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A free class on edible plants will be taught by extension agent Darrin Parmenter at noon Saturday at Native Roots…

Pernicious or delicious?

Pernicious or delicious?

Dandelion debate begins anew with spring

Summer could be a wet one

Summer could be a wet one

Niño weather pattern could ease fire dangers

Dayplanner Friday

Dayplanner Friday

Narrow Gauge Days, hot dogs, chips, soda, Snoopy and a performance by Bar D Wranglers, 11 a.m.2 p.m., Durango &…

3 Oxbow plans, but no harmony

3 Oxbow plans, but no harmony

neighbors object to proposals

Schools boost their software

Schools boost their software

Bayfield, Durango districts create program to better track students

Accident on East Eighth Avenue

Accident on East Eighth Avenue

A driver in a Ford van on East Eighth Avenue attempting to turn left onto Second Street collided with a…

Upper Pine Fire: Five candidates seek 2 open seats

Upper Pine Fire: Five candidates seek 2 open seats

Four of the candidates – two incumbents and two challengers – attended an informal candidate forum this week at the…

Drive carefully round the clock in work zone

Drive carefully round the clock in work zone

to work nights and through weekend

The Blotter

Wednesday 2:47 p.m. A man and a juvenile girl were arrested for shoplifting at south City Market, 6 Town Plaza.…

Local Briefs

La Plata Archuleta Water District is more than halfway through the process of implementing a water management and conservation plan.…

Where to land?

no teams in sight, Durango-based cyclist creates his own

Enjoy the derby and help a new hospice

Enjoy the derby and help a new hospice

Joy Thibeaux was one of more than a dozen women who stopped Wednesday evening at the Rochester Hotel to decorate…

Bounty on your head?

Bounty on your head?

Two episodes featured area locales. Ashleigh Tarkington, owner of the Billy Goat Saloon in Gem Village, was delighted her business…

Ballot-access plan gets killed

Ballot-access plan gets killed

political coalition opposes bill

The Blotter

Tuesday 6:13 p.m. A woman reported a man yelling and screaming at himself in the west 100 block of Ninth…

Lawmakers want to give up power over county salaries

Lawmakers want to give up power over county salaries

Legislators want to ask voters to allow counties to set salaries for their own elected officials – commissioners, sheriffs, treasurers,…

Bond for a Silverton mine seized

Bond for a Silverton mine seized

Red Arrow Gold Corp. already has been sanctioned for building an illegal mercury mill just outside the Mancos city limits.…

Dayplanner Thursday

Dayplanner Thursday

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

Public barred from marijuana cultivation tour

Public barred from marijuana cultivation tour

Open-meetings law violated, attorney says

Mining company to clean up illegal La Plata Canyon road

Mining company to clean up illegal La Plata Canyon road

$450,000 in escrow to cover the costs

Separate accidents snarl traffic in Highway 550-160 work zone

Separate accidents snarl traffic in Highway 550-160 work zone

A truck and trailer clipped a traffic light at the intersection Wednesday morning, causing havoc during the morning commute. Starting…

College foundation rejects divestment

College foundation rejects divestment

says dropping fossil-fuel holdings would be hypocritical

No in-state tuition breaks for tribes with historic ties to Colo.

No in-state tuition breaks for tribes with historic ties to Colo.

still provides free tuition to any Native American