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Cortez man ID’d after fatal accident

The second driver in Tuesday’s fatal head-on car crash in the Animas Valley has been identified. Cortez resident Rodney C. Platts, 48, was driving a 2006 white Jeep Commander sout...

DATE: Sep 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sexual assault suspect arrested

New Mexico man, 25, to be extradited to La Plata County

DATE: Sep 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Texters attempt Pine River scam

Many locals with cellphones received text messages Monday that their Pine River Valley Bank cards had been temporarily suspended, but it was all a scam. “Nothing at the bank has b...

DATE: Sep 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College enrollment hits over 4,000 for fall

Most in nine years, above school’s goal

DATE: Sep 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sudden storm strikes

Rain, mudslides, hail close roads, raise havoc

DATE: Sep 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango police arrest three in theft spree

Colorado Springs residents accused of stealing vehicles, gun, credit card

DATE: Sep 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lyons shines to support Community Concert Hall

There’s something powerful about intimacy, the intimacy of familiarity, the intimacy of old friends, the intimacy of well-loved music. All of those were in play at Jazz on the Hil...

DATE: Sep 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Man found safe after grueling 2-day search

Two became lost in drainage near Junction Creek

DATE: Sep 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wet weekend forecast for S.W. Colorado

As rain falls across Southwest Colorado, local officials are keeping an eye on potential dangers, especially as flooding consumes the Front Range. “So far, we haven’t had any heav...

DATE: Sep 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Here’s to Tuesday Lit and its 75th birthday

Its beginnings were low key – the daughters and daughters-in-law of Reading Club of Durango members got tired of waiting for a spot to open in Durango’s oldest club, so they founded the Juni...

DATE: Sep 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Main Avenue mainstay Francisco’s Restaurante sold

Garcia family leaves legacy of 45 years

DATE: Sep 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Birdies on the golf course mean more dollars for Adaptive Sports

A few weeks ago, Neighbors was all about a fishing tournament, and this week the subject is golf. No, you haven’t inadvertently turned to the sports section. This is just another case of spo...

DATE: Sep 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Neighbors