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Merl Eugene Short dies at 94

Supported county fair, hit Utah Beach after D-Day

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The La Plata Electric Association Board of Directors has approved Board Policy 215, AMI Opt-out Program, which delineates the specifics of people eligible to “opt out” of the Advanced Metering…

Billions hauled in by state’s U.S. attorney

Yet some question whether assets seized without due process

Fun by the numbers

Finding fun for school kids on holiday break is not higher math. Water plus kids equals fun, regardless of the season. Durango Aquatic Center Life Guards, Mariah Ganey and Paul…

FLC prof wins book awards

Gulliford Gulliford’s new Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology published this year by the University of Oklahoma Press won in two categories. The edited anthology won in the Nature/Environment…

Sportsmen back sage-grouse protection

Groups against endangered species listing, however

Day of Prayer upheld in Colo.

State high court OKs proclamations

DMR offers $49 lift tickets this weekend

Two lifts open, with more to come later

Frontier Airlines to return three days per week

Service cuts to happen when airline comes back

Class offered for farmers in training

Incubator program starting again

Ignacio Shur Valu coming down

Developmentally disabled wait no more in Durango

New funding links more people with aides to help guide them through life

Dayplanner Wednesday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Bird walk organized by For the Birds, 9 a.m., Rotary…

Local forests need more controlled burns

Next area of activity may be starting with 14,000 acres

Wolf Creek boss gives guilty plea

One man died in March after avalanche training

Dump truck causes Bayfield power outage

The dump truck was doing construction work and backed into a pole causing the power lines to get tangled together, said Justin Talbot manager of lines and services. While the…

Remember, drivers: Safety first on wintery roads

CDOT offers annual tips

Local Briefs

The Kiwanis Club of Durango is joining with Kiwanis members across the world in an effort to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus, a disease that kills one baby every 9…

New billboard urges weed responsibility

Pot advocates follow path similar to beer, liquor

Daddy’s got you covered

With a little help from dad, 5-year-old Bryn Colvin learns to ice skate Monday afternoon during an open-skate period at Chapman Hill’s ice rink. Bryn was at the ice rink…

Bidding for head of dinosaur soars

Silent auction ends at 5 p.m. Wednesday

Sierra Club says Colo. voters want action on climate change

69% want Gardner to support move in this direction

Moms demand cleaner air

Group pushes for regulations

Bridge to Nowhere may link to 550

Realignment of highway looks to enter funding process next year

Outsourcing Thanksgiving dinner

Durangoans can spend more time with family, friends by ordering meal

Dayplanner Tuesday

Terry Rickard, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Super Ted’s Super Trivia Night, 6:12 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St., 247-5792. Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Moe’s,…

Hopefully this autumn sun won’t be ruining the skiing

Warmer weather predicted for upcoming week

City councilors supporting tough climate-change action

Signed letter sent to EPA last week

Turkey Day trot

Races of all types on Thanksgiving become tradition

NFL team mascot or a racial slur?

Many natives still offended by Washington’s choice