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Thrive! La Plata County’s Living Wage Coalition will meet from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Commons Building, 701…

April 11, 2015

Local News

Courthouse remodel on the way

departments may move to Tech Center

April 11, 2015

Local News

Please, don’t feed that bear

Julie Angle, dressed as a bear, pretends to panhandle Saturday morning at the intersection of South Camino del Rio and…

April 11, 2015

Local News

Road construction to begin

to focus on bridge maintenance

April 11, 2015

Nation & World

U.S. Capitol lockdown lifted after suspected suicide

U.S. Capitol Police locked down the Capitol in Washington on Saturday as a precaution after shots were fired in what…

April 11, 2015

Nation & World

Obama, Castro vow to pursue new future for U.S. and Cuba

President Barack Obama speaks as he joins other world leaders for the opening plenary of the Summit of the Americas…

April 11, 2015

Local News

La Plata County resident dies from hantavirus

is second in Colorado this year

April 10, 2015

Regional News

Snow-tire measure pumps the brakes in Colo. Senate

JP Tire Factory is one of the stores that carries snow tires in Durango. A measure that would have required…

April 10, 2015

Local News

Coffee, community and confidence

Grounds Cafe offers a special niche for special-needs students

April 10, 2015

Local News

President Thomas’ contract is extended

Board of Trustees re-signs Dene Kay Thomas through 2019

April 10, 2015

Local News

Durangoan R.W. ‘Nick’ Turner Jr. dies at 87

leader helped establish Bodo and our current FLC

April 10, 2015

Nation & World

Gap remains in video record of fatal S.C. police shooting

A group prays at the scene where Walter Scott was killed by a North Charleston police officer Saturday after a…

April 10, 2015

Nation & World

2 women die after tornadoes hit Illinois area

Several buildings were destroyed and two people killed after at least two tornadoes touched down in the Fairdale, Ill., area…

April 10, 2015

Nation & World

Pakistan won’t join Yemen fight

is setback for Saudi effort

April 10, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – A uniformed officer in the Secret Service’s Foreign Missions Branch was put on leave and his security clearance…

April 10, 2015

Local News

Missing woman is doing well

Chelsea Ruby Woodruff found in good health

April 10, 2015

Local News

Animal Protection investigating dog shooting

2-year-old mixed-breed pup needs about $2,200 in surgery

April 10, 2015

Nation & World

Repair Fair offers free fixes for gadgets

Fixer Fran Blanche, right foreground, examines Kathy Kruger’s broken laser star projector at the Repair Fair at Greensgrow in Philadelphia.…

April 10, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

Crawford Dylan Schwantes, from Durango, studying history at Marquette University, traveled to New Orleans over spring break with the Marquette…

April 10, 2015

Local News

Military Brief

Army Pvt. Sara A. Sloan has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. During the nine…

April 10, 2015

Local News

This year, Memorial Day to be a bit more special

partners with the train to honor veterans

April 10, 2015

Local News

Police reform bills advance

Lawmakers continue quest to ‘rebuild trust’

April 10, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Durango Parkinson’s Disease Support and Education Group meets the third Thursday of every month. The next meeting will take…

April 10, 2015

Local News

Dayplanner Saturday

IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program will help people file their 2014 income tax returns, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., La Plata…

April 10, 2015