Local & Regional News

Slush storm soaks Durango

Region starts week with crashes, road closures

The man who built the Arc of History

The artist speaks about Durango’s most controversial artwork

Ambassadors to greet downtown Durango tourists next year

Group formed to help deal with homeless

Local Briefs

Day of remembrance honors transgendered Four Corners Support for Transgender people, Allies and Relatives will host its annual event for the Transgender Day Of Remembrance at 6 p.m. Saturday at…

Mancos High School gun raffle questioned

Fundraiser benefits football team

Is Animas mobile home park changing hands?

Tenants worry as owners keep quiet

Dayplanner Monday

Arts and Entertainment Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR 91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org. Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., yoga and a pint of beer…

Old laws collide with digital reality in teen sexting cases

Educators aren’t allowed to counsel students without informing police about incidents

Heaps of trash removed from Durango homeless camps

Middle school students help clean up homeless camps

Local Briefs

Stomach health class to be held Wednesday Herbalist Marija Helt will draw on her training as a microbiologist and herbalist in a class on natural support for gut health from…

Hermosa woman dies by suicide

A Hermosa woman died by suicide Wednesday, said La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith. Charlotte Sieber, 54, died in her home on Orchard Lane, Smith said. She is survived by…

Metal sediment unlikely to dissolve

FLC professors plan research on effects on plants

Local teenager appears in indie film ‘How to Beat a Bully’

Fazekas cast for Disney, Nickelodean shows

Hitting highway for hoops

The Hozhoni Days Basketball Tournament drew 11 men’s teams and eight women’s teams from as far away as Wyoming, South Dakota and Washington state, said organizer Damon Whitethunder, a senior…

French transplants in La Plata County horrified by terrorism

Hopes those from Middle East won’t face baseless prejudice

Lawmakers question EPA reports that reference Colorado agency’s involvement with Gold King spill

State officials contradict account

Dayplanner Sunday

Meetings and Events Durango Elks Lodge Veterans Committee will serve breakfast, 9-11 a.m. $6/$5, Durango Elks Lodge, 901 East Second Ave. Arts and Entertainment Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m.,…

Dayplanner Saturday

Meetings and Events Friends of the Durango Public Library Book Sale, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. What A Girl Wants Expo, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., $3,…

The Blotter

Durango Police Thursday 11:14 a.m. Taco Bell was broken into overnight at 2902 Main Ave. Police made an arrest. 4:44 p.m. Two people were selling cocaine in a parking lot…

Forest officials agree: Beetle infestation doesn’t determine fire severity

CU report downplays correlation between tree die-offs, wildfires

What drives high gas prices in Durango?

Being an affluent tourist destination plays a role

Local Briefs

Host families sought for exchange students ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is looking for local families to host boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 from a…

Navajo artist visits Needham students

Shonto Begay, a Navajo Diné artist, author, illustrator and actor, reads a book Friday to Needham Elementary School first-graders as part of Native American Heritage Month. The Spirit Runners 5K…

Rollover at Farmington Hill

Traffic was reduced to one lane shortly after 1 p.m. Friday when a vehicle rolled onto its side in the eastbound lane of U.S. Highway 160 at the Farmington Hill…

Durango man Randall Ash victorious on ‘Price is Right’

Takes home car, Madagascar trip

Doughnuts with dads

Mancos’ Marshal John Cox arrested for drunken driving

Cox was already on paid administrative leave

Camper, car destroyed from fire in western La Plata County

A camper and car were destroyed in a fire started by a Coleman lantern and a propane stove Thursday evening in western La Plata County. No one was badly hurt…

The Blotter

Durango Police Wednesday 11:49 a.m. Four men were pulling down each other’s pants in the west 100 block of Seventh Street, across from the Strater Hotel. 11:58 a.m. A power…

Dayplanner Friday

Meetings and Events Durango Early Bird Toastmasters meeting, improve communication, presentation and leadership skills, 7-8:30 a.m., Holiday Inn, 21636 U.S. Highway 160 West, September-May, 749-1741, [email protected], www.earlybirdtoastmasters.org. Community Health Action…