News

VA steps up for injured veterans Agency to pay for robotic legs that can help paralyzed vets walk

Now he may get the chance to walk everyday: The VA has agreed to pay for the powered exoskeleton for…

Nation & World Briefs

NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans’ leaders on Thursday made a sweeping move to break with the city’s Confederate past when…

Connect For Health Colorado says this year’s enrollment smoother

And an extended deadline didn’t hurt. Open enrollment ends in January for Connect For Health Colorado. But Thursday was the…

Bayfield School District shocked by low standardized test scores

Superintendent: ‘We own our results’

The Blotter

Wednesday 10:50 a.m. Someone reported a handgun stolen from a vehicle at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.…

Even in Durango: The force is with them

Chris Lile, left, Dan Chowen, center, and Ron Floroplus gather Thursday evening at the El Rancho Tavern on Main Avenue…

Ignacio teacher involved in scuffle with student is reinstated, but put on paid leave

is now on administrative leave

$1.1 trillion federal spending bill reauthorizes conservation fund

would not block water rule, but keeps greater sage-grouse off endangered species list

Fort Lewis College hires new director for Center of Southwest Studies

Tisdale comes from Autry Museum of the American West

Dayplanner Friday

Durango Early Bird Toastmasters meeting, 7-8:30 a.m., Holiday Inn, 21636 U.S. Highway 160, September-May, 749-1741, [email protected], www.earlybirdtoastmasters.org. Sunrise yoga adult…

Exec who jacked up price of a life-saving drug is arrested

Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of…

Ski industry has huge economic impact on Colorado

will the industry’s boom last through new generations?

New Orleans council votes to remove Confederate monuments

New Orleans officials are expecting supporters to file lawsuits to stop the city from removing the Robert E. Lee Monument…

Buyer of rifles used in massacre charged in terrorism case

Federal investigators are investigating whether Syed Farook and his friend, Enrique Marquez, were planning a terror attack in 2012. Marquez,…

La Plata County receives state grant for road work

grant for $700,000 helps pay for fresh asphalt

School buses: How safe are they?

Maintenance, driver training, roads all play part

Durango city sales and lodgers taxes see growth

spill did not deter tourists in October

The Blotter

Wednesday 12:34 p.m. A $300 speaker was stolen from the AT&T Wireless store, 1185 South Camino del Rio. 12:48 p.m.…

En garde

For enviro groups, Gold King spill intensifies mission

For a handful of local environmental groups, operations have vastly changed since the national spotlight turned on Southwest Colorado on…

Earth Briefs

Plant-A-Tree holiday gift certificates are on sale at San Juan National Forest offices. Each $20 donation to the Plant-a-Tree Program…

School threats prompt proposals for tougher penalties

Lawmakers around the country are calling for harsher laws and stiffer penalties against people who make public threats. Backers say…

Yellen calls hike sign of confidence

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the Fed’s decision to raise rates Wednesday was to ensure her agency had the…

Nation & World Briefs

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo has put the golden burial mask of King Tutankhamun back on display after repairs were…