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Demons girls lacrosse draws 4 all-league honors

The Durango Demons landed a quartet of girls lacrosse players on the all-league team. Alyssa Montoya and Tymbree Hawkins earned first team All-Western Slope honors, and Sara Marti...

DATE: Jul 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Drug agents dismantle southeast county meth lab

The Southwest Drug Task Force announced Wednesday it dismantled an inactive methamphetamine lab in southeast La Plata County. Investigators learned of the lab June 2 from the prop...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango High School graduate on TV searching for moolah

A 2004 graduate of Durango High School and 2010 graduate of Fort Lewis College is scheduled to appear Friday on the TNT adventure show “72 Hours.” The program is scheduled to air at 8 p.m. (...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Talk about Town

Treasurer is touting millions in savings

DENVER – State Treasurer Walker Stapleton is touting $7 million in savings of taxpayer money because of a 2012 bill that gave his office oversight of most borrowing by government agencies. ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

DSC takes first at home

High schoolers help pace swim squad

DATE: Jul 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Youth Sports

Skyhawks soar in classroom

FLC women’s basketball tops in GPA

DATE: Jul 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Crew works to contain 20-acre Cat Fire in Archuleta County

Firefighters worked to contain a 20-acre fire discovered Sunday afternoon Southern Ute Indian Tribe land just off County Road 500 in Archuleta County. No structures were threatene...

DATE: Jul 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fires close Divide, Colorado trails

(4:30 p.m. Wednesday) – Emergency closures in place due to the West Fork Complex currently affect long sections of the Colorado Trail and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, the Fo...

DATE: Jun 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Coroner IDs two dead homeless men

Two men who were homeless and died last week in separate incidents have been identified. The body of Lawrence Wolrab, 52, was found June 18 in the east 500 block of Fifth Street i...

DATE: Jun 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

No clues found in Redwine search

Searchers looking for signs of missing teenager Dylan Redwine on Saturday scoured a 12-mile section of Middle Mountain Road above Vallecito Reservoir but came up empty-handed, said Lt. Dan B...

DATE: Jun 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fire near Bayfield burns home

A modular home, modular office, carport and two cars burned early Friday east of Bayfield. The fire was reported at 12:33 a.m. at 44431 U.S. Highway 160, about four miles east of ...

DATE: Jun 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Health advisory issued for Pagosa Springs

Town of South Fork being evacuated