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Gillespie again leads DHS to a top-5

A tough challenge awaited the Durango High School boys golf team Tuesday. One day after finishing in a tie for fourth at Grand Junction’s tournament at Bookcliff Golf Club, the DH...

DATE: Aug 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Local natural-food co-op no more?

Durango Natural Foods, group based in N.M. may hook up

DATE: Aug 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

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Work expected to last a week

DATE: Aug 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

DHS ties for 4th in first tournament

Feeling out the field in their first round of competitive golf this season, the Durango Demons were satisfied with the result. Durango High School finished in a tie for fourth pla...

DATE: Aug 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Dynamite find leads to warning

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office says don’t touch

DATE: Aug 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango BMX gears up for state championships

The road to the state BMX finals goes through Durango. Durango BMX hosted a state qualifier race July 27 and placed six riders on the podium with four winners. There we...

DATE: Aug 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Youth Sports

Kniffin and Mummery finish in the zone

Neither Brooke Kniffin nor Anne Mummery qualified for the finals at the Western Zone Senior Championships, but they took advantage of the lower elevation in Clovis, California, to record per...

DATE: Aug 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Youth Sports

Clark wins two at the Summer Open

Jeff Clark was crowned a two-time champion at the Durango Community Tennis Association Summer Open. Clark beat Paul Edwards 6-1, 6-0 in the open singles, and he teamed with Adam ...

DATE: Aug 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Sports

Solar program ends

Solarize La Plata, a program to get 100 homes to install solar systems, has ended with 101 participants. The goal when the steering committee formed in April 2013 was the installa...

DATE: Aug 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lane closures tonight on Camino del Rio

Starting at 7 p.m. this evening and lasting several hours, both northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 550 from the 160/550 intersection to Santa Rita Park will be closed to permit striping. ...

DATE: Aug 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mesa Verde park lifts fire restrictions

Mesa Verde National Park has lifted fire restrictions that had been in place since July 22. In a news release Tuesday, Superintendent Cliff Spencer said sufficient rain has fallen...

DATE: Aug 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local skid-steer operator identified

The driver of the skid-steer who died Monday when the piece of equipment he was operating slid into the Animas River has been identified as Charles William Huntoon Jr., the La Plata County S...