Local News

Rotaries honor dedicated police

clubs join forces to award law enforcement

Postal workers rally for improved customer service

Postal workers rallied Thursday in Colorado and across the nation today to demand better service for customers, less than a…

Sage-grouse to get GPS packs

Biologists suiting up selected birds to track behavior and locations

Roberts’ pro-choice record is questioned

Republican Senator: Planned Parenthood is dividing women

Jeep and gravel truck collide

injuries reported in accident on U.S. 160

Fort Lewis complex work may begin soon

$1.4 million will make the rocky, uneven sports fields playable

Off-leash program won’t take off in Durango

and Jenkins Ranch parks will not allow off-leash dogs

Durango man found dead on Middle Mountain

Sheriff’s Lt. Ed Phippen identified him as Andrew Giffin, 52. His family has been notified, Phippen said Wednesday. According to…

Colorado teen-pregnancy program shows results

In La Plata County, the number of pregnancies among girls ages 15 to 19 dropped from 49 in 2009 to…

DeKay wins seat on council

Silverton Town Council fills its maligned vacancy

Durango man’s body found near Vallecito

Giffin dies from apparent self-inflicted gunshot

Powerhouse president steps down

Finances force board to close science center

Kennel show features 500 dogs

The 2015 Durango Kennel Club Dog Show kicks off at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds this weekend. Ginger Jenks, a longtime…

Family fun

Gas-revenue predictions bleak in 2017

Current declining prices could hurt the budget

Local Briefs

The Durango Police Department will host a Peace Officers Memorial Service at 10 a.m. Friday at the Durango Police Department,…

Dayplanner Thursday

Durango High Noon Rotary Club meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon,…

The Blotter

Wednesday 12:35 a.m. Durango Fire Protection District asked for help transporting someone from Animas Surgical Hospital to Detox of La…

Fed lawmakers give medical pot a shot

would provide access to healing strains of cannabis

Monkeying around

Chad Murphy, with Deep Roots of Durango, negotiates branches of a tree Wednesday in Fassbinder Park as part of tree-trimming…

Gov. Hickenlooper signs federal-lands bill

to offer a voice to local jurisdictions

Authorities identify boy, 13, who died

found Tuesday after apparent suicide

Durangoans give first-hand accounts of earthquake

Volunteer, trekker, student, climber recount quake that shattered Nepal

Mountain Middle School student recalls her time in Nepali village

Last November, I was in Langtang with my family. I met the yak (actually nak, as she makes the milk)…