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Sheriff’s comeback campaign advances

Clerk: Spruell petition has enough signatures to get on ballot

Snowbound biking

Voters OK pot sales, ATVs in Silverton

Taxes also set for retail marijuana

Critics plug oil-pipeline bill

Until recent weeks, most opponents of the bill were Northeast Colorado conservatives concerned with property rights. But it was opponents of hydraulic fracturing who sealed the bill’s fate by swamping…

Let’s build up the snowpack

The National Weather Service is calling for a 30 percent chance of rain-snow mix today with a high near 48 degrees with a slight chance of precipitation Saturday in Durango.…

Most incumbents re-elected to town boards

Voter turnout low in Bayfield and Ignacio

Southern Utes mourn loss of leader

Jimmy Newton dies at age 37

State may rent firefighting aircraft

Unclear where $22 million to cover cost will be found

Durango school cuts eliminate deficit

Combination of items erases $1.6M in red ink

Have you seen a wild turkey lately?

Feathered creatures are survivors despite predators

Dayplanner Thursday

Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Disabled American Veterans the…

County wants more public access at outdoor shooting range

Gun club ‘good old boys’ look to lawyer up

Local Briefs

City of Durango crews will begin work with Durango Electric and La Plata Electric Association to replace power lines in the alleys between Main Avenue and East Second Avenue today.…

Allergy season with us again

No shortage of pollen blowing in wind

Southern Utes mourn loss of leader

Jimmy Newton dies at age 37

1,042 get their power back

Underground junction box failing caused outage

Spring chores

On Monday, city of Durango Street Department workman Mitch Harris, right, and Kenny Gallegos return a repaired way-finding sign to the northbound lane of Main Avenue.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald

Durango honors longtime city attorney

The city decided to rename the council chambers in honor of retiring City Attorney David Smith for his 37 years of service. Smith, who retired Tuesday night, served as city…

Durango, county agree on land-planning deal

Measure concerns land close to city limits

Year’s first bear sighting logged Monday

Appearance not early, not late

The election results are in

Voter turnout, however, was rather light in towns

New drilling in the works for our neck of the woods

Coal-bed methane is the target product for Texas company

Keep your eyes peeled for fires

Winds keeping burn ban in place through today

Our county at high risk for radon

All Colorado counties vulnerable to cancer-causing gas

Video may end wintry drive to Capitol

General Assembly entertains entry into Internet age

Mountain lion kills fawn within city limits

Attacks on people rare, but residents be aware

Friends remember Morley

Friends gathered Monday night for an informal celebration of Morley Ballantine’s induction into the Colorado Woman’s Hall of Fame at the Rochester Hotel. Ballantine, who was inducted March 20 in…

Spare cash for schools?

Foundation begins fundraiser to help Durango schools

Purgatory’s patrons celebrate the end

Regular season is complete, but resort to open next weekend

Wind woes hit county; Durango gets dusty

Resident: ‘I can’t see 50 feet in front of me’