon along Main Avenue on Friday to the Durango/La…

Colorado River Day puts focus on future

Emerging water plan to set state’s long-term course

Who’s hungry? Groceries land in Ignacio

Farmers Fresh Market to open

Report of smoke north of Bayfield

be a controlled burn

The Blotter

Wednesday 8:16 a.m. Someone reported that a juvenile was harassing a homeless person at a trolly stop in front of…

Military recruiting office evacuates after a threat

on social media led to scare

Tipton: Federal red tape hurts small banks

Bank executive says financial reform increases staffing costs

Dryside poised to get water

Authority begins design stage, seeks more customers

Sunset magazine gets tips from locals

The August issue of Sunset magazine’s “Ask a Local” feature focuses on Durango, asking Mary Monroe Brown, executive director of…

6 years for teen who robbed pot shop

In a deal worked out with prosecutors, Logan Griffith, 20, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault on a peace officer and…

Man dies after river incident

Authorities still seeking ID

Firefighters warn of hash oil

A man who suffered severe burns to 12 percent of his body when butane fumes ignited while he was making…

Friday Durango Dayplanner

Outdoor Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., outdoor amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Durango Botanical…