Local & Regional News

Adios 2014! See you at the 2015 fair!

Loyd Norman Moore

Moore Loyd was born May 14, 1937, in Lawrence County, Tenn., the son of Noley and Annie Moore.   He grew up and attended school in Summer Town, Tenn.  He enlisted…

Calendar of Events

Client appreciation day, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., free ice cream at First National Bank of Durango at Bayfield, 382-5634. Bayfield Chamber of Commerce meeting and summer mixer, 5 to…

Navajo State Park 50th anniversary celebration Aug. 23

Anyone who participated in the construction or planning of the Navajo dam project or the park is asked to send an e-mail to Janet Clawson, park naturalist, who is collecting…

La Plata County Fair 2014

Fair is seriously fun in 2014

Ellen Cornelia Dixon Clark

Clark She was born Sept. 5, 1914 to Malcolm and Cora Dixon on Crow Mountain in Atkins, Arkansas. She grew up on Crow Mountain.  Ellen attended college at Arkansas Tech…

Strength in diversity

After 40 years, KDUR, FLC’s community radio station, continues to thrive free-form

Law would restrict edibles

Cortez may ban baking with pot

Cortez council sets hearing for retail marijuana

The vote, taken earlier this week, to set a public hearing on retail pot ordinance was nearly delayed when council member Bob Archibeque suggested the agenda item be tabled because…

Local Briefs

Colorado Senior Health Insurance Assistance Program will provide a free training from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Durango-La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Counselors are needed…

Sen. Udall hosts women’s forum

Gender equality, work focus of talk

Are you business savvy? Why not help FLC?

The FLC School of Business is hoping to receive curriculum feedback from the county’s business savvy community members at the event. Administrators and faculty will present plans for the direction…

Prairie dogs may be bubonic plague source

Epidemiologist says residents need to be prepared

Dayplanner Friday

Outdoor Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Outdoor Amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Ribbon cutting for the U.S. Highway 160/550 intersection/highway safety improvement project,…

The Blotter

Wednesday Noon An intoxicated man was passed out in a planter by the Thai Kitchen Cafe, West 11th Street. 1:14 p.m. Someone reported seeing an irate bicyclist in the southwest…

Housing options sought for aging population

Advocate says keeping older Coloradans in their homes pays off

Chance to learn about forest health

Participants will largely be from the San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership, 15 to 20 public and private groups that formed in 2009 and then formalized their relationship two years…

Brewery, store donate to FLC scholarship

JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald file photo The annual half marathon is a partnership of Steamworks, Durango Running Club and the Durango Sports Club. The 2014 event sold out, drawing 300 runners,…

Durango student test scores a ‘mixed bag’

Superintendent: There’s room for improvement

Four times the trouble

An accident involving four vehicles slowed traffic at Camino del Rio and College Drive around noon Thursday.STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald

You can put umbrellas away, for now

Warm and dry days settling in

Renewable energy symposium focuses on rural economies

A slate of speakers will attend to interact with the public at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts on Aug. 21 and at the Archuleta County office of the…

Test shows Cortez schools need work

Last year’s Colorado Transitional Colorado Assessment Program scores were made public Thursday. Scores indicate that more of the district’s ninth-graders tested proficient and advanced in reading during 2013-14 than in…

The Blotter

Tuesday 9:46 p.m. A group of five intoxicated men were playing basketball in the middle of the road in the 200 block of East Sixth Avenue. 11:21 p.m. A young…

Clubs get social with public

The Durango High Noon Rotary Club, Daybreak Rotary Club, Rotary Club of Durango and Interact Club held an ice-cream social Wednesday afternoon at Rotary Park. The clubs are trying to…

Tourist tempo quickens

Lack of fires, marketing to muggy climes is music to shop owners’ ears

Retail pot supply lacking

Black market cheaper for marijuana seekers

Mental health crisis hotline launched statewide

Colorado has the eighth-highest suicide rate in the nation, and now, mental health professionals are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 844-493-TALK (8255) to provide support…

2 guv debate dates are set

Bob Beauprez wants more talks