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Forrest Stone
Position: Staff reporter
Phone Number: 375-4566

And the West is History

100 years ago: Ben Russell and Doe Schlabach were “beating it for Electra Lake” to go fishing, with several kinds of bait to “make the fish hungry.” They expected to be gone for several ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: The “first new potatoes” and “a good supply of home-grown cabbage” came into Durango with Johnathan Townsend. 75 years ago: La Plata County commissioners, Ci...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds residents to be wildlife aware

Leave ‘abandoned’ wildlife alone cautious of bear, moose

Residents prompted to practice lightning safety June though September

People should heed information given during Colorado Lightning Safety Awareness Week

Motorboats pile up at McPhee Reservoir

Area boating restrictions funnel traffic to McPhee boat ramp

Summer DUI crackdown active through June 26

Impaired-driving fatalities in Colorado are highest June-August

LPEA warns members of continued phone scams

Callers threaten residents and businesses with disconnect

More than 5,000 drivers cited from Click It or Ticket campaign

Citations decreased by 487 from last year’s May enforcement

Navajo Lake Marina unveils $3 million expansion

Improvements include new store, restaurant, gas dock

San Juan National Forest seeks public input on prescribed burns

Dolores Prescribed Fire Pine Ecosystem Restoration Project under discussion

Residents urged not to interact with newborn wildlife

Animals born in spring found alone often mistaken as ‘abandoned’

And The West is History

June 4 100 years ago: Part of a conversation someone overheard at a show was printed in the Durango Evening Herald, and involved one person who told another, “When that corpse rose up ou...