Local & Regional News

Cortez hospital may take on less debt

S.W. Memorial reports $4.6M in unpaid bills

Girl hurt at ski area released from hospital

Late December accident leads to multiple pelvis, facial fractures

S.W. Colorado snowpack on target

State as a whole a bit better off than last year

All together now? Legislature convenes

Both sides talk of bipartisanship

New homeless shelter for families set to open in Durango

The experience stuck with West and spurred her to action. On Jan. 15, she and local service providers will open a new winter shelter called Winter Haven to serve Durango’s…

Economy experts upbeat about ’14

Gradual improvement expected in region, state

A life on ice

Fulfillment once came from risky climbs, now from teaching others

Jackson Gulch may expand

Project would increase Mancos-area irrigation

County approves marijuana grow facility

No opponents emerge to operation near airport

Capitol ideas

For state Legislature, 2014 looks a lot like 2013

Critics to keep eye on drilling in 2014

New issue: Unused paint

The Blotter

Monday 11:07 p.m. People were not obeying construction signs near 18th Street and Main Avenue. 4:19 p.m. A drunken man passed out on a trolly at the Durango Transit Center,…

Toe toppers

At left, Ellie McLean’s complaints about having to touch her toes to her head provoked laughter among classmates during a warm up for Emily Simpson’s ballet class on Tuesday at…

Will hemp be the next cash crop?

Local farmers convene to discuss viability

Down comes the snow

Purgatory wins subdivision approval

Townhomes, lodge planned at resort

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 hosted by Durango Bird Club, 9 a.m., For…

Local Briefs

Motorists on U.S. Highway 550 (north Main Avenue) will encounter the final single-lane closure on northbound Main Avenue at 18th Street, as Atmos Energy completes work to upgrade utility lines…

Ballantine purchases Bayfield newspaper

Pine River Times editor to stay

And Durango’s winners are …

Chamber of Commerce holds ceremony Jan. 23

Atmos Energy Corp. warns of email scam

Fake bills contain harmful links

Silverton’s slow season

Town rolls up the sidewalks when train is absent

Manhunt leads to second arrest

Pagosa Springs man jailed on $5,000 bail

Dayplanner Tuesday

Public hearing on the adoption of regulations governing the construction of cell towers and other telecommunications facilities, 10 a.m., meeting room of the La Plata County Courthouse, 1060 East Second…

Passers-by alert residents of fire

Shed destroyed, house damaged

The Blotter

Monday 6:20 a.m. Someone reported an ongoing problem in the 100 block of East Sixth Avenue where a diesel truck was idling. Sunday 6:28 p.m. A rock in the middle…

Good day, sunshine

Skimo: It hurts so good

Race at Hesperus pushes athletes past their limits

The mourning isn’t over

Parents continue fight against birth-control device they say killed their daughters

Dayplanner Monday

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. Arts and Entertainment Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR…