Mahan District Judge Jeffrey Wilson is having a tough time deciding whether to accept a plea agreement that would grant a probationary sentence to a Cortez man who stabbed another…
Reserve funds will be tapped to make payouts
Fundraiser helps with medical costs The #Lovelightlegacy will sponsor a benefit for Marla Phillips to help defray costs of chemotherapy treatments. The cancer benefit will be held from 6:30 to…
Meetings and Events Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. “Why We Garden: Lessons in Vegetable Stupidity,” by Darrin Parmenter, 7 p.m., free, Durango…
Lawmakers offer widespread support to sales in supermarkets
Durango Police Tuesday 8:41 a.m. Four men were drinking alcohol in the east 100 block of Seventh Street. 10:08 a.m. A driver in a blue Cadillac Escalade hit a deer…
Jury convicted Edmund Marx on six felony counts
Would allow sale of beer, wine and liquor in supermarkets
Genealogical Society to meet Saturday The Southwest Colorado Genealogical Society will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Animas Museum in Durango. After a brief business meeting, Anna Hopkins-Arnold will…
A Ford F-150 rolled off the side of a steep embankment and landed on its top Tuesday off Colorado Highway 3 in Durango.Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald The driver of a Ford…
Dylan Beltran held on $5,000 bail for felony menacing
Meetings and Events Sunrise Yoga adult classes, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, props provided, 259-0385. Bird walk organized…
Durango Police Tuesday 12:09 a.m. A man kicked a window out of another man’s vehicle and urinated in the parking lot at Walmart. Police made an arrest. Monday 11:42 a.m.…
Issue proves too controversial to garner majority Republican support
Nonresident tuition will remain flat
Failed efforts come despite cries for reform
Park expected to open in couple weeks, director says
In this Dec. 27, 2013 photo, different strains of pot are displayed for sale at a marijuana dispensary in Denver. A new study says it is impossible to determine impairment…
BP American Production Co. will conduct aerial surveys of its oil and gas sites over the next two weeks.Courtesy of Lasen Aeriel Services La Plata County residents near areas of…
Construction worker Elijah Nez erects a barrier between the sidewalk and the front of the former Francisco’s Restaurant & Cantina at 619 Main Ave. on Tuesday. The building is being…
A 19-year-old man believed to have broken his arm in a fall in the Falls Creek area north of Durango apparently made it out of the wilderness on his own…
Durango science center closed suddenly one year ago
Durango Police Monday 12:40 p.m. A man reported that his roommates locked him out of his residence in the 2400 block of West Second Avenue. Sunday 3:56 a.m. A man…
Lawmakers scramble to address ‘crisis’ in waning days
Tess Burgwald shows off her diving form at a recent practice at Fort Lewis College. Tess, the daughter of Meg and Jason Burgwald, and her teammates are raising money for…
Horsemen discuss endurance riding The Four Corners Back Country Horsemen will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. Nonmembers are welcome. This month’s presentation will be…
