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Alternative Horizons lands grant

Verizon this year has given $141,000 to similar organizations in the Rocky Mountains, consisting of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and…

October 14, 2014

Local News

Fall festival planned for Three Springs

Visitors may feel free to wear a costume. On the agenda will be trick or treating, face painting, cupcake decorating,…

October 14, 2014

Local News

Summer swimming tragedy inspires new nonprofit

lessons offered to underprivileged kids

October 14, 2014

Nation & World

Nurse infected with Ebola says she’s ‘doing well’

A Texas Christian University yearbook photo shows Nina Pham, a nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas who became…

October 14, 2014

Nation & World

Obama waiting for midterm to name attorney general

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, left, looks on as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder…

October 14, 2014

Local News

What’s your plan to escape a house fire?

may have as little as 2 minutes to get out

October 14, 2014

Local News

The Blotter

Monday 11:14 a.m. A man in a large dump truck was seen making sexual gestures towards an elementary school, 3067…

October 13, 2014

Regional News

Navajo police officer shot listed in good condition; shooter indicted

“When a police officer is shot, we encourage immediate prosecution to send a strong message we will show no mercy…

October 13, 2014

Nation & World

Flu season on its way with Ebola-like symptoms

A Protect Environmental in Dallas employee sanitizes his hands outside the apartment of a health-care worker, who treated Ebola patient…

October 13, 2014

Nation & World

Turkey says no new deal with U.S. on using air base

Syrian Kurd Kiymet Ergun, 56, gestures, in Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, as thick smoke…

October 13, 2014

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

FERGUSON, Mo. – Pounding rain and tornado watches didn’t deter hundreds of protesters Monday outside Ferguson police headquarters, where they…

October 13, 2014

Local News

The Blotter

Sunday 4:21 p.m. Someone reported that a man was playing drums loudly and disturbing the peace at Island Cove (Mobile…

October 13, 2014

Local News

Horse Gulch to receive more repairs

Long-term solutions debated

October 13, 2014

Local News

Nursing comes home

Navigating health-care bureaucracy poses challenges

October 13, 2014

Local News

Kicking it

A skateboarder performs aerial tricks, casting long shadows across the Durango Skate Park on Monday afternoon. After dipping below freezing…

October 13, 2014

Local News

Riding the mayoral election high into 2015

Pro-cannabis advocates inch their way into Colorado politics

October 13, 2014

Local News

FLC faculty wants more tenured profs

Report: Part-timers weaken academics at Fort Lewis College

October 13, 2014

Local News

Durango motorcyclist killed in Utah

Falling tree strikes man on highway

October 13, 2014

Local News

Wedding bells ring for gay couples

marriage licenses issued in La Plata County

October 13, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

Mancos Public Library, 211 E. First St. in Mancos, will screen the film “GMO OMG” at 6 p.m. Oct. 23.…

October 13, 2014

Local News

Dayplanner Tuesday

Tuesdays Traveling Yard/Gardening Support, 10 a.m., April-October, rotating locations, [email protected]. Rotary Club of Durango meeting, 6 p.m., Strater Hotel, 699…

October 13, 2014

Local News

Wells creep toward Chaco

Advocates fight for better planning near ancient sites

October 13, 2014

Local News

Arrr! LPEA has pirate-themed Halloween for kids

The addresses of the offices are 45 Stewart St. in Durango and 603 S. 8th St. in Pagosa Springs. Suggested…

October 13, 2014

Local News

Getting cold? Warming trend starts today

The official low, at the Durango-La Plata County Airport, was 28 degrees, said Jim Pringle, warning coordination meteorologist at the…

October 13, 2014