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Loyd Norman Moore

Moore Loyd was born May 14, 1937, in Lawrence County, Tenn., the son of Noley and Annie Moore.   He grew…

Calendar of Events

Client appreciation day, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., free ice cream at First National Bank of Durango at Bayfield, 382-5634.…

Navajo State Park 50th anniversary celebration Aug. 23

Anyone who participated in the construction or planning of the Navajo dam project or the park is asked to send…

La Plata County Fair 2014

Fair is seriously fun in 2014

Ellen Cornelia Dixon Clark

Clark She was born Sept. 5, 1914 to Malcolm and Cora Dixon on Crow Mountain in Atkins, Arkansas. She grew…

Strength in diversity

40 years, KDUR, FLC’s community radio station, continues to thrive free-form

Law would restrict edibles

may ban baking with pot

Cortez council sets hearing for retail marijuana

The vote, taken earlier this week, to set a public hearing on retail pot ordinance was nearly delayed when council…

Local Briefs

Colorado Senior Health Insurance Assistance Program will provide a free training from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday at the…

Sen. Udall hosts women’s forum

equality, work focus of talk

Are you business savvy? Why not help FLC?

The FLC School of Business is hoping to receive curriculum feedback from the county’s business savvy community members at the…

Prairie dogs may be bubonic plague source

Epidemiologist says residents need to be prepared

Dayplanner Friday

Outdoor Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Outdoor Amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Ribbon…

The Blotter

Wednesday Noon An intoxicated man was passed out in a planter by the Thai Kitchen Cafe, West 11th Street. 1:14…

Housing options sought for aging population

Advocate says keeping older Coloradans in their homes pays off

Chance to learn about forest health

Participants will largely be from the San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership, 15 to 20 public and private groups that…

Brewery, store donate to FLC scholarship

JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald file photo The annual half marathon is a partnership of Steamworks, Durango Running Club and the Durango…

Obama appeals for ‘peace and calm’ in Ferguson

President Barack Obama speaks to reporters today in Edgartown, Mass. about developments in Iraq and the police shooting of 18-year-old…

Study blames humans for most of melting glaciers

The Mendenhall Glaicer spills over the mountains above Mendenhall Lake in Juneau, Alaska. More than two-thirds of the recent rapid…

Durango student test scores a ‘mixed bag’

Superintendent: There’s room for improvement

Four times the trouble

An accident involving four vehicles slowed traffic at Camino del Rio and College Drive around noon Thursday.STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald

You can put umbrellas away, for now

and dry days settling in

State troopers take charge in Ferguson

Governor urges city to ‘step back a little bit’