In this season of numerous wildfires, many residents are asking what they can do to help, and one thing the first responders can use is a new pair of socks.…
Public defenders say mental-health issues may have had role in killing
The identification was made by San Juan County Coroner Keri Metzler. The fall occurred Thursday morning about 9 a.m. Scotland lost his footing while hiking on Jagged Mountain, a steep…
“He fell about 300 to 400 feet down a steep face,” said Sheriff Sue Kurtz. The hiker’s identity and age were not released Thursday night. Kurtz said he is not…
Michele Harris helps paint a Dumpster in the parking lot behind North Point Mall with the Dumpster Beautification Project. Local artist Debra Greenblatt began the program in 2009 to provide…
Rep. Scott Tipton says allowing more local control would help
Issuing guns to deputies, returning stolen guns presents a problem
A helicopter drops water on a small brush fire just south of Silverton early Wednesday afternoon, while a Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge maintenance car and passenger train wait. The…
Investigators learned of the lab June 2 from the property owner, who found the lab in an outbuilding. Authorities executed a search warrant June 3 and entered the building. Inside,…
Harper vows to raise funds for victims’ families
More good news came from the West Fork Complex, three fires burning near Wolf Creek Pass in both the San Juan and Rio Grande national forests. “With the premonsoonal moisture,…
David Grant White, 30, died May 10 after his 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee flipped and landed in an irrigation ditch along East Animas Road (County Road 250). The crash was…
Commissioners’ vote to allow equal competition among local businesses
Stapletondu1-i-syn “Centralizing the process in which Colorado issues debt is not the most glamorous function, but this is the nuts and bolts of the treasurer’s office. I am excited that…
The first rescue occurred about 3 p.m. July 3 when a man rolled an all-terrain vehicle down a mountainside while trying to turn it around about five miles into the…
Marie Bedard and her friend Linda Kelley dug out their umbrellas for a walk downtown Tuesday afternoon. “It feels good. I’m ready for rain,” Kelley said. Monsoons appear to have…
