News

La Plata County sees significant health enrollment gains

10 percent increase in state

Reserves provide backup to La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, Durango Police

enforcement low on reserves

Local Briefs

Gentle yoga class with Jennifer Kiel, certified yoga instructor, will take place from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays…

Friday Durango Dayplanner

Durango Early Bird Toastmasters meeting, improve communication, presentation and leadership skills, 7-8:30 a.m., Holiday Inn, 21636 U.S. Highway 160 West,…

Young farmers in La Plata County face expensive, dry future

study finds water, land scarcity top agriculture concerns

Judge dismisses wrongful death lawsuit in Redwine case

was filed after 2-year statute of limitations

Anasazi center to display ancient, contemporary baskets

7,000-year-old basket to be part of Anasazi Heritage Center display

New toy!

Fight over gunman’s locked iPhone could have big impact

A U.S. magistrate judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI break into a work-issued iPhone used by one of…

Nation & World Briefs

Thousands of people from El Paso, Texas, and other parts of the U.S. crossed the border into Mexico on Wednesday…

U.S. worried about missile deployment

puts anti-air system in disputed area

Abandoned oil and gas wells lurk in developing areas across West

Companies mainly plug, abandon and forget them

Landowners a force in conservation

Private interests preserve land along Colorado-N.M. border

Dinosaur National Monument plans Rocky Mountain goat removal

Officials say the invasive goats have been spotted in and around the park in the past several years and that…

Earth Briefs

Citizens Climate Lobby will hold a training workshop from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Mark’s Church, 910 East…

Minimum-wage measure dies at Colorado Legislature

would have allowed local governments to establish minimums

Animas River Community Forum awarded two grants

$54,000 will fund coordinator, extend group 10 months

Durango basketball players suspended over behavior

Incidents in Montrose, Durango

Colorado bill aims to help smaller farmers, producers sell homemade foods

Measure heavily amended Wednesday at Capitol

Sunnyside Kids Campers to be bused to Florida Mesa

was without water for a period Wednesday

Blast helps clear rocks on U.S. 550 south of Durango

Rockslide leaves 700 tons of rocks on highway

German leader renews call for Syria no-fly zone

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is urging the creation of a no-fly zone in northern Syria where civilians fleeing fighting in…

Thursday Durango Dayplanner

Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango…

Woman says she fought attacker, tried to protect unborn baby

Attacker tried to claim baby was hers