News

Powdered-alcohol ban advances

Measure would temporarily restrict rising craze

January 26, 2015

Animas High looking for new head of school

Anyone with questions is urged to contact board president Melissa Youssef at [email protected] or attend the board meeting Tuesday starting…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Bluebird day for jibbing

With school out for a teacher-development day Monday, 12-year-old Peyton Bryant knew how to spend his free time: snowboarding with…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Eye in the sky

Mike Willing, with the Colorado Department of Transportation, rinses a traffic camera cover just south of Purgatory at Durango Mountain…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Got your costume? Get your name

Snowdown participants aren’t really ready for Steampunk Snowdown 2015, which starts Wednesday, until they determine their steampunk name using this…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Thirty employers at FLC spring job fair

Fort Lewis College senior Brent Walsh and junior Katygene Jackson speak to a management recruiter for City Market, Rhonda Toland,…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Crestview Drive water to be cut

1800 block out for a day

January 26, 2015

Local News

Interest-rate cap bill dies

Democrat joins with Republicans

January 26, 2015

Local News

Treasure finder wants to sell

Robert Evers inspects documents and old newspapers recovered from a house along Wildcat Canyon Road that is being demolished. Old…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Tourism Office to discuss 2015 plans

The Durango Area Tourism Office will discuss its plans for 2015, including an update on the Welcome Center, on Feb.…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Camino lanes reopen after pole repairs

A crew from La Plata Electric Association inspects a light pole that was struck by a car in Town Plaza…

January 26, 2015

Local News

‘Death with dignity’ to be discussed Thursday

The lecture coincides with what Denver politicos anticipate will be a big week for the “death with dignity” movement, with…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Art show to benefit truancy prevention

Students instead have been supported through in-school mentoring and counseling for students and their families, said Jennifer Turner, a program…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

An informative meeting about the adverse impacts the King II coal mine in Hesperus will take place at 6 p.m.…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Dayplanner Tuesday

Aging and Disability Resources for Colorado representative will help file tax rebates for state and city, 9 a.m.-noon, Southwest Center…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Sneer offers satirical Snowdown scoops

This year’s Snowdown Sneer, which can be found at establishments around town, compares and contrasts the Arc de Triomphe in…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Snowdown parade to alter traffic

Erika Wilson Golightly of Asa Fire Tribe performs at last year’s Snowdown Light Parade. The 2015 version begins at 6…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Forget to pay your parking ticket? You’re in luck

The city is offering those with overdue parking tickets the opportunity to pay the original parking citations and waive late…

January 26, 2015

Nation & World

Hobbyist admits drone that crashed on White House grounds is his

Secret Service on Monday officers search the south grounds of the White House in Washington. An unmanned aerial drone was…

January 26, 2015

Regional News

Excuses arise in jury selection

hears assorted reasons to avoid serving

January 25, 2015

Local News

Here’s your Snowdown daily news

This year’s edition announced the United Nations had invited newly elected state Rep. J. Paul Brown to address the General…

January 25, 2015

Nation & World

States could pass what Congress couldn’t

20-week limit surfacing, advancing across capitols

January 25, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – A winter that has largely spared the Northeast thus far is about to arrive with gusto: A…

January 25, 2015

Nation & World

Within France, is free speech for all?

Accusations of double-standard unleashed

January 25, 2015