News

Weather takes the air out of Snowdown’s balloons

From a frosted field in the Animas Valley, two hot air balloons rose from within a winter fog Saturday morning.…

January 31, 2015

Ice climber falls to his death near Silverton

Mark Miller, 50, of Ouray, was guiding two European clients up a well-known route called First Gully northeast of Silverton…

January 31, 2015

Local News

Pole dancing reels in the crowds

“(My friends) made me do it,” said Bambi Jeter of Lubbock, Texas, and a senior at Texas Tech, and one…

January 30, 2015

Local News

The ups and downs at Chapman Hill

“The hill doesn’t get any less steep,” said Steve Ilg, who has done the Chapman Challenge Uphill/Downhill Race numerous times…

January 30, 2015

Local News

Twisting the night away

After several rounds, it came down to Beth Reynolds and Madi Hogarth. In the end, Hogarth proved to be the…

January 30, 2015

Regional News

Utah officials disappointed Romney is sitting out 2016

“Bummer. Mitt Romney would have been one of the best presidents in the history of the United States,” U.S. Rep.…

January 30, 2015

Local News

Dayplanner Saturday

Free wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., The Wine Merchant, 1514 Main Ave. Arts and Entertainment The MET – Live in HD:…

January 30, 2015

Local News

Wet and wild steampunk

Umbrellas were a popular steampunk accoutrement on one of the wettest Snowdown Fridays in recent memory. But the weather certainly…

January 30, 2015

Local News

The Blotter

Thursday 10:48 p.m. A man was sleeping on a bench near Appaloosa Trading Post, 640 Main Ave.

January 30, 2015

Local News

Cover story, major exhibit

The book Tough Men in Hard Places by Durango author Esther Greenfield and Jay Harrison, executive director at the Center…

January 30, 2015

Regional News

2-man balloon crew sets distance record

Albuquerque resident part of team

January 30, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

Lindsey Jankowski, a 2011 Durango High School graduate, has made the dean’s list at Colorado State University for the seventh…

January 30, 2015

Local News

Steam from floats, rain from sky

Bryan Dear and the Durango Freestyle Wheelbarrow Team wowed the crowd with their precision stunts Friday evening during the 2015…

January 30, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., will offer these programs: “Privacy and the Internet” will take place at 1…

January 30, 2015

Nation & World

After 150 years, Confederate submarine’s hull revealed

was first in history to sink enemy warship

January 30, 2015

Local News

Rate hike on tap for city water, sewer fees

February’s increase just the beginning

January 30, 2015

Local News

Steamy swimsuits heat up Rochester

Friday’s chilly, wet weather wasn’t ideal for a swimsuit contest, but in the end, a lineup of five participants –…

January 30, 2015

Nation & World

GOP race opens up, or does it?

Romney’s decision could help Bush – at least for now

January 30, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is calling for an investment to move away from one-size-fits-all-medicine, toward an approach that tailors…

January 30, 2015

Nation & World

Census change considered

racial classification could help Arab-Americans

January 30, 2015

$French fracture laid bare as 8-year-old praises terrorists$

Nation & World

French fracture laid bare as 8-year-old praises terrorists

Latifa Ibn Ziaten, mother of French soldier Imad Ibn Ziaten who was killed by Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah, answers questions…

January 30, 2015

Nation & World

Dems still miffed about Israeli leader’s address to Congress

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, left, D-Calif., the leader of the House Democrats, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, right, listen as President…

January 30, 2015

Nation & World

Scientists abandon claim about the early universe

New data show that their cosmic observations no longer back up that conclusion, they say. The original announcement caused a…

January 30, 2015

Local News

Flour, marshmallows and Spam

help from FLC, Bed Rally returns

January 30, 2015