Local & Regional News

Frozen in time

Colorado memorializes astronaut, doctor at U.S. Capitol

County tweaks natural-gas, oil regulations

Updates mesh local rules with new state standards

Bag issue to go on November ballot

Motion to repeal single-use sack fee fails for lack of 2nd

I promise you a rose garden

Garden Club of Durango member Penelope Fisher prunes roses Monday morning at the rose and perennial garden at the entrance to Santa Rita Park and Camino del Rio. While owned…

Local to recall life under communism

Soviet-led 1968 invasion pushed family from Czechoslovakia

La Plata County outfitter returns to court

Man operated with expired license

First day on the clock

Students find classes, get lockers, reunite with friends

Bag-fee decision could go to voters

Petition supporters say goal reached Monday

Less is more at Canyons of Ancients

National monument holds country’s largest concentration of archaeological sites

Woman charges former deputy with sexual assault

Montezuma County investigation underway

You old goat

Ross, a mountain goat that hangs around at the entrance to the Old Hundred Mine in Cunningham Gulch near Silverton, admires a visitor’s car last week. The old goat has…

Third time a charm? Fire district has urge to merge

Consolidation measure would not bring new property taxes with it

Nighthorse hangups test patience

Thicket of issues holds up recreation at lake

Garbage goes golden

Durango businesses find uses for refuse

For Lake Durango users, water is low

Shortage brings Stage 3 restrictions

Nutty buddy

BLM defers proposed oil, gas lease sales

Second time agency has delayed plans in region

Accident interrupts trains

The pedestrian, an adult male, was awake and talking with emergency medical responders from Durango Fire & Rescue Authority. He was loaded by stretcher and taken to Mercy Regional Medical…

Town, tribe intertwined

Ignacio, S. Utes grow side by side, forge complex connection

Curb your enthusiasm for alley recycling

Residents told take it to street

Railfest revives Old West spirit

Vintage trains, characters bring history to life

Step into the street by sundown

Speaker, humorist and trick roper Will Roberts, left, and his pal Johnny Hotshot defend themselves against an attack by desperadoes Friday afternoon at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad…

New digs for Animas High School

The charter school, in its fifth year, has moved from its previous home, a converted strip mall on North Main Avenue in Durango, to new digs at the base of…

What will insurance cost you in Colo.?

Durango individual could pay $228 to $418 per month

Plastic-bag fee opponents near goal

Hope is to get issue on November ballot

Schools, students growing up

Year’s start brings more security, more testing, more buildings

Teen pleads guilty to burglary, sex assault

Faces up to 20-year sentence

Smell of the Southwest

Bryce Peery sprays Hatch chiles with water before he starts to road roasts them at a setup across the street from Gazpacho Mexican Cantina on East Second Avenue. This is…

City Hall to close for a few hours for drill

City Hall, 949 E. Second Ave., will be closed Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Anyone wanting to pay a bill will have to wait for the afternoon. Parking…

Bear bites camper near Pagosa Springs

Victim treated for puncture wounds