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FLC students to present May service projects at fundraiser

Village Aid Project gives sustainable solutions to remote communities

Children can safely trick-or-treat on Halloween in downtown Durango

More than 80 merchants to participate

Photos: ‘Nightmare on Elk Street: Childhood Fears’

Investigation clears Fort Lewis College professor of plagiarism charges

Author accused Andrew Gulliford of using his material in Herald column

League of Women Voters, Durango Herald to co-sponsor presentation

TABOR, Gallagher Amendment to be discussed

Photos: Black Student Union, supporters ‘take a knee’

Drop off your pumpkins after Halloween

du1-i-syn From noon to 6 p.m. Friday, drop-off will be offered at La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.From 9…

Durango sexual assault suspects face life in prison

Sexual assault suspects charged with felonies Friday

County holds meeting on Sand Canyon parking

Proposal would add parking along roadway

McPhee Reservoir closes boat ramps for winter

Nonmotorized, exempt boats can still launch

Herbalist provides free mobile clinic to the less fortunate

Kate Husted offers counseling, herbal supplements to the homeless

Best bets for the weekend

du1-i-syn The annual Three Springs festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Three Springs Plaza,…

Durango explores improvements to Chapman Hill ski area

Project would be split into three phases

Cortez City Council approves public art advisory committee

Board to oversee public art projects

The Blotter

du1-i-syn Wednesday 7:12 p.m. A man broke into a dumpster in the alley behind the Durango Police Department, 990 East…

Colorado State Patrol to honor fallen officer with memorial sign in Durango

Cpl. Edstrom died in 1959 from injuries suffered in a gun fight

Photo: Planting a cover crop at the Fort Lewis College Environmental Center garden

Paula Plentnikoff, a member of the Fort Lewis College Environmental Center food security team, sows a cover crop Thursday that…

Halloween DUI blitz applies heat through Wednesday

Last year’s crackdown arrested 296 impaired drivers

Naked man suspected of assault, burglary north of Durango

Suspect apprehended sitting on rock in Hermosa Creek

Photos of the week

Gavin Mestas of Durango High School hurdles over a Pueblo Central player during a punt return Oct. 20, at DHS.…

Colorado Parks and Wildlife cancels kokanee salmon giveaway

The Journal file CPW harvests kokanee eggs from state reservoirs and distributes them to hatcheries each fall. The egg-take this…

Christmas trees go on sale

Volunteer Lou Gaylord trims the base of a Christmas tree Dec. 20, 2016, at the San Juan Mountains Association tree…

La Plata Electric Association will return nearly $4 million to customers

Capital credits will go to co-op’s qualifying members

Silverton resident reprimanded for beginning mining operations without a permit

Regulators find development activity at Hobo Mine