Arts and Entertainment
Review: Durango Arts Repertory Theatre energizes melodrama
Footlights and frivolity make up ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’
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Sports
Aztec High football season in turmoil before opening game
Nic Williams awaits word from school board regarding future as head coach
Local News
City of Durango scraps asking voters to renew 2005 sales tax in November
Councilors, worried about competing ballot measures, eyeing April ballot instead
Regional News
The Blotter, Aug. 20
Durango Police Department Tuesday 2:02 p.m. A business requested contact about a burglary in the 900 block of Main Avenue. 4:02 p.m. Someone reported a juvenile female profusely sweating in…
Local News
Florida Road crash leaves motorcyclist in critical condition
Alcohol suspected after SUV swerved into oncoming lane
Sports
New gates at Cortez school delay EMS after athlete breaks leg
Coaches did not have codes; ‘sometimes it just takes testing the system,’ superintendent says
Tri-Cities
Suspect in N.M. State Police gunfire has previous warrant for misdemeanor
Fernando Silva now faces five felony charges
Local News
Colorado Theater Teacher of Year Sandner talks about early years, Cortez’s support
Montezuma-Cortez director is nominated by teacher, district members
Local News
It’s back to school – for more students than usual – at Park Elementary
Children face flood of emotions as they further expand perspectives on the world
Sports
Aztec football coach Williams reportedly is placed on paid leave
Tigers will open football season at home Friday night against Rio Grande
Tri-Cities
Man captured after allegedly shooting at State Patrol officer in Farmington
Fernando Leon Silva reportedly fired 50 rounds at State Patrol officer
Local News
Police, archaeologists unearthing bones from hillside in southern Durango
Fragments, including partial skull, are possibly Indigenous
Tri-Cities
Mother arrested after child assaulted by stepfather, brother
All three family members charge in alleged child sex assault
Local News
Utah woman sentenced to prison for 2023 hit-and-run
Brittany Dee pleaded guilty to a felony charge
Regional News
The Blotter, Aug. 19
La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Monday 6:48 a.m. Two horses were walking in the middle of the road on County Road 125 headed toward the highway. 11:29 a.m. A trailer…
Sports
Season full of unknowns awaits Durango High School football
Demons enter 2024 season in new class with new coach and quarterback
Local News
Longtime Durango Trails executive director steps down after 19 years
Mary Monroe Brown helped develop 50 miles of trail system during tenure
Outdoors
Three Colorado wolf pups caught on video confirmed to be part of Grand County pack
Outdoorsman Mike Usalavage posted video Aug. 17
Regional News
Colorado lawmakers again urge IRS not to tax TABOR refunds
Federal agency has twice backed off plans to tax refunds
Regional News
At age 20, these Coloradans represent their parties at national conventions
Democrat Reilly Jackson and Republican Weston Imer advance a Gen Z perspective as young delegates
Regional News
How scammers target your biggest financial asset – your home
Real estate agent offers tips on how to avoid falling prey to scams
Regional News
Does Colorado’s ‘rolling coal’ law stop drivers from pouring black smoke into the air?
People have (illegally) engineered their vehicles to spew a unique brand of exhaust
Local News
Woman rescued after four days lost on solo ‘quest’ with Durango guide group
‘Nature does not care about your safety and will kill you,’ sheriff says, chastising Animas Valley Institute
Action Line
Junk or treasure? In La Plata, it’s far from clear
The locations of Peaks Seventeen through Twenty Three in the Weminuche Wilderness, according to several sources. Peak Nineteen is still missing! (Action Line illustration/U.S. Forest Service map) Dear Action Line:…
New Mexico
San Juan Generating Station cleanup set to begin in 2025
The decommissioned coal-fired plant is scheduled to be demolished Saturday
Local News
What’s driving the Durango-La Plata County conflict over jail space?
Police chief and sheriff have sparred in writing – but they don’t seem to understand each other
And the West is History
And the West is History: Porter coal mining in Wildcat Canyon – ca. 1910
The next time you drive Wildcat Canyon Road (County Road 141), pay special attention to the wide area a mile or so south of U.S. Highway 160. Though very difficult…
Local News
Two Durango projects receive housing catalyst fund money
Animas View Mobile Home Park Co-op secures another round of funding