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The La Plata County Humane Society will host the 14 Dog Days of Christmas through Dec. 24. Usually a dog…

Dayplanner Saturday

McDonald’s will host “Breakfast with Santa,” 8-10 a.m., McDonald’s, 201 West College Drive. Backcountry Experience will host Demofest, 8:30 a.m.-4…

Helping a family heal

painter raises money for injured father, daughter

Local Briefs

The Durango High Noon Rotary Club will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501…

Let daily skiing now commence

to arrive as Purgatory opens full time

The Blotter

Thursday 8:39 a.m. A caller, in the 100 block of West College Drive, reported a fraudulent real-estate listing on craigslist.…

Post office to extend its hours

Jennifer Sadowski of Durango drops off her 2012 taxes in the drive-thru at the Durango post office. The post office…

Senate passes Hermosa act

president’s signature, S.W. Colo. to add wilderness

Herald delivers weather to you

Expanded weather coverage is now available at DurangoHerald.com. The page features a five-day forecast, weather webcams, radar and precipitation forecasts,…

Durango Inn death determined to be suicide

Authorities responded to a man who was found dead at the Durango Downtown Inn on Sunday. The death has been…

Let’s talk foreign policy here

League of Women Voters of La Plata County member Deanna Collins helps prepare the Program Room of the Durango Public…

BLM to burn slash on Animas Mountain

Army infantry veteran Mike Bremer with San Juan Public Lands Core lights slash piles in the lower portion of Animas…

New farm insurance set to roll out

Happy Hill drives a tractor while baling hay southeast of Durango near Colorado Highway 172. Two meetings on insurance available…

Concealed guns for marijuana users?

initiative would allow marijuana users to obtain carry permits

Holiday Farmers Market to be held Saturday

Offerings include artisanal gifts and treats for holiday tables

Landfill seeks to stop baling

Officials want a compacting operation

‘Hipster’s tears’ spill

slathers road, broken bottles lie strewn about

Commissioners approve new driveway standards Intent is to improve emergency access

The standards will take effect on April 1 and will apply to new driveways to new homes. It won’t apply…

BLM lands to close for firewood cutting by year end

The BLM Tres Rios field office in Dolores announces that as of Jan. 1, firewood cutting will be prohibited until…

Bayfield gets $328,000 to buy park land

Ignacio schools also receives GoCo grant

Upper Pine wins financial reporting award

The certification is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting. It represents a…

Santa arrives in Bayfield

Pine River Senior Center lunch menus

Friday, Dec. 12 – December birthdays celebrated – Chicken fried steak, whipped potatoes, country gravy, broccoli w/ cheese, wheat roll,…

Bayfield Highway 160 Access Plan nearing completion

A few dozen landowners and residents attended a Colorado Department of Transportation open house at Bayfield Town Hall on Dec.…