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Herald Staff Report

DHS wins a mountain bike championship

Durango walked away with a Colorado High School Mountain Bike Series championship and an inaugural home race in next year’s competition. Durango High School, behind victories fro...

DATE: Oct 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

6th-grade Demons will play for another YAFL title

And then there was one: the sixth-grade Durango Demons. Durango beat Aztec 41-8 to advance to their third Youth American Football League title shot in four years. The ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Youth Sports

Benjamin and Mummery power Durango Swim Club in the pool

Eleven swimmers made their presence felt for the Durango Swim Club on Oct. 11-12 at the Ned Mechling Memorial meet in Aspen. Haley Benjamin (14) finished first in all of her event...

DATE: Oct 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Youth Sports

Vet benefit program extended

The Veterans Administration has extended a program to provide assisted-living services to veterans with traumatic brain injuries. The program, which was set to expire this year, g...

DATE: Oct 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local real estate broker honored in state convention

A Durango-area real estate agent was honored at an annual awards convention held by the Colorado Association of Realtors in Denver earlier this week, according to a Colorado Association of R...

DATE: Oct 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Improvements planned for downtown intersection

Downtown improvements are in the foreseeable future. The city of Durango was awarded a New Freedom Program grant for $503,000 by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Tran...

DATE: Oct 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Downtown offers trick-or-treats for children

Trick-or-treat! More than 90 downtown merchants will be giving out candy on Halloween for children 10 years old and under, according to a Durango Business Improvement District new...

DATE: Oct 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Udall to visit Durango next week

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, who is waging a tough re-election campaign against Rep. Cory Gardner, is set to visit Durango for his final pre-election appearance Monday. Udall will visit ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield seniors seal the IML deal

A select few Wolverines go 32-0 in league

DATE: Oct 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

County Road 309A to reopen tonight

Crews worked Monday night and through the day today to unearth and remove a natural-gas pipeline that ruptured south of the Durango-La Plata County Airport, according to a La Plata County ne...

DATE: Oct 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Transit Center cashier window closed over the weekend

Don’t expect to pay any parking tickets this weekend. The city of Durango is running an update on the Parking Division’s computer software which will close the Transit Center cas...

DATE: Oct 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Small gas leak closes county road near airport

A small leak was detected in a 30-inch natural-gas line Monday afternoon in the 3600 block of County Road 309A, near the Durango-La Plata County Airport. The leak was reported abo...

DATE: Oct 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News