News

Heading toward net zero

Tyler McKnight helps install solar panels Thursday morning at Mountain Middle School. He’s carrying one of 164 panels that will…

November 19, 2015

Local News

Ten years in the making, Colorado water plan finally unveiled

480-page report to guide water use, conservation in Colorado

November 19, 2015

Local News

Mom-approved Thanksgiving school lunch

Needham Elementary School kindergarten student Grey Saren makes short work of Thanksgiving lunch at school with his mother, Beth Saren,…

November 19, 2015

Local News

Dayplanner Friday

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

November 19, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The 42nd Holiday Bazaar will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church,…

November 19, 2015

Local News

Durango school bus driver had been driving solo for only a week before crash, school district says

District superintendent explains details of crash Tuesday afternoon

November 19, 2015

Nation & World

House votes to curb Syrian refugees, snubs Obama veto threat

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., center, talked to reporters before a vote Wednesday where many Democrats joined Republicans in approving tighter…

November 19, 2015

Nation & World

Ex-Subway pitchman Fogle gets more than 15 years in prison

John Bradford, a professor of forensic psychiatry at the University of Ottawa in Canada, testified during a Wednesday sentencing hearing…

November 19, 2015

Local News

Help available in navigating health insurance maze?

Juan Basin Health offers extended hours

November 19, 2015

Local News

LIVE VIDEO: Durango School District news conference

A Durango School District 9-R bus sits upright after rolling down an embankment off Tuesday afternoon on Lightner Creek Road…

November 19, 2015

Local News

Students say cheating is under reported at Fort Lewis College

Pressure and desire to succeed sometimes lead to copycat work

November 18, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Be Local Book, which is sold at a variety of merchants around Durango, provides coupons, story pages, photographs and…

November 18, 2015

Regional News

N.M. health exchange defends efforts to reach uninsured

Officials estimate more than 230,000 people in the state remain uninsured. While nearly half of them are low-income and eligible…

November 18, 2015

Local News

Durango’s Animas River Trail connection to Three Springs decided

support alignment in split decision

November 18, 2015

Local News

Curiouser and curiouser!

“It has a personal connection to me because it’s symbolic of Alice growing up,” said Dean Hewitt, a sixth-grader at…

November 18, 2015

Local News

Parents question driver’s record in Durango school bus rollover

Children suffered gashes, broken bones in Tuesday’s accident

November 18, 2015

Local News

Colorado governor OK with Syrian refugees if properly vetted

House conversation eases Hickenlooper’s concerns

November 18, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Brief

WASHINGTON – Congress is pressing ahead with efforts to update the much-criticized No Child Left Behind education law. A bipartisan…

November 18, 2015

Nation & World

Airstrikes having little impact on Islamic State

Campaign could take years, officials say

November 18, 2015

Nation & World

Carter pushing retirement, other changes for future force

Many of the moves that Carter planned to outline in a speech Wednesday focus on how the Army, Navy, Air…

November 18, 2015

Good Earth

Plan would limit drilling on most of Roan Plateau

The Roan Plateau rises behind this natural gas well near Rifle. According to a proposal released this week, 90 percent…

November 18, 2015

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Mountain Film on Tour, Nature Studies’ fifth annual fall fundraiser, will take place Nov. 21 at the Durango Arts Center,…

November 18, 2015

Local News

Southern Utes want to revitalize dying language

discusses how to create new generation of speakers

November 18, 2015

Local News

Durango public school enrollment up about 90 students

add $189,000 to school district budget

November 18, 2015