News

Fort Lewis College films win gold medals

Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file photo <br><br>The new Fort Lewis College Geosciences, Physics and Engineering Hall, will have an observatory with…

March 9, 2016

Local News

Signs of spring poking up

In a sure sign that a change in the season is fast approaching, crocus emerge from a flower bed along…

March 9, 2016

Nation & World

U.S. special forces kill 10 Islamic extremists in Somalia

Al-Shabab fighters sit on a truck as they patrol in Mogadishu, Somalia. U.S. special operations forces launched a raid on…

March 9, 2016

Nation & World

Senate committee votes to approve new education secretary

The Senate will vote on approving acting Education Secretary Dr. John King Jr. to take over the department after the…

March 9, 2016

Local News

2021 standards to prepare students for career or college

on different approaches based on paths they choose

March 8, 2016

Nation & World

Pedestrian fatalities jump in ’15, data show

Police and emergency crews respond to the scene after a woman drove her car into a crowd of tourists outside…

March 8, 2016

Nation & World

American killed in Israel

An American tourist was killed in Jaffa, Israel, Tuesday in one of several stabbing and shooting attacks launched by Palestinians…

March 8, 2016

Nation & World

Sanders, Trump win Michigan primaries

Businessman wins Michigan, Mississippi votes

March 8, 2016

Local News

Budgeting issues, high flows delay Durango Whitewater Park improvements

on two dangerous Animas rapids won’t come until after runoff season

March 8, 2016

Local News

School District 9-R denies Fort Lewis College request to synchronize schedules

Thomas “President Dene Thomas asked us to consider coordinating our spring break with theirs,” 9-R Superintendent Dan Snowberger told the…

March 8, 2016

Local News

Transit revenue likely to slide

councilors consider cuts, higher fares, fees

March 8, 2016

Local News

The Blotter

Monday 9:21 a.m. Someone tried to break into a business in the 700 block of East Second Avenue. 10 a.m.…

March 8, 2016

Local News

Gay conversion therapy questioned in Colorado Legislature

Lawmakers consider prohibiting controversial practice

March 8, 2016

Education

How to thrive in middle school

emotional skills can help students succeed

March 8, 2016

Education

Early takers say SAT ‘wasn’t so bad’

Carnegie Pollack SAT math teacher Marshall Spooner works with student Greg Nevins during the company’s SAT prep class at Greens…

March 8, 2016

Education

Education Briefs

Animas High School announces these events: AHS families are invited to a presentation called “Know the Facts: Teen Vaping and…

March 8, 2016

Local News

Local Briefs

The Kiwanis Club of Durango welcomes Kathleen O’Connor, director of the Powerhouse Science Center, as guest speaker at noon Thursday…

March 8, 2016

Local News

Wednesday Durango Dayplanner

Free presentation about tenant rights, noon to 1 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 247-0266. Free introductory talk…

March 8, 2016

Local News

Property tax increase for airport likely November ballot question

county vote to come later

March 8, 2016

Local News

Durango property owners explore legal options over broken water pipes

looking into breaks and the response to them

March 8, 2016

Local News

Southwest Colorado homeless program receives HUD grant

Housing Solutions for the Southwest gets $139,910 to aid homeless families

March 8, 2016

Local News

Holiday seasonal sales, lodgers tax collections disappointing in Durango

Lodgers tax declines; sales tax growth lower than expected

March 8, 2016

Business

Crazy millenials

your hotel room might come without a closet or a desk

March 8, 2016

Business

Apple thinking small

iPhones, iPads may shrink in size, price

March 8, 2016