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Ann Butler
Position: Staff reporter
Phone Number: (970), 375-4584

Ballet Folklórico at $800 of $2,000 goal

In May, the community responded to a plea: Save our Ballet Folklórico de Durango. Over the Cinco de Mayo weekend, with performances at Gazpacho’s New Mexican Restaurant and as the...

FLC’s master’s class shares research

Education is changing, and the teachers who earned the first master’s degrees from Fort Lewis College took a hard look at questions they’ve had about how to change with it. They presented th...

Flash flood watch in effect through Thursday

Flooding possible throughout Four Corners

Neither rain nor hail could halt these grills

According to the solar calendar, summer doesn’t officially start until the summer solstice on June 21. Most Americans, I think, consider Memorial Day the kick-off to summer. But for yours tr...

Erickson showed how teachers make a difference

Every once in awhile, someone I don’t know invites me to a party, and those are the best kind. They broaden my knowledge of the community, bring some new faces to Neighbors and shake things ...

Powerhouse power-cleans just in time for a wedding

Organizers want to take advantage of industrial history

3-car accident on U.S. Hwy. 160

One transported then released from Mercy

Pine River Valley power restored

2,600 customers without power for 9½ hours

Fire district volunteers crucial, hard to find

Durango Fire leans heavily on them; rural districts lose help

Science summer camps will go on in Durango

When the Powerhouse Science Center closed abruptly May 9, one casualty was the planned summer camps. About 130 campers were refunded, and parents found themselves scrambling for summer enric...

Science center looks to reopen

While a temporary reopening date has been set for Sept. 1, the Powerhouse Science Center still needs to keep the iconic property looking its best and ready for rental for events. ...

Durango fire chief to retire

Dan Noonan’s 39-year run as a firefighter to conclude at end of 2015