News

Bayfield library embarks on project to inspire interest in science, math

“Teens in our community flock to the library after school and throughout the summer,” Teen Services Manager Becky Van Den…

January 26, 2016

Local News

Move to Silverton to reduce lung cancer risk?

People gather on Blair Street during a festival in Silverton. The mountain town’s elevation of 9,308 feet might help people…

January 26, 2016

Local News

Changes to Three Springs plans approved

Durango City Council will hear changes next

January 25, 2016

Local News

Most airfields, like Durango’s, lack FAA control tower

Officials say no tower doesn’t mean no control

January 25, 2016

Regional News

Some call New Mexico governor Susana Martinez‘anti-immigrant’ over ID law

The nation’s only Latina governor also has denounced GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump for his remarks on Mexican immigrants, visited…

January 25, 2016

Regional News

Denver man sets Grand Canyon river run record

Tom Martin, secretary of the Grand Canyon Historical Society, says Ben Orkin reached the end of his 277-mile journey Sunday.…

January 25, 2016

Local News

Colorado new oil and gas rules leave few satisfied

of local control, fracking has both sides unsettled

January 25, 2016

Nation & World

Ex-prosecutor to spearhead investigation into Flint water

Republican Bill Schuette said Todd Flood, a former assistant prosecutor for Wayne County, which includes Detroit, will spearhead the investigation…

January 25, 2016

Nation & World

Rubio’s Iowa crisscross approach bends caucus campaign norm

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. poses for a photo during a campaign event, Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 in…

January 25, 2016

Nation & World

Obama contrasts Clinton’s pragmatism with Sanders’ idealism

President Barack Obama speaks in Detroit. During an interview with Politico posted on its website Monday Obama was extremely cautious…

January 25, 2016

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

A family in New Jersey, trapped over the weekend in the massive East Coast snowstorm, was trying to dig its…

January 25, 2016

Nation & World

Bomb in San Bernardino attack was poorly built

The failure compelled Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29, to drive around the area of San Bernardino, California,…

January 25, 2016

Local News

The Blotter

Monday 6:45 a.m. A dog was dead in the road in the 5800 block of Main Avenue. Sunday 1:58 a.m.…

January 25, 2016

Local News

Silverton cancels Thursday’s Superfund vote

officials say EPA wants larger designation than originally proposed

January 25, 2016

Local News

More Florida Road townhomes proposed

Durango Planning Commission OKs annexation

January 25, 2016

Local News

Got Thai? La Plata County Sheriff’s Office seeks bilingual speaker

Volunteer translator needed for rare occasions

January 25, 2016

Local News

Tuesday Durango Dayplanner

DeColores Civitan club meeting, noon, call Lon Erwin at 247-1019 for location. Rotary Club of Durango meeting, 6 p.m., Strater…

January 25, 2016

Local News

Local Briefs

The Community Relations Commission will meet from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the North Conference Room in Durango City…

January 25, 2016

Local News

Last chance for comment on San Juan National Forest recreation cuts

to finalize changes this spring

January 25, 2016

Local News

Rollover on Farmington Hill

As a first responder with Durango Fire Protection District examines the wreckage, A Colorado State Patrol trooper investigates the scene…

January 25, 2016

Local News

Houston energy company to close Durango office

employees laid off, others to transfer to Texas

January 25, 2016

Nation & World

Slippery start to the work week for East Coast commuters

In Brooklyn, only one teacher at the Bedford-Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School called to take the day off, despite more…

January 25, 2016

Nation & World

U.S. Supreme Court Justices extend bar on automatic life terms for teenagers

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that people serving life terms for murders they committed as teenagers must have a chance…

January 25, 2016

Local News

No new snow expected for Durango during Snowdown

hours of avalanche work closed Red Mountain Pass Monday; open now

January 25, 2016