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Durango Police Department Tuesday 10:05 a.m. Children were yelling for help in the 21800 block of U.S. Highway 160 west. 1:13 p.m. A man assaulted a woman in the 700 block of Main ...

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Durango Police Department Monday 3:48 a.m. A naked man walked out of a hotel in the 600 block of Main Avenue. 4:13 a.m. Someone threw a brick at a business in the 3400 block of Mai...

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La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Thursday 1:10 a.m. A vehicle crashed and rolled over into a ditch in the area of U.S. Highway 550. 8:53 a.m. Fraud was reported in the area of Count...

San Juan Basin Public Health surpasses White House goal of vaccinating 70% of adults by July 4

San Juan Basin Public Health announced it has surpassed the federal goal of delivering at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to the combined adult population of La Plata and Archuleta counti...

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include a variety of Fourth of July celebrations. Despite the city of Durango canceling the fireworks display because of fire danger, there will be activities to enjo...

Have you been keeping up with local headlines? Test your knowledge in Quiz No. 128

About 90 people participated in last week’s quiz. Participants scored highest on a question about Durango’s fireworks show, with 98% of respondents correctly answering, “Drought conditions a...

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Durango Police Department Thursday 6:29 a.m. A woman assaulted someone and fled the scene in the 1000 block of Avenida del Sol. Wednesday 7:47 a.m. Merchandise was stolen in th...

City of Durango announces Fourth of July schedule of events

Residents and visitors are invited to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with a series of events Sunday in Durango: July 4 8 to 11:30 a.m., All-American Gourmet Breakfast hosted by Ro...

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Durango Police Department Tuesday 1:31 p.m. A man was hitting a dog in the 300 block of West College Drive. 3:44 p.m. An employee was breaking items at a motel in the 2200 bloc...

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Durango Police Department Monday 12:18 a.m. Four men were involved in a physical altercation in the 800 block of Camino del Rio. 12 p.m. A woman was arrested on suspicion of t...

Hesperus woman arrested on suspicion of bank robbery

Suspect in Albuquerque case reportedly made off with $158

Man charged with arson in connection to string of wildfires

Elijah Rugg said he suffers from PTSD, has blackout episodes, affidavit says