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Reading by the pound

Books are sold by the pound at the Friends of the Durango Public Library Summertime Book Sale. Kristina Bell, left,…

Bennet aims to help LGBT seniors

Legislation would provide support, resources

S. Utes want solar plant

Project to help power tribal buildings

Middle school growth denied

Proposal will go to Colo. Board of Education for OK

Neighbors, school share worries

Traffic on three narrow roads raises concerns

City buildings need TLC

Durango Police Department tops the fix-it list

The Beatles at Buckley

The Blotter

Thursday 12:14 a.m. A man threatened to shoot the reporting party and his dogs at the Durango Skate Park, 1300…

Senate ‘left behind’ old education bill

‘Every Child Achieves Act’ passes with Colorado senator’s help

Rounding into form

Purgatory’s Lift 8 chairs won’t be home décor

When Purgatory Resort announced it was going to tear down Lift 8 to make way for a new, high-speed lift,…

Local Briefs

La Plata County staff will hold a public meeting on La Plata County’s 2016 budget at 5:30 p.m. Monday in…

Dayplanner Friday

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. Friends of…

Feds, Colo. discuss countering prescription-drug abuse

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell, speaking at a news conference Thursday at Denver Health, was joined…

Durango’s little mermaids learn to swim like a fish

strap on fins for mermaid camp

In Dolores, people have party hats at the ready

Dolorespalooza: Every 5 years, town parties like it’s 1999

The Blotter

Tuesday 10:14 a.m. Someone reported that a person on the platform at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge depot, 479…

Water diversions OK’d by the state

Colorado conservation board drafts ‘conceptual framework’ in Ignacio

The state’s education advocates are ready for their closeup

According to Great Education Colorado, the group spearheading the effort, if legislators and voters could see how budget cuts impact…

NYC bombing victim wins $5.4 million in settlement

Durango woman worked at World Trade Center during 1993 bombing

Keep umbrellas handy

predicted to continue wetter, cooler pattern

Feds and tribe work toward juvenile justice

Services’ Boys & Girls Club touted for successes

Colorado delegation split on Iran-U.S. deal

and Gardner skeptical; Bennet says don’t play politics

Picture perfect

Ann Locke, front, and Ana Troutman were among a small group of artists who setup Wednesday in the median at…