Volunteer Dick Taggart, left, helps Christopher “Duke” Wyne, 4, during Friday’s community celebration, which kicks off Narrow Gauge Days at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad depot. The Bar-D…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given the school its Healthier U.S. School Challenge Silver Award, complete with a $1,000 prize and banner. Guidelines for the award include serving five…
Congressional members say provisions will help farmers deal with drought
Don’t be afraid to try new things, justice urges students
Tipton touts his bill seeking to mitigate fire danger
About 75 people attended a National Day of Prayer gathering Thursday afternoon at the La Plata County Courthouse. The annual event featured music and prayers for the military, government, education…
2012 Fort Lewis College graduate suffers multiple fractures in fall
Gus the cat uses a catwalk built by his owners that leads from a second-floor bathroom to a pine tree. The Edgemont Property Owners Association says it’s too late for…
Few optimistic about finding $17M for firefighting force
The site started “acting up” around 11:30 a.m. and affected coverage in the southwest part of downtown Durango and on U.S. Highway 160 south of the city, said Verizon spokesman…
GOP: Setting quotas for expensive sources will harm rural economies
Tight budgets, drought morph a handshake into a contract
All those motorcycles in town are participating in the 19th Anniversary Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America. 175 riders are scheduled to arrive at 4:45 p.m. today at Best Western…
Finance director projects salaries to rise on average 8.33 percent
Alison Fuchs, volunteer for Durango Fire & Rescue Authority, rappels off the agency’s fire tower Tuesday during technical rescue training under warm temperatures and high winds that prompted red-flag fire…
Senate approves $10 million for wildfire-prevention grants
Eagle-Net’s broadband expansion will miss Aug. deadline
Celine Bleger, daughter of Jean-Pierre Bleger, owner of Le Café Chic & Wine Bar on Main Avenue, was found by her mother early Sunday morning at her home in the…
Jeffery Rey Gallegos, 45, and his cousin Joseph Robert Toledo, 25, who is accused of acting as an accomplice, were arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and placed in La…
Bulletproof coat made from plant bedazzles state’s lawmakers
