Local & Regional News

Regional Housing Alliance to go dormant

Other entities will manage affordable-housing programs

Park Services’ former chief historian to speak on agency

Presentation set for Oct. 5 at Fort Lewis College

Wholesale cost increase could bring LPEA rate hike

Board to discuss fee structures at Oct. 17 meeting

Photo: Escalante’s new track

Landon McNeil, an employee with General Acrylics, uses a blower to clear the Escalante Middle School track on Tuesday as a crew prepares to paint lines on the new surface.…

Durango man’s competency for trial at issue

Doctors give different opinions for man accused of assault

Dayplanner Wednesday

International Peace Activist Kathy Kelly: The Cost of War; The Price of Peace, 3-4:30 p.m., free, Durango Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 419 San Juan Drive, http://durangouu. org. Lacey Black, 5:30-7 p.m.…

Additional remains of Pagosa Springs man found

Colorado Forensic Canines help in search

Volunteers needed to canvass for minimum wage amendment

Street light maintenance Thursday on Florida Road

Traffic delays should be expected. Travelers are encouraged to use an alternate route to their destination on Thursday. For more information, contact City Operations at 375-4909.

Snowdown volunteer meeting set for Monday

The 39th annual Cabin Fever Reliever is scheduled to take place Feb. 1-5. For more information, call Marlene Gebhardt at 749-8913, or email [email protected]; or call Linda Brockway at 422-2045,…

Firm selected to rewrite land-use code

New code expected to streamline business permitting

Cowboy Parade winners announced

Willliam Winchester Jefferies, 6, of Durango, caught a lift for Saturday’s Cowboy Parade along Main Avenue on a stagecoach. On Monday, the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering announced the winners for…

Man charged in connection with car theft, vehicular eluding

The La Plata County Courthouse at 1060 East Second Ave. houses the 6th Judicial District Court, where Christopher Bagwell, 21, of New Mexico, was charged on Monday with felony motor…

Durango train goes lavender for cancer support

Lavender is the official color recognizing all cancers, including those that may not have a dedicated shade, such as pink for breast cancer or teal for cervical cancer. In addition…

Trump says he ‘brilliantly used’ tax laws

Hundreds in Pueblo cheer his business survival tactics

Street repaving begins today

Street repaving will start Tuesday in various areas in Durango.Associated Press file Work will be conducted: On 36th Street east of Main Avenue.On Holly Avenue.On west 28th Street behind Walgreen’s.On…

Photo: Weather changes comes with wind

Monday’s windy weather came with cooler temperatures and a freeze warning from the National Weather Service for Monday night and early Tuesday in Southwest Colorado, including Durango. The wind, which…

Veterans Stand Down slated for Thursday

Regional vets will have access to food, services

Man found dead in Pagosa hot spring is identified

Matthew Kochen, 54, found face down near downtown Pagosa Springs

Water diversion on Animas River begins Monday

City to divert water into intake

Durango-Los Angeles flight to return next summer

American Airlines will offer Saturday flights June through August

Superfund project manager known for community outreach

“If you have Rebecca, you are extremely lucky,” said Tony Berget, a former Lincoln County Commissioner in Libby, Montana, home to one of the largest and longest running asbestos cleanup…

Hearing planned Monday for Southwest Memorial bonds

Project adds in-patient wing, office building

Mexican sports bar opens in Francisco’s building

Cerda 7 will offer Mexican menu, salsa dancing and karaoke

Ute Mountain Utes nudge Obama on monument and water

Tribal Chairman Manuel Heart: Bears Ears, water rights, consultation were key issues

Wool and Fiber Festival will be Oct. 8

Garden Shed, left and Storage Shed, quilts by Leesa Zarinelli Gawlik, on display in the fiber arts show in the Barbara Conrad Gallery at the Durango Arts Center.JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald…

ColoradoCare taxes would extend beyond payroll levies

Investment, real estate, some business income would be hit

Orchard project awarded $42,400 federal grant

Pilot tests market for juice

Apple Days is one juicy Durango festival

Good fruit year in Southwest Colorado

Caption This!: ‘Can you hear me now, dear?’

This week’s photo comes from Rita Warfield, who took this photo of a bird and deer chatting together at Green Mountain Cemetery in Durango.Courtesy of Rita Warfield Coming in second…