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Local Briefs

Spa Evo will host a Noel Night benefit for Durango’s homeless veterans from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday upstairs in…

December 3, 2013

Education Briefs

Durango School District 9-R Superintendent Dan Snowberger will host a round table to discuss 9-R’s current academic programs, and help…

December 3, 2013

Education

Schools toss plastic plates

districts unite to reduce waste, buy better food

December 3, 2013

Education

Taking on stereotypes

Project reveals perceptions about Big Picture; next, overturning them

December 3, 2013

Local News

State worker hit, police seek driver

The victim was described as a 55-year-old Colorado Department of Transportation employee. The man was walking outside of his truck…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

Palestinians say Iran deal sets peace precedent

Palestinian officials are calling for the international community to bring pressure to bear on Israel to get a peace agreement…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

Judge clears way for Detroit bankruptcy

Judge Steven Rhodes says he will not “lightly or casually” accept the city of Detroit’s proposals to shed some of…

December 3, 2013

Local News

2-4 inches of snow forecast for Durango

temperatures to settle in for a while

December 3, 2013

Daily update

Dayplanner Wednesday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

December 3, 2013

Daily update

Community Road Work Conditions

The city of Durango Community Development Department’s fall construction of the Downtown Sidewalk Improvement Project has resumed. Each side street…

December 3, 2013

Daily update

Community Menus

Durango/La Plata Senior Center: Chicken alfredo fettuccine, salad bar, garlic bread, apple crisp and banana. Durango School District 9-R: Breakfast…

December 3, 2013

Local News

Commercial drones need regulations, Colo. senator says

Udall’s bill would place rules on surveillance

December 2, 2013

Local News

Buzz Bus in 2014 budget

Council approves open-space buy in Horse Gulch

December 2, 2013

Local News

Durango gas prices stuck

costs fall around the West, they refuse to budge here

December 2, 2013

Local News

Finishing it off

Tanner Coughlan of Monarch Iron Works puts the finishing touches on railing on the sidewalk of 12th Street on Monday…

December 2, 2013

Local News

The Blotter

Tuesday 1:48 a.m. A man was sleeping in a stairway at Days End, 2202 Main Ave. Monday 10:55 a.m. A…

December 2, 2013

Regional News

Guv: Secession vote to strengthen state

Speaking to Colorado Counties Inc., which represents the interests of local governments, Hickenlooper repeated his pledge to listen more to…

December 2, 2013

Local News

Radio veteran sees crisis within big media

Griffith: Conglomerates are hindering informed public

December 2, 2013

Nation & World

Envoy says China has right to set another air zone

The United States is advising U.S. airlines to notify Chinese authorities before entering that country’s new air defense zone over…

December 2, 2013

Nation & World

U.S.: American fighters in Syria a security risk

The State Department says it has no estimates of how many Americans have taken up weapons to fight military units…

December 2, 2013

Local News

First in line

Patti Rosenthal helps Sven Brunso register online for the 2014 Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. Registration to race the train to…

December 2, 2013

Local News

The Blotter

Sunday 3:20 a.m. Someone in a Ford Focus pressed an emergency flasher, but he said everything was fine in the…

December 2, 2013

Nation & World

Amazon.com sees delivery drones as future

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos’ prediction that his company could be using drones to deliver packages to customers within five years…

December 2, 2013

Nation & World

NTSB: Train going too fast at curve before wreck

Experts say a Postive Train Control system would have prevented Sunday’s train accident that killed four people and injured dozens.…

December 2, 2013