Local & Regional News

Forest ranger’s goal: Halt march of beetles

Worried cabin owners in Cascade Creek take tour

Regional Internet project nearly done

Network should be live by January

Students, parents face future at FLC

Kevin Hoag, of Colorado Springs, leaves his son, Nathan, an incoming freshman at Fort Lewis College, with a joke: “What did the daddy buffalo say to the young buffalo as…

A space all his own

“This is the first time I’ve seen them … I think it’s awesome,” said Bryan Saren of Hermosa, who came across one of the new motorcycle parking spaces on Main…

Feds won’t go after Colorado marijuana merchandisers

Justice Dept. says state rules OK

Truck takes out traffic light

Worker on ladder falls to pavement in downtown crash

Festival on wheels back in town

FLC study: Ignacio motorcyclists brought in up to $2.8M in 2010

Mudslides trap Ignacio man

U.S. 550 closed on Red Mountain Pass for 5 hours Wednesday

Boys’ deaths highlight ATV driving-age issue

10-year-old drives off forest road in San Juan County

Ethics plaintiff withdrew from FLC

Ex-student suspected of bringing pot-spiced empanadas to campus

Dog saved from the great abyss

Golden retriever slips into deep hole near Andrews Lake

Full return may be centuries away

Today, it is all pink, black and green, with the burned sticks of the spruce trees hanging above a carpet of fireweed in bloom. It has been a long, long,…

‘Debt’ the word, say Colorado lawmakers

Immigration reform expected to take back seat after recess

A good day

Mitch and Billie Baker of Cuero, Texas, found their way to Andrews Lake to do some fishing under partly cloudy skies on Wednesday afternoon. The National Weather Service is calling…

Standing up, backing down

Safety concerns prevent fast attack on two Southwest Colorado blazes

Sweet life on collegiate time

“There isn’t anything else to do ’til classes start,” said Fort Lewis College sophomore business administration major Scott Siegle, who was out catching some rays on campus Tuesday afternoon.STEVE LEWIS/Durango…

Crew ruptures gas line; residents evacuate

Emergency over after 45 minutes

West Fork fires caught in time-lapse video

City could pay more for fire services

$4.3 million in added fees would pay for new station, bonds

In the West, an unkind budget cut for overgrown forests

Lack of funding makes strange bedfellows in U.S. Congress

The Colorado Trail, my way

486 miles of toil done by myriad methods

County temporarily bans retail pot

Residents blast commissioners for ignoring voters

Hanging them high

Doug Dowers, with the city of Durango, stretches a banner across Main Avenue on Monday, welcoming the expected thousands of motorcyclists coming through for the annual Labor Day weekend Four…

All West Fork Fire-related closures are lifted

But some areas may still be dangerous

Lessons in the debris

Big Front Range fires show the benefits, limits of forest thinning

Mandated statewide fire code proves controversial

But local governments and homebuilders are fighting the effort. Hickenlooper created a task force on wildfire and insurance issues at the beginning of the year, and the group is trying…

Art program unveils new work

Forty students, two semesters of work leads to sculpture gracing library garden

Two-hotel project provokes backlash

Planning Commission recommends approval

A bird! A plane! It’s Ron LeBlanc!

City dresses officials as comic superheroes

Can’t see the forest for the homes

When wildfire comes to town, home values trump forest values