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Highway 550 named to ‘most dangerous’ list

Ouray residents contend the reputation is overblown

Building a bridge to somewhere

State’s $4.3 million grant would extend existing road

Lots of agreement at 9-R forum

9 of 10 candidates debate school issues

Tourists, federal employees rejoice

Mesa Verde, U.S. agencies reopen as shutdown ends

Picking the perfect pumpkin

A yearly tradition for local families

Bark & Wine making noise again for humane society

It’s the society’s biggest fundraiser of the year and features food and, of course, wine and beer. The humane society has big plans for funds raised from this year’s event,…

Flipping out

Seven-year-old Kaitlin McCullough performs round-offs after being picked up Thursday from Riverview Elementary School by her mother, Kellie McCullough. Sam McCullough is the second-grader’s father.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald

Wolf Creek to open this weekend

Two lifts will open Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the area announced in a news release Wednesday night. The Oct. 19 opening date will be far…

Home sales strong in Durango area in third quarter

In-town homes have highest price climb

8 Bayfield school candidates debate at forum

School board hopefuls air diverse views

Ballantine Communications enacts executive changes

CEO Doug Bennett named industry veteran Bob Ganley as BCI’s new vice president for finance and operations. “As we continue our evolution around print and digital, we wanted to make…

Vandals destroy Durango water dock

Dawn raid results in little cash

Low-tax claim depends on how you look at it

Campaign: Amendment 66, an income tax increase for public schools. Claim: “When state and local taxes are combined, Colorado ranks sixth-lowest” in the country for tax burden. Who is saying…

Bags steal show at forum

Emil Wanatka, president of the board of the Durango Fire Protection District, took up the perplexing issue of providing a stable source of funding for fire and emergency services in…

Adventure on high seas

Durango High grads plan late-Oct. start for round-the-world sailing voyage

Tipton breaks with party’s majority, votes to end shutdown

The vote came after 16 days of an unpopular federal government shutdown and on the eve of the last day that the treasury had enough money to pay the nation’s…

Enjoying fall? It’s a tossup

Zada Westbrooke-Lile, 6, and some friends create a leaf pile during recess Wednesday afternoon at Durango Montessori School at the Smiley Building. Zada is the daughter of Kristine Westbrooke and…

Judge: School tax issue stays on ballot

Right is ruled to be fundamental

Man vandalizes Durango school building, walks to police station, turns himself in

‘Sometimes you have to commit a problem to solve a problem’

Council approves accessory dwellings

After long day of picketing and debate, vote unanimous

Clearing the smoke

Ballot questions seek to simplify fire district funding

Rocky Mountain open; why not Mesa Verde?

Legislators to petition for state’s other parks

Portrait of a student

Weld done

A welder secures connections Monday afternoon on the new building for Pediatric Partners of the Southwest. The location, 270 East Eighth Ave., is near the Horse Gulch trailhead. The former…

Record vote shuffles Ute Mountain council

Former chairman Manuel Heart returns to post

Denver firm buys Brainstorm Internet

Its customers will not be immediately affected

Tax recreational pot?

Revenue would help fund inspections, construction of schools in Colorado

Shutdown hangover: Beer release on hold

Ska has to keep cork in it, for now

Colo. school funds on par with Miss.?

Campaign: Amendment 66, an income-tax increase for public schools. Claim: Colorado routinely ranks near the bottom of school funding, just ahead of Mississippi. Who is saying it: This claim has…

City Council shifts start of meeting for hot issue

Accessory-dwellings issue prompts the time change