Headlines

Rafter dies after a flip in Smelter Rapid

Man was identified as Jose Soto, 56, of Farmington

Mancos Park going organic

Maintenance plan includes ‘high-impact’ public areas

U.S. 160 corridor meeting in Mancos on June 23

Live polling on options will be conducted by CDOT

Mancos may be getting sister city in France

Southwest Colorado and northwestern France may seem like worlds apart, but the Mancos Town Board hopes to close the distance with a new sister-city designation. Town Administrator Andrea Phillips said…

New airport plans on schedule

Fewer departures in May attributed to loss of Frontier flights

La Plata County boasts low tax burden

Adams County is Colorado’s most-burdened

Lindblad to lead FLC’s small business center

Permanent director being sought

Local Briefs

Check on your 2016 property-tax breaks A property-tax exemption will be available for the tax year 2015, affecting taxes payable in 2016 for qualifying seniors and disabled veterans, and surviving…

Dayplanner Wednesday

Arts and Entertainment The Jeff Solon Jazz Duo, 6-9 p.m., The Cyprus Cafe, 725 East Second Ave., 385-6884. Open studio figure drawing, facilitated by Ed Bolster, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Durango Arts…

Selfie on the go

Passengers on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad take a group selfie Tuesday as the train departs for Silverton from the depot in Durango.

Robot revolution

FLC engineering students see the future in automated, electrical wonders

City lands $1M for sewer design

Question remains, however: Rebuild it? Or remodel it?

Durango has a new sister city – Chyamtang, Nepal

This 2014 photo shows the house where Karma Bhotia grew up in Chyamtang, Nepal. Bhotia and others spoke at a Durango City Council meeting Monday to support a sister-city relationship…

Montezuma schools again face budget crunch

Cortez-area $2.6M shy, finance director says

Gravel truck overturns

The Blotter

Durango Police Sunday 7:26 a.m. A man walked out with merchandise and attempted to use a counterfeit $50 bill at Walmart. 4:35 p.m. Someone reported that a band playing at…

Police seek suspects in downtown assault

Police are searching for two men suspected of randomly attacking two other men early Saturday in downtown Durango. The assault occurred at 1:33 a.m. Saturday in the west 100 block…

New county administration building opens

$3.9 million remodel completed

Dock Dogs coming to Pet Expo

Event this weekend at La Plata County Fairgrounds

Local pot use higher than state average

Young adults 10 times more likely to consume than older residents

Molas crash victim critical

Grand Junction woman rolled 3 times Sunday

Local Briefs

Be a mindful parent through Inhabit class A mindful parenting class taught by Rachel Turiel and Joy Kilpatrick will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Sun…

Dayplanner Tuesday

Meetings and Events Celebrating Healthy Communities Coalition will host Master Minds Circle, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Three Springs Sales Office, in the second floor conference room at 125 Mercado St., www.ourhealthycommunities.org.…

Strumming his summer days away

Teagun Wilkins, 11, strums his mandolin Monday on Main Avenue. Teagun said his instrument case just happened to be open, and a few folks dropped some money in it. He…

Court says employees can be fired for pot use

Federal prohibition trumps state law in employment cases

Cities are just deer in the headlights

What’s a homeowner to do to combat the state’s growing infestation?

Helping out mothers

Event raises postpartum depression awareness

Colorado’s rainbow trout recovering

Animas River is an exception

Six rafters unharmed after scary flip and swim

A raft with six people aboard flipped just downstream from Smelter Rapid on Sunday afternoon. After a long search, all rafters were rescued and were uninjured.Chuck Slothower/Durango Herald A raft…

Vehicle slides off Molas Pass along 550

A vehicle went about 150 feet down the embankment near mile marker 66 on U.S. Highway 550 on Sunday along Molas Pass, said Trooper Josh Lewis, a Colorado State Patrol…