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Fallen climber rescued in the Animas Valley

The Durango Fire Protection District rescued a climber who fell from a boulder Friday afternoon in the Animas Valley. The climber was a 19-year-old male who was unconscious and br...

DATE: Mar 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Warm temps, low snow

Wet at airport, not in mountains

DATE: Mar 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango grad shines in mushing world

Some of us go along living our lives, while others ignite with a passion that transforms their lives into something bigger and grander. The latter is the case for Ryne Olson, who ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

House fire started in chimney

Family able to stay in home

DATE: Mar 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

McClellan: ‘I’ve never heard of this designer’

Part-time Durango resident defends his furniture piece to Ellen DeGeneres

DATE: Mar 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Police arrest suspects in pot shop burglaries

Two Aztec 20-year-olds in custody

DATE: Mar 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango Fire reports fire under control

About 10:30 p.m., the Durango Fire Protection District began responding to a report of an attic fire in Crestview. “It’s a two-story wooden house, and all the occupants are out,” ...

DATE: Mar 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Work begins on Hermosa Creek protection

And now it starts. After decades of attempts and six years of stakeholder meetings, the Hermosa Creek Wilderness Area and Special Management Area made it through Congress and was signed by t...

DATE: Mar 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

A luncheon, girlfriends and ‘All That Jazz’

Many people went all out for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Colorado’s 30th birthday last fall. It was a Great Gatsby-esque extravaganza, with an elegant crowd and flapper ...

DATE: Mar 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Neighbors