News

Steamworks Brewing Co. to reopen Thursday in downtown Durango

Restaurant closed April 4 for renovations

The Blotter

Tuesday 11:42 a.m. A man wanted to talk to police about harassing text messages and someone throwing trash in his…

Purgatory reports best season in 17 years

Creek also sees skier spike

Suicide bombing targets tourist area in Turkey

Security officials secure the area after an explosion outside the historic tourist site of Ulu Cami in Bursa, Turkey.IHA via…

Nation & World Briefs

Hastert CHICAGO – Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the…

La Plata County commissioner testifies on BLM methane rule

Lachelt wants end to unfettered flaring

Fort Lewis College student teachers share lessons learned

Experience gained in leadership, personal strengths

Proposed lieutenant governor clears 1st hurdle

Lynne told lawmakers she’d work to improve government efficiency, and she called on Colorado to consider multi-year budgeting, more like…

Two bills to stall Clean Power Plan killed in Colo. House committee

lawmakers try to stall implementation

Training for nonprofit leaders to be offered

responsibilities, marketing and fundraising on agenda

Search resumes in N.M. for missing treasure hunter

Officials at Bandelier National Monument confirmed that a search-and-rescue mission was underway in an area of the monument off-limits to…

Local Briefs

Marvel Grange is hosting a free community breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Marvel Grange Hall, 217…

Thursday Durango Dayplanner

Durango Public Library Literary Festival free reception, 5:30 p.m.; Author Jennifer Weiner will speak, 7 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900…

EPA: La Plata County won’t get full reimbursement for Gold King

Commissioners say agency reversed rules of agreement

Photos of the week

Durango man to be sentenced for stealing, selling art

Brandon Donahue helped sell stolen photographs

High Court could overturn political corruption case

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell speaks outside the Supreme Court in Washington after the court heard oral arguments on his…

Former House speaker sentenced to more than a year in prison

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrives at the federal courthouse Wednesday for his sentencing on federal banking charges which he…

Smithsonian selects Mancos as a ‘best small town’

included with 20 others near national parks

U.S. home prices rise at solid pace, even with flat sales

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.4 percent that month compared with a year earlier, according to…

Trump, Clinton enjoy another big night

Billionaire sweeps primaries in five states

Millennial generation becomes largest group in U.S.

They like socialism. They don’t eat breakfast cereal. They save more money than previous generations. They enjoy a work-life balance,…

Democratic front-runner close to locking up party nomination

Clinton The Democratic front-runner expanded her sizable delegate lead with wins in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Delaware. But Bernie Sanders…

N. Korea almost completes nuclear test preparation

South Korean protesters place portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a rally in Seoul, South Korea. South…