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Grandparents overtaxed with child care

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I love our 7- and 2-year-old grandchildren very much and enjoy spending time with them. The issue is, we feel we are being taken advantage of. Our daughter and her husband ar...

DATE: Jul 27, 2025 CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Wild farming, ranching and gardening – strategies in rewilding local foodsheds

In January 2008, just after a meeting of the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition at Asilomar on the gorgeous mid-California Coast, I set out to explore one of our nation’s breadbaskets – or better yet –...

DATE: Jul 27, 2025 CATEGORY: Opinion

Tour de France update: Kuss, Visma’s work not enough with Pogačar ready to win GC

For the last week, with the help of Durango’s Sepp Kuss, Visma-Lease a Bike team leader Jonas Vingegaard is only 11 seconds behind rival and general classification leader Tadej Pogačar. However, the e...

DATE: Jul 26, 2025 CATEGORY: Sports

Three wildfires ignite across La Plata County, prompting evacuations

At least three wildfires broke out Saturday afternoon in La Plata County – near Vallecito Reservoir, south of the Durango-La Plata County Airport and north of Durango in the Animas Valley. Two of the ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

Offseason Acquisitions: Fort Lewis College football

The Fort Lewis College football program is in a much different position than it was in last year’s offseason acquisitions article. Last summer, the Skyhawks still had a 39-game losing streak and the ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2025 CATEGORY: Sports

It’s fair season in La Plata County!

Mark your calendars, this year’s La Plata County Fair will be held Aug. 6 to Aug. 11 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. The week will be packed with adorable animals, impressive projec...

DATE: Jul 26, 2025 CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Rowland ready to rebound from ACL tear

Mason Rowland knew something was wrong immediately after she hit the ground on Nov. 15. The former Durango High School girls basketball star was playing for Colorado Mesa University, ironically agains...

DATE: Jul 26, 2025 CATEGORY: Sports

Jail commander viewed strip-search videos more than 3,000 times, affidavit says

Former La Plata County Jail Cmdr. Ed Aber used his law enforcement credentials to view videos of female inmates being strip-searched on at least 3,166 occasions, according to an arrest affidavit filed...

DATE: Jul 26, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez unearths the past in Great Depression-era historical project

For most Cortez residents, the days of the Civilian Conservation Corps are too far away to remember. A small number of seniors in the area just might be around to recall those Great Depression-era day...

DATE: Jul 25, 2025 CATEGORY: Local News

Suspect arrested after University of New Mexico dorm shooting leaves 1 dead

ALBUQUERQUE – One person is dead and another wounded following a shooting early Friday at a University of New Mexico dormitory that prompted the evacuation of hundreds of students and a campuswide sea...

DATE: Jul 25, 2025 CATEGORY: New Mexico

Grandparents overtaxed with child care

Wild farming, ranching and gardening – strategies in rewilding local foodsheds

Tour de France update: Kuss, Visma’s work not enough with Pogačar ready to win GC

Three wildfires ignite across La Plata County, prompting evacuations

Offseason Acquisitions: Fort Lewis College football

It’s fair season in La Plata County!

Rowland ready to rebound from ACL tear

Jail commander viewed strip-search videos more than 3,000 times, affidavit says

Cortez unearths the past in Great Depression-era historical project

Suspect arrested after University of New Mexico dorm shooting leaves 1 dead

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Grandparents overtaxed with child care

Wild farming, ranching and gardening – strategies in rewilding local foodsheds

Tour de France update: Kuss, Visma’s work not enough with Pogačar ready to win GC

Three wildfires ignite across La Plata County, prompting evacuations

Offseason Acquisitions: Fort Lewis College football

It’s fair season in La Plata County!

Rowland ready to rebound from ACL tear

Jail commander viewed strip-search videos more than 3,000 times, affidavit says

Cortez unearths the past in Great Depression-era historical project

Suspect arrested after University of New Mexico dorm shooting leaves 1 dead

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