Local & Regional News

Local Briefs

Public can comment on county budget La Plata County staff will hold a public meeting on La Plata County’s 2016 budget at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the boardroom at the…

Dayplanner Friday

Meetings and Events Outdoor Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., outdoor amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Friends of the Durango Public Library’s Summertime Book Sale,…

Feds, Colo. discuss countering prescription-drug abuse

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell, speaking at a news conference Thursday at Denver Health, was joined by Gov. John Hickenlooper at the event to draw attention…

Durango’s little mermaids learn to swim like a fish

Kids strap on fins for mermaid camp

In Dolores, people have party hats at the ready

Dolorespalooza: Every 5 years, town parties like it’s 1999

The Blotter

Durango Police Tuesday 10:14 a.m. Someone reported that a person on the platform at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge depot, 479 Main Ave., was wearing an exposed sidearm on…

Water diversions OK’d by the state

Colorado conservation board drafts ‘conceptual framework’ in Ignacio

The state’s education advocates are ready for their closeup

DENVER – Education advocates in Colorado are moving beyond policy briefs and fact sheets: “The Colorado School Experience,” a new video project, launched this week. According to Great Education Colorado,…

NYC bombing victim wins $5.4 million in settlement

Durango woman worked at World Trade Center during 1993 bombing

Keep umbrellas handy

Summer predicted to continue wetter, cooler pattern

Feds and tribe work toward juvenile justice

Native Services’ Boys & Girls Club touted for successes

Colorado delegation split on Iran-U.S. deal

Tipton and Gardner skeptical; Bennet says don’t play politics

Picture perfect

Ann Locke, front, and Ana Troutman were among a small group of artists who setup Wednesday in the median at East Third Avenue and Eighth Street as part of a…

Local Briefs

Old Fort Farm Stand has your greens The Old Fort Farm Stand will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday near the Student Union at Fort Lewis College. All…

Dayplanner Thursday

Meetings and Events Durango High Noon Rotary Club meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.…

Rooftop farmyard

Which came first: the chicken, the cow or air-conditioning repair? The Spare Rib BBQ Co. in Farmington has its air-conditioning unit serviced. Highs in Durango and Farmington on Wednesday will…

Wolf Creek construction halts

Developers won’t move forward with new village pending lawsuit

Local Briefs

Ice-cream social honors veterans The Marvel Grange will host an ice-cream social honoring veterans at 3 p.m. Saturday at the home of Pat Greer, 8097 County Road 100. Participants should…

Organizational and cultural changes come to Sheriff’s Office

Sean Smith seeks to return an ethos of service

The Blotter

Durango Police Tuesday 4:03 a.m. Someone wanted assistance with a laundry machine at Adobe Inn, 2178 Main Ave. 5:09 a.m. A woman’s upstairs neighbor was running a vacuum and stomping…

What will Durango do with Carnegie Building?

CU students have some ideas

Archuleta County inmates need a ride home

Temporary incarceration in Durango leaves many without a way back home

City gets another bill: Stormwater upgrades

Improvements estimated to cost $30 million

The green, green grass of home

With an abundance of spring and summer rain, Chuck Hoover finds plenty of grass for mowing as he helps with his neighbor’s pasture north of Durango in the Animas Valley.…

Road Runner bus line celebrates 1st birthday

Wednesday marks the first birthday of the Road Runner Stage Lines, which has provided the public with reliable and relatively affordable means of transportation linking Southwestern Colorado communities with Grand…

Panel hears effort to loosen gas exports

Debate centers on Sen. Gardner’s proposal’s effects on small firms

Child-welfare problems could continue

Directors call for additional resources

Dayplanner Wednesday

Meetings and Events Kiwanis of the Narrow Gauge meeting, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave., 375-0079. Outdoor Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center,…

Pillars of higher education

Residents favor north Main Avenue do-over

Resurfacing length of corridor planned for next few years