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City of Durango, Mesa Park Foundation enter operations agreement
Connector trails, parking lots and infrastructure work slated for 2025
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Bayfield Primary School holding holiday food drive to help families in need
Classrooms accepting nonperishable items through Thursday
Tri-Cities
Aztec woman who allegedly killed husband released from jail
Naranjo on GPS monitor, submit to drug and alcohol testing weekly
Regional News
Proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons is halted by federal, state judges
Colorado is also trying to stop consolidation
Regional News
Investigation finds Colorado election passwords were posted ‘unintentionally’
Denver-based law firm found no ill will in secretary of state office’s leak
Local News
Tribe can conserve Animas River water without paying Nighthorse maintenance fees
Contract sets terms for when and how much Ute Mountain Utes must pay
AP New Mexico
Biden creates Native American boarding school national monument
Monument marks era of forced assimilation
Local News
Nonprofit focused on service industry workers in Southwest Colorado names new leader
Emilia Majewski was program manager at In the Weeds before becoming its executive director
Local News
Bennet says Dems must focus on policies that help working class
Senator believes Trump supporters wanted to ‘blow the system up’
Local News
Bayfield eighth-graders explore college life during two-day trip
Nineteen students tour CU Boulder, UC-Colorado Springs with help of state grant
Local News
Red Mountain Pass to close most of Tuesday
Colorado Department of Transportation to dial in avalanche mitigation tactics
Local News
As winter nears, Durango’s houseless community looks to stay warm
An overnight warming center will be available on nights below 15 degrees
Action Line
Why North County disappears on La Plata weather app
This phone app screenshot from a couple of weeks ago shows storm activity on the new La Plata County weather app, but, because of technical limitations, not much going on…
And the West is History
And the West is History: Father and Son Banquet at DHS – 1919
Pictured is the Father and Son Banquet, hosted on Valentine’s Day in the Durango High School gymnasium. At the time, the facility was only 3 years old and still in…
Sports
Marv Sanders Invitational offers glimpse into some of area’s best prep basketball programs
Top boys and girls teams from Colorado and Arizona are in tournament field
Local News
Bayfield High School engineering student building pinball machine
Capstone project will be gift to Edward Herrera’s father, who played game during childhood
Business
Coloradans got $5 million more in insurance claims this year
Residents have been turning to free help from the state
Sports
Skyhawks fall to CSU Pueblo 1-0 in NCAA quarterfinals
Fort Lewis couldn’t find offense in fourth matchup with ThunderWolves
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Photos: Skyhawks men’s and women’s basketball
Fort Lewis College men’s and women’s basketball lost to Regis on Saturday
Local News
The Blotter, Nov. 27-29
Durango Police Department Nov. 29 3:23 p.m. A person at Riverview Animal Hospital, 670 S. Camino del Rio, was arrested for domestic violence. 3:03 p.m. A person outside the Junction…
Local News
VFW Post 4031 in Durango awards scholarships to local Voices of Democracy winners
Student essays recited for audience after Pearl Harbor Day flag ceremony
Local News
With looming budget cuts, nonprofits will step up work on San Juan National Forest
‘Access is going to be threatened,’ warned San Juan Mountains Association director
Regional News
$45 million record-breaking stegosaurus fossil found in Colorado will go on display at museum in New York City
Part of a stegosaurus skeleton is displayed at Sotheby's New York in New York, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)(AP Photo/Pamela Smith) The world’s most expensive dinosaur fossil –…
Sports
Durango pulls away from Ignacio in fourth quarter for 62-47 win
Demons finished with four players in double figures
Gallery
Photos: Durango and Ignacio do battle in boys basketball
Demons defeat Bobcats 62-47 on Friday at DHS
Local News
Colorado lawmakers work to protect Dolores River Canyon by end of year
Republicans oppose Biden designating area a national monument
Local News
Appeals court reverses drug conviction that resulted in man’s 16-year prison sentence
Ramon Alberto DeJesus III of Cortez to receive new trial setting
Local News
Photo: Putting a smile on children’s faces for the holidays
Jeff Punches, with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4031 in Durango, looks over some of the toys on Thursday that have been dropped off for U.S. Marine Corps Reserve…
Local News
Durango to recruit residents to research stormwater fees
Applications for focus group open now