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Big Picture High School senior wins big scholarship

Jazmyne Davis has eye on medicine major

Dayplanner Tuesday

2015 Great Decision discussion on “Brazil’s Metamorphosis,” 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. DeColores Civitan Club…

Local Briefs

Darin Parmenter county director of horticulture from the extension office of Colorado State University will be the guest at the…

Propane-powered school bus hits road

Bayfield School District hopes to save on maintenance costs

The Blotter

Monday 3:41 a.m. A caller who refused to give his name said a man at a motel in the 800…

La Plata County jail receives 15 inmates after Archuleta County Courthouse flood

Smith La Plata County Sheriff Sean Smith said he offered to house the inmates after flooding rendered Archuleta County jail…

Plane buzzes Durango

The plane, possibly a military craft with propellers, traveled in a southeasterly direction as it skimmed the sleepy town. Efforts…

Manhunt triggers Park Elementary School lockout

Suspect remains at large

Right on cue for May flowers

Flowers are blooming, but a wet and cold weekend had residents running for cover. Durango received about 0.81 inches of…

Nepal earthquake hits close to Durango

man’s family members missing in Nepal

What’s that sound?

guitar recital shows off youths

Durango Skate Park installs security cameras

Security cameras now installed; drinking fountain, seating, shade structure planned

Local Briefs

Cashier training for volunteers will be offered from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 12 at the Habitat ReStore, 120…

Dayplanner Monday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

People increasingly disconnected with War on Terror

students present case for re-engaging in the conversation

Homeless fight for their rights

says proposed panhandling laws are about public safety, not making it difficult to receive charity

Ska Brewing abuzz with beekeepers

Local food co-op will remain independent

with La Montañita of N.M. is ‘off the table’

Canyons of the Ancients gets exposure

Painted Hand Pueblo ruins at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument northwest of Cortez are just one of the highlights…

Dayplanner Sunday

“Hail and Farewell” for Jan Postler, the Animas Museum’s Curator of Collections, 1-3 p.m., 3065 West Second Ave., 259-2402. “Teen…

Local Briefs

Joseph Prekup, director of the culinary and gardening program at Manna Soup Kitchen, will speak to the Durango Daybreak Rotary…

Two student-testing reform measures advance

‘We are reducing testing,’ a Colo. lawmaker says

Winter has its spring encore

bloomer pushes through the San Juan Mountains