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72-year-old sentenced for sex assault

A 72-year-old La Plata County man has been sentenced to five years of intensive probation supervision after pleading guilty to sexual assault of a child by a person in a position of trust. ...

CDOT suspends lane closures this weekend

The Colorado Department of Transportation will not close any lanes on College Drive, Camino del Rio or U.S. Highway 160 west this weekend to allow for holiday traffic. All lanes will be open...

Horse activities at fairgrounds resume

With no new cases of equine herpes virus reported since Sunday, the La Plata County Fairgrounds will reopen for horses today. The fairgrounds had been closed to all horse-related ...

Guv appoints San Juan County judge

Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed Anthony Edwards as judge for the San Juan County Court in Silverton. Edwards will fill a vacancy caused by the retirement of Judge Lyndon K. Skin...

Kupcho dominates 4A state tournament

Durango girls golf finishes 7th of 8 teams in Colorado Springs

Wolverines’ Kennedy jumps a personal-best to fourth

Squeezing into the top 10 became routine for the Bayfield High School track and field team on the final day of the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 3A State Championships on...

DHS wraps state with batons

Durango High School closed the 2014 Colorado High School Activities Association Class 4A Track and Field State Championships in 17th place on the girls side and 21st place on the boys side. ...

Climbers harness solar power

Often on the fringe of outdoor sports and stereotyped as living in vans and sleeping in the dirt, vagabond rock climbers sometimes get a bad rap. But when professional climbers Ce...

Math doesn’t add up for DHS swimming

Demons return home rather than wait for alternate possibilities

Sen. Bennet comes to the rescue for area business

Economic hardship caused by pass rockslide to be eased with loans

DHS swimming fails to reach the finals at state

No Durango High School swimmer is assured a Saturday final at the Colorado High School Activities Association Class 4A Boys Swimming State Championships. The Demons have two entri...

Ignacio Bobcats drop the baton

Pole vault was the big event Friday for the Ignacio High School track and field team at the Colorado High School Activities Association State Championships at Jefferson County Stadium in Lak...