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Pot cops preview tracking system

High-tech method all about good data

High-tech meters days away

While system down, parking free downtown

A happy hospital starts with the stomach

Mercy cafeteria serves more than patients, staff

Local Briefs

Atmos Energy’s work at Main Avenue and 18th Street continues with a southbound single-lane closure. The lane closure will remain in place 24 hours a day until early next week.…

The Blotter

Wednesday 1:44 a.m. A 22-year-old man involved in an altercation in the 2000 block of Main Avenue had a broken hand. Tuesday 11:27 a.m. Drivers in a blue Subaru and…

Grant helps schools get two-way radios

The two-way radios will allow staff members to have direct communication with school offices, which is convenient and can save time in a crisis, said Kathy Morris, safe-school coordinator for…

Coats for Christmas

Local Briefs

Blackhat Humane Society will have its first adoption day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Durango Petsense Store south of Walmart, sponsored by Verizon Wireless. Five adult…

County commissioners pass $71 million budget

Employees will not receive raises in 2014

Thieves target La Plata County mailboxes

Residents asked to be on lookout

James Ranch beef involved in recall

Front Range company to blame

Snowdown video, photos, articles and more.

Task force scrutinizes vaccine exemption

Group calls for education for parents who opt out

9-R facing unkind cuts

District leaders optimistic despite budget trimming

The Blotter

Tuesday 2:01 a.m. Someone in a gray Ford Ranger hit a 2011 red Dodge Ram in the 200 block of Crewstview Drive. Monday 7:56 a.m. A school bus was stuck…

Hazy days of winter

Tuesday morning’s cold temperatures and calm winds kept smoke from a controlled burn lingering in the Animas Valley north of Durango. But you can expect the chill to linger. The…

Need a lift to the lifts

“Snow’s great. I gotta get up there,” said Mark Raymond as he tries to hitch a ride Tuesday morning from north Main Avenue to Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort. Purgatory…

How cold was it Monday?

Minus 20 might be record low in Durango

Bobby Lieb to run for treasurer seat

Republican will forego 2nd term as commissioner

More jobs for Colo. in ’14, economists say

La Plata County forecast mixed

Machete-wielding man gets four years in prison

After pleading guilty to three counts of felony menacing and a single count of resisting arrest in October, Walter Marquez, 36, of Cortez was sentenced Thursday. After prison time with…

Report: Mercury vapor at gold mill in Mancos not elevated

But three soil samples show excessive levels

Should I stay or should I go?

Drivers are legally required to stop for pedestrians, but can you count on it?

Silverton promised broadband by Sept.

Congressman questions Eagle-Net about capital

Forest Service names new interim

Archuletadu1-i-syn He begins Monday at the San Juan Public Lands Center. Archuleta, who has more than 32 years’ experience in the U.S. Forest Service, is currently the deputy forest supervisor…

Local Briefs

Durango Mountain Resort’s Local Benefit Days recipients this year will be the Medicine Horse Center, Sexual Assault Services Organization, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Colorado and Annie’s Orphans. The…

The Blotter

Sunday 11:38 p.m. A dog was moaning in the 200 block of East Sixth Avenue. Saturday 6:30 a.m. The body of a deer with its head missing was on the…

Wildfire measures need more attention, Roberts says

Officials want to improve systems for communications

Trailer catches fire west of Durango

Residents used a torch to try to melt frozen water pipes but accidentally caught some insulation on fire, said Tony Harwig, battalion chief for the Durango Fire & Rescue Authority.…

Hot stuff

Firefighters with the Durango Fire & Rescue Authority extinguish smoldering trash that caught fire in a Waste Corporation of America garbage truck near Mercy Regional Medical Center on Monday. The…