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Flu season hard to predict after record-setting year

officials say get vaccinations before November

October 7, 2018

Business

Durango Craft Spirits goes big on small-batch liquors

Healthy sales growth prompts expansion

October 7, 2018

Local News

City of Durango dismisses citations against homeless protesters

Trespassing tickets were issued for challenging city’s camping ban

October 5, 2018

Local News

Regional food hub planted in Cortez

entities will use renovated building, serve those in need

October 4, 2018

Local News

Damron pleads not guilty by reason of insanity

orders evaluation at mental health facility

October 3, 2018

Local News

Suspects in August pot raids hear charges

suspect indicted on federal charge, another absent

October 3, 2018

Local News

Animas River appears to have hit all-time low

Southwest Colorado headed for second lowest water year in history

October 3, 2018

Local News

Colorado senators show bipartisan support for conservation bill

Legislation advances out of committee with votes from Bennet, Gardner

October 3, 2018

Local News

A revival for the Navajo Nation’s police force

Despite underfunding, an academy is training cadets to protect the Nation on its own terms

October 2, 2018

Local News

Mancos Days gives back $5,000 to local organizations

The Mancos Days board, which oversees the association and decisions about giving, decided to direct money toward organizations that volunteered…

October 2, 2018

Local News

CMS teacher seeks volunteers, participation at Hispanic Heritage Night

In this file photo from March, eighth-grade language arts teacher Lissa Lycan acts as judge during a mock trial event…

October 2, 2018

Local News

Flash-flood watch issued for Durango, 416 Fire burn area

from Tropical Storm Rosa expected through Wednesday

October 1, 2018

Local News

Student in hospital after apparent fall down stairs

An ambulance and firetruck sit in a parking lot behind Montezuma-Cortez Middle School on Tuesday afternoon after an eighth-grade student…

October 1, 2018

Business

Animas High graduate uses biology to predict stock prices

‘It’s a biological view of the way stocks move’

September 30, 2018

Local News

Agencies to close 25 abandoned mines on Alpine Loop

Project aims to keep people out, avoid injuries

September 29, 2018

Judge rejects suit to remove Gunnison sage grouse protection

Colorado lawsuit sought to remove bird’s status as ‘threatened’

September 28, 2018

Dolores schools ban on-campus cellphone use

has improved student behavior, officials say

September 28, 2018

Local News

Cortez City Council recognizes Indigenous Peoples Day

Council also OKs water, library projects

September 27, 2018

Local News

Durango stops enforcing camping ban at night

ACLU, federal appeals court throw city ordinance into question

September 27, 2018

Local News

Homecoming features parade, games and dance

begins Thursday at 5 p.m. on Montezuma Ave.

September 26, 2018

Local News

Court documents describe abysmal conditions in animal cruelty case

animals subjected to ‘chronic or repeated serious physical harm’

September 26, 2018

Local News

Juniper trees recover in Southwest Colorado

in Arizona and Utah, the outlook for the hardy tree is grim

September 26, 2018

Local News

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad rolls again

Harper: ‘It has been the toughest summer you can imagine’

September 22, 2018

Living

Searching for the golden larch tree high in the Northwest

Discovering the wonders of a deciduous conifer

September 22, 2018