News

Hijacking revives security fears

EgyptAir incident raises alarms about safety at Egyptian airports

Nation & World Briefs

Lewandowski NEW YORK – The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 12 percent last year to…

Clean power debate flares up in Capitol

Republicans say it’s a waste of money to try to comply with the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which regulates…

U.S. home prices rise faster than incomes in January

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.7 percent from a year earlier, a slight increase from the…

Fort Lewis College students, Holly House clients benefit from adapted-exercise class

The clients come from Holly House, which offers a day program for adults with disabilities, Durango School District 9-R and…

Education Briefs

Ignacio Schools Relay for Life Team will host its annual Family Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. April 22 at…

Purgatory Resort to install ‘surface lift’ on mountain’s backside

Upgrade to help snowboarders, skiers access lifts 3, 5 and 8

Alamosa Republican supports hospital fee restructuring

Changes would generate $730M in next fiscal year for state

Local Briefs

The Kiwanis Club will welcome Kip Turner, aviation director of the Durango-La Plata County Airport, to its meeting at noon…

New mayor in love with Dolores

Lopez He responded to a questionnaire about his plans. Why did you run for town mayor? I love this small…

Vietnam War era veterans honored in Durango

The Blotter

Monday 7:36 a.m. A drunken man was sleeping under trash and talking to himself in an alley in the 500…

Wednesday Durango Dayplanner

Greg Ryder, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Ace Revel, 6-8 p.m., Eno Wine Bar and Cocktail…

La Plata County Commission objects to process for BLM oil and gas lease sale

Lachelt, Westendorff concerned about infrastructure impacts, jurisdictional confusion

Retirement now moves in slo-mo

some, leaving workforce continues years after retiring

Gold King owner says EPA forced access agreement renewal

his name’s in ink, Todd Hennis said his signature appears not by choice

Red Mountain Pass reopens after crash

Patrol trooper’s car pulled from snowbank

Which Durango sporting goods store is closing?

Longtime owner Tommie Peterson to retire

Obama highlights nation’s growing opioid problem

President Barack Obama shakes hands with guests after arriving in Atlanta to speak at the National Rx Drug Abuse &…

Tied 4-4 after Scalia’s death, high court gives unions a win

Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, arrives for…

Photos of the week

Snowfall in San Juan Mountains expected through Wednesday

Temperatures should drop with cold front’s arrival

Teen birth, poverty rates fall in La Plata County

Dropout rate is also down 2013-2014

Retaking Syria’s Palmyra reveals more shattered antiquities

Destroyed statues litter the floor at the damaged Palmyra Museum, in Palmyra city, central Syria. The amount of destruction found…