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Driver in fatal crash gets 1-year jail sentence

Michelle Northcutt pleads guilty to careless driving causing death

Cowboy Poetry gathering schedule announced

Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald file<br><br>Jeff Gore, center, watches Caitlyn Taussig perform for children at Fort Lewis Elementary School in October 2015 as part of the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering. This year’s…

Longtime Durango Planning Director Greg Hoch to retire

Greg Hoch: Durango’s growth has been ‘mind boggling’

Darryl Glenn criticizes Michael Bennet for not representing Western Slope

Republican challenger on Southwest Colorado tour

Final Gold Star Parents Weekend slated

Fallen Colorado service members will be remembered and their parents honored from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sept. 25 at Rotary Park. The event will be the last of the…

Photo: Knights will be knights

Brian Marshall, right, a.k.a. Sir Gareth, battles Stuart Tillen, a.k.a. Lord William, at Buckley Park during a Saturday afternoon demonstration by the Society for Creative Anachronism.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald

Lawmakers accused of interfering with initiative process

Ellen Roberts stands firm against colleagues influencing voter information

Up in Saturday’s sky, a UFO?: No, it was only a weather balloon

NASA mission was studying black holes

Caption This!: ‘Right turn, Clyde

This week’s photo was sent in by Lynn Cole of a dog enjoying the ride.Courtesy of Lynn Cole Durango Herald Facebook reader Curt Hilsenbeck sent in this week’s Caption This!…

81st Colorado Archaeological Society conference scheduled

The 81st annual Conference of the Colorado Archaeological Society will be held Oct. 7-10 at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. The conference will feature a Friday meet-and-greet and documentary…

Court gives lynx ‘fighting chance’ in Southwest Colorado

Fish and Wildlife to consider Colorado as critical habitat

Photo: Fine art

Cowboys both real and imagined by the artist were found side by side Saturday during the Durango Autumn Arts Festival along East Second Avenue. The annual festival showcases 90 artists…

Candidate, ballot issue forums planned for La Plata County

Next set for Monday in Ignacio

Man convicted of ’95 murder to be resentenced in Durango

Raymond Cain serving life without parole; high court ruling could change that

Library hosting American West readings, conversations

Pine River Library will hold a three-part American West Reading & Conversation Series to celebrate the 2016 centennial of the Pulitzer Prizes from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 5, 12,…

Children’s literacy talk offered

Sherry Grazda, director of the Grazda Center for Literacy and the Arts, will present “The Education Children Deserve: Essentials for Literacy, Learning and Life” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the…

Aviation show offers something for everyone

Second annual event features diverse mix of flying contraptions

Legislature places 911 system under the microscope

Committee hopes to address problems that have led to outages

911 system goes under the microscope in Colorado Legislature

Committee hopes to address problems that have led to outages

Durango Area Tourism Office director honored

Bob Kunkel receives Colorado Tourism Office Board Chairman’s Award

Prescribed burn east of Bayfield should improve forest health

The big plume of white smoke in eastern La Plata County might be unnerving for residents, but it’s part of controlling future wildfires, as well as improving big-game habitat. That’s…

High-speed internet slowly spreads through Silverton

Forethought.net offers new service to mountain town

Volunteers needed for solar barn raising

Community members will help install a 16.7 kW ground-mounted solar system at Southwest Horizon Ranch on Wednesday.JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald file The Four Corners Office for Resource Efficiency will host a…

Historic Hispano cemeteries to be studied

The San Juan Mountains Association has received a grant to study three Hispano cemeteries in the historic settlements of Pagosa Junction/Gato, Juanita and Trujillo in Archuleta County.Durango Herald file The…

County Clerk to speak at Republican luncheon

Parkerdu1-i-syn La Plata County Clerk and Recorder Tiffany Parker will speak at the Southwest Republican Women’s Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel,…

Lightner Creek Campground faces fine for missed discharge reports

Owners failed to send monthly wastewater discharge data

Torch slices through Arc of History; sculpture is hauled away

Metal stump all that remains at site of controversial public art piece

Emergency centers file complaint after 911 outages

Cortez Dispatch joins 11 other agencies

Photo: Music, dancing and shouting

Hesperus coal mine lays off workers

Workforce has shrunk 30 percent since January