Local & Regional News

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear marijuana case against Colorado

Gives no reason for dismissing Wyoming, Nebraska’s challenge against Colorado

Woman’s passion to eliminate inequality continues to burn

Lauren Patterson has left mark throughout Durango

Easter Arc eggs

Much work ahead in second half of Colorado Legislature

Affordable housing and hospital fees focal point of session

Montezuma jail kicks off inmate education program

Sheriff tries to reduce repeat offenses

Work to start on Ignacio intersection

Construction scheduled to end in March

‘You think I rock this better than Marilyn?’

Lynn Dearey sent in this photo of her dog, Bella, whose ears blew in the wind as she stood on top of an air vent.Courtesy of Lynn Dearey The Durango…

Roosa Avenue to get a sidewalk

Design and engineering will be $100,000

Universal health care examined Thursday

Amendment 69 backer to tout proposal Thursday at library

Local Briefs

DurangoSpace celebrates fifth year DurangoSpace will celebrate its fifth anniversary from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at DurangoSpace, 1221 Main Ave. Ignacio intersection work to start Monday Work on a…

Monday Durango Dayplanner

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. “Visualizing History: Writing…

Durango trailblazer Paul Wilbert dies suddenly at 60

‘Helped weave fabric of community’ through trails, open space, landscaping

Is Durango an oasis or a place where people struggle?

Diversity Dialogue looks at different experiences in community

La Plata County program offers hand-up from homelessness

Transitional housing program puts parents on path to financial independence

Highways in Southwest Colorado aging, state works to raise funds

88 percent of regional highways have just 10 years of life left

Option for opening Oxbow Preserve in Durango floated

Perimeter trail could open, interior would remain permanently closed

Healing walk

Kenny Frost, center, and Raymond Frost Jr., right, lead about 70 people who participated in the Healing Spirits Memorial Walk on Saturday in Ignacio. Each month, Healing Spirits, along with…

Sunday Durango Dayplanner

Sports Fort Lewis College Softball vs. Aspen Mines, 10 a.m., Aspen Fields. Fort Lewis College Softball vs. N.M. Highlands, 1 p.m., Aspen Fields. Meetings and Events Durango Elks Lodge Veterans…

Local Briefs

Home Builders to offer courses The Home Builders Association of Southwest Colorado will offer EPA Lead-Safe initial and refresher courses from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and from 8…

Durango School District staff pushes for stadium renovation

District will seek loan to pay for new track, turf at high school

Saturday Durango Dayplanner

Arts and Entertainment “ACTING: Inside Out/Outside In – The Feedback Loop,” 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Durango Arts Center, www. DurangoArts.org/performing-adults. Donny Johnson, 5:30 p.m. Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main…

The Blotter

Durango Police Friday 2:12 a.m. Five people were fighting in the 900 block of Main Avenue. 2:22 a.m. A man passed out in his car while stopped at a traffic…

Playground construction gets serious at Santa Rita

District Attorney Todd Risberg denies misconduct stemming from murder case

Complaint involves 2012 murder case

Durango brewers take creations to Collaboration Fest

Ska Brewing Co. Head Brewer Thomas Larsen, left, inspects hops that will be used in a collaboration beer he is making with Jason Oliver, brewmaster of Devils Backbone Brewing Co.…

Southern Ute tribe will take control of museum

Cultural center to lose nonprofit status; fate of the collection is uncertain

Colorado lawmakers get gloomy budget forecast

Recession possible, tax refunds unlikely, forecasters say

La Plata County man gets probation in attempted pot plant heist

Jason Hughes broke into a greenhouse southeast of Durango

Local Briefs

Party in a worldly way at Bayfield library Bayfield’s international community will host a party to debut the Mango Languages database from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Pine…

Dolores, Montezuma County partner on telecommunications

County chips in $60,000 for study about service