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Covering the firefighters’ feet

In this season of numerous wildfires, many residents are asking what they can do to help, and one thing the…

Udall foe: Incumbent ‘hasn’t done much’

Sens. Baumgardner, Hill in U.S. Senate race

Deer life cycle baffles tourists

ask some funny questions; we provide some answers

Shooting suspect raises insanity defense

defenders say mental-health issues may have had role in killing

The ‘Fort Lewis Way’

Hiker who fell 300 feet to his death identified

The identification was made by San Juan County Coroner Keri Metzler. The fall occurred Thursday morning about 9 a.m. Scotland…

Lightning sparks 3 blazes

fires start on Missionary Ridge

Hiker dies in fall on Jagged Mountain

“He fell about 300 to 400 feet down a steep face,” said Sheriff Sue Kurtz. The hiker’s identity and age…

Express yourself

Michele Harris helps paint a Dumpster in the parking lot behind North Point Mall with the Dumpster Beautification Project. Local…

Time to hop to it?

Growing for breweries not easy, but possible

House GOP picks a new leader

Domino’s franchisee to lead chamber’s Republicans

State treasurer announces bid for re-election

2 Dems seek to replace GOP incumbent

Man gets 38-year prison term

19-year-old sentenced for his role in Ignacio murder

Colo. delegation seeks aid with forest fires

Rep. Scott Tipton says allowing more local control would help

Schirard: Gun laws obstruct police

Issuing guns to deputies, returning stolen guns presents a problem

Courtroom wrangling clarifies gun law

legal battle averted, another still looming

Help from above

A helicopter drops water on a small brush fire just south of Silverton early Wednesday afternoon, while a Durango &…

Governor lends support to tax hike

revenue would go to Colorado schools

Downtown street rehab hits hard rocks below

plans to reopen Main Ave. on July 18

An upstream battle

playing at Oxbow boat launch: Homeowners vs. river rowdies

Drug agents dismantle southeast county meth lab

Investigators learned of the lab June 2 from the property owner, who found the lab in an outbuilding. Authorities executed…

Senate shuts down student-loan vote

Without action, interest rates will double for fall

D&SNG to honor fallen Ariz. firefighters

vows to raise funds for victims’ families

Cat Fire contained in Archuleta County

More good news came from the West Fork Complex, three fires burning near Wolf Creek Pass in both the San…