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Making downtown shine

Liberty School students lose their leader

Bill O’Flanagan heading East for new position

‘Dedicated to their dogs’

“This takes about an hour and a half each,” Walker said. “And that’s once we get over here.” Next to Ellie, each on their own tables, three more of the…

Dancing with the Durango Stars

Robert Mestas, center, a client with Community Connections, and several volunteers prepare for Dancing with the Durango Stars on Friday night at Durango Arts Center.STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald

The price of going organic

Farm Bill increases support to help with certification process

River testing

The swiftly flowing Animas River was turbid here Monday, but that was among the least of her concerns, Melissa May said as she dipped water samples to be analyzed for…

Is the Animas River healthy?

Answer depends on how far downstream you go

Smoke leads to bank evacuation

Durango High School Baseball Takes District 6

Durango High School defeats Eagle Valley and Ponderosa in the District 6 tournament on Saturday.

Area hives all the buzz

About 40 people gathered Saturday outside Durango Joe’s near Walmart, but they weren’t on a tasting tour of coffee shops. Instead, they broke into two separate groups for the Traveling…

Wresting a forecast from chaos

In Grand Junction, science guides Weather Service’s myriad predictions

Stamping out hunger

Fighting fire with fire

Railroad begins mitigation work along tracks north of Durango

A musical outlet

Amateurs rediscover passion for playing in concert band

Firefighters investigate smoke above Seasons Grill

Firefighters with the Durango Fire Protection District investigate smoke coming from the roof of Seasons Rotisserie & Grill on Friday morning on Main Avenue in Durango. They determined the smoke…

Dandelions

To a child, the bright yellow flowers make a beautiful bouquet and blowing the seeds off has become a favorite game.

Pernicious or delicious?

Dandelion debate begins anew with spring

Long Hollow Dam

Long Hollw Dam construction

Long Hollow to the rescue

Construction of reservoir expected to end in July

Tamarron Lodge plans face-lift

Condo owners move ahead with improvements

Here comes rhymin’ Ramona

84-year-old Durangoan shares lifetime love of poetry in book

Cooking Matters finds a home

New kitchen hosts healthy lifestyle classes for young families

Students ask FLC to drop fossil-fuel investments

Divestiture backers deliver petition for cause

Gas leak boots out residents

Rupture forces the evacuation of Valle de Merced apartments

Ancient colors shine

Rio Grande’s cultural, artistic history preserved through textiles

Fire closes Eighth Ave. eatery

Blaze started in water-heater closet

Bike basics: Surviving the flats

Are you confident you can do the job?

Local life-savers honored

Colleen Johnson, executive director for the Southwest Colorado chapter of the American Red Cross, greets La Plata County Sheriff Deputy Luke Harrington, who was awarded for saving the life of…

Backyard paradise

From halfpipes to terraced gardens, some take it to the next level

P-51 Mustang

A World War II fighter aircraft lives in Durango.