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Hearing begins on Tri-State’s electricity rates

Co-ops object to policy that doesn’t reward off-peak users

When ‘Dragon Lady’ invaded Cortez

Anniversary of U-2 plane’s 1959 landing is Saturday

Demand for gun permits rises in Colorado

Sheriff Schirard sees similar spike locally

Trial results in hung jury

deadlocked in menacing case

Splashin’ summer away

A boy races up the stairs to the water slide at the Durango Community Recreation Center on Monday. Summer is…

Is it time to panic over lack of water?

yet, officials say, but signs point to drier future

June DUIs/DWAIs

The following are convictions made in June 2013 for driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 percent…

Durango’s muralist dies at 67

McMurray created definitive painted images

Ospreys flying through

A different kind of osprey was seen in the skies of La Plata County during the weekend with two Marine…

Ariz. focuses on using less

“We must be the best-kept secret around,” Kathleen Ferris, executive director of the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, said in…

State drought plan up for revision

Colorado was just the third state in the country to come up with a statewide drought plan. Former Gov. Richard…

‘Summer Camp’ no picnic for local man

Justin Jackson, who owns a house in Bayfield, is a reality television star on “Summer Camp,” a USA Network game…

Training wheels

A Western state of mind

Durango Fiesta Days celebrates diverse cultural roots

Internet buy lands undersheriff in hot water

Montezuma County officer bought automobile chip online, DA says

Tuning up for yoga

Richard Barnes plays his cornet Friday at the Durango School District Administration Building before heading to a yoga class. The…

Police douse alleged water thief’s plan

Stealing water has become a bit of a trend around town. The plumbing driver was using a hose for RVs,…

Durango woman outsmarts scam

Sheriff’s office gets similar calls daily

Rollin’, rollin’ rollin’

Now boarding: Temporary addition doubles airport’s lounge space

$700K fabric structure alleviates crowding

Airline will curtail service to Denver

boardings down, Frontier to switch to seasonal flights

Udall, Bennet favor student loan measure

approves slight increase in new rates

A piece of the pie

The Basin High School Rodeo Club held its annual pie auction and street dance fundraiser in front of the Durango…

Colo. contingent united against NSA powers

says agencies shouldn’t spy on nonsuspects