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High-tech meters days away

system down, parking free downtown

Coats for Christmas

A happy hospital starts with the stomach

cafeteria serves more than patients, staff

Local Briefs

Atmos Energy’s work at Main Avenue and 18th Street continues with a southbound single-lane closure. The lane closure will remain…

The Blotter

Wednesday 1:44 a.m. A 22-year-old man involved in an altercation in the 2000 block of Main Avenue had a broken…

Grant helps schools get two-way radios

The two-way radios will allow staff members to have direct communication with school offices, which is convenient and can save…

Local Briefs

Blackhat Humane Society will have its first adoption day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Durango Petsense…

County commissioners pass $71 million budget

Employees will not receive raises in 2014

Thieves target La Plata County mailboxes

Residents asked to be on lookout

James Ranch beef involved in recall

Range company to blame

Snowdown video, photos, articles and more.

Task force scrutinizes vaccine exemption

calls for education for parents who opt out

Need a lift to the lifts

“Snow’s great. I gotta get up there,” said Mark Raymond as he tries to hitch a ride Tuesday morning from…

9-R facing unkind cuts

District leaders optimistic despite budget trimming

The Blotter

Tuesday 2:01 a.m. Someone in a gray Ford Ranger hit a 2011 red Dodge Ram in the 200 block of…

Hazy days of winter

Tuesday morning’s cold temperatures and calm winds kept smoke from a controlled burn lingering in the Animas Valley north of…

How cold was it Monday?

20 might be record low in Durango

Bobby Lieb to run for treasurer seat

Republican will forego 2nd term as commissioner

More jobs for Colo. in ’14, economists say

Plata County forecast mixed

Machete-wielding man gets four years in prison

After pleading guilty to three counts of felony menacing and a single count of resisting arrest in October, Walter Marquez,…

Report: Mercury vapor at gold mill in Mancos not elevated

three soil samples show excessive levels

Should I stay or should I go?

Drivers are legally required to stop for pedestrians, but can you count on it?

Silverton promised broadband by Sept.

Congressman questions Eagle-Net about capital

Forest Service names new interim

Archuletadu1-i-syn He begins Monday at the San Juan Public Lands Center. Archuleta, who has more than 32 years’ experience in…