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Local man critical after ATV crash

Pair were hunting in Mitchell Lakes area

The art of stacking wood

Residents take pride in their timber piles, debate best techniques

Ballantines receive recognition from Crow Canyon

Distinguished Service Award given for decades of support

Parking-ticket hike could fuel buses

Free trolley would survive under council proposal

On a happy note

One killed in highway broadside crash

Camino del Rio accident is under investigation

NSA leaks reporter: Stay tuned for more

Says U.S. wants to collect all forms of personal data

Vandals leave water dock closed for now

Reopening may be month away

Tax increase should not wake the dead

Voters to decide issue of Bayfield cemetery district

Artisan carves legacy

Mancos man chisels door designs by hand

The eyes have it

Durango Lions Club President Rich Pene positions 4-year-old Tava Reynolds for an eye screening as volunteer Jean Kirol takes readings Monday at Riverhouse Children’s Center. The Lions Club expects to…

Will well-off districts carry brunt of Amendment 66?

Campaign: Amendment 66, an income tax increase for public schools. Claim: Amendment 66 will extract more money from certain taxpayers than it gives to their county schools. Who is saying…

United frustration persists

Airline notes ‘great progress,’ but others unconvinced

For your blood, a beer

With local brewers, blood drive goes Pint for Pint

Shutdown delays drug-tracking bill

The act, sponsored by Bennet, would create a uniform barcode system nationwide to track each individual bottle of medication. “Right now, it is easier to track a gallon of milk…

Giving a shine to it

Elizabeth Stellrecht takes time before the lunch rush to tidy up Saturday morning at Fired Up Pizzeria on Main Avenue. Mostly clear and sunny conditions should dominate through Thursday, according…

Group advocates gay marriage for Colorado

Daniel Ramos, director of organization and alliance building for OneColorado, spoke to about 30 people from the Durango area at Durango Public Library on Saturday, to educate them about how…

Ugandan leader: Be prepared to listen

Parliamentary member tells students that U.S. can be part of global dialog

The bark chronicles

Old carvings in aspens attest to sheep camps

An old beater

Keats Dormont, a freshman mechanical engineering major at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who is in town visiting friends, takes a hard swing at an old Toyota during the football…

Durangoans to have taboo conversation

Death Cafe focuses on end of life

Gun accident wounds investigator

During Redwine search, weapon discharges after falling to ground

Searching for clues

SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald -Vallecito, CO- 10/18/2013 – La Plata County Sheriff investigators and a K-9 team work along Middle Mountain Road outside of Vallecito Friday during a search of the…

Udall: Water conservation could benefit businesses

Although discussions about the Colorado River Basin are traditionally dominated by water utility mangers, anglers and rafting company owners, a broader array of businesses are starting to pay attention. About…

Harvest time for kokanee

Annual ritual at Vallecito aims to build fish stock in reservoirs, stream

Parade prep for FLC

Patrick Fredricks, left, a staff member with the Leadership Center at Fort Lewis College, and Alina Peisley, a sophomore elementary education major, prepare the Student Union Productions float Friday evening…

County conducts pot survey

Public forum to be held Wednesday at courthouse

Marijuana, alcohol revenue would square up

Users will pay higher rate but what state makes likely equal

Plastic bag monster rallies support for fee

Charlie Shew, aka “bag man,” catches the curiosity of Needham Elementary School student Cassidy Novak, 8. Shew tried to talk to Needham students Friday about the proposed bag fee. Cassidy…

Hunter rescued from upper Hermosa Creek

La Plata County Search and Rescue learned of the man’s situation about 8 a.m. Thursday. He was in the upper Hermosa Creek area about 23 miles north of Durango and…