Local News

Durango woman dies in car crash

Identification awaiting victim’s dental records

Hickenlooper: Threat lessens on Animas River

pH at pre-mine blowout levels

Outdoor pot growers face ban in Cortez

Cultivators would risk a $499 fine

Some shops already hurt by river pollution

Many more take wait-and-see approach

S. Ute council recall started

Elders: A ‘revolution’ to preserve way of life

Local Briefs

Durango adopts sustainbaility plan Durango City Council has adopted a Sustainability Action Plan for Internal Operations. Council adopted the plan…

VIDEO: Community meeting with the EPA Aug. 9, 2014

The Environmental Protection Agency held a community meeting Sunday night in Durango to address the contamination in the Animas River.…

Navajo president plans lawsuit over mine blowout

Begaye: Warnings there, but no one did anything

EPA: Decision to reopen Animas River a week off

From well testing to enhanced ground response, healing the Animas River will be complex

Tuesday Durango Dayplanner

Meetings and Events DeColores Civitan Club meeting, noon, call Lon Erwin at 247-1019 for location. Rotary Club of Durango meeting,…

The Blotter

Durango Police Sunday 12:04 a.m. A man urinated on the sidewalk in the west 100 block of Eighth Street. 8:20…

Goodbye fair, hello EPA command central?

Guv ‘disappointed’ with EPA spill response

Hickenlooper plans Tuesday visit to Durango

EPA faces criticism, praise at Silverton meeting

Residents gather to hear latest about Gold King Mine blowout

Sleeping Ute crews advance on Sunday

Wildfire 90 percent contained

Catch it if you can

A Farmington woman thrown from vehicle in 1-car rollover

Accident occurred near Breen; she was flown to the hospital

Dayplanner Monday

Meetings and Events Outdoor Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

No major species dieoffs from Animas River contamination a cause for optimism

If the pollution in the Animas River was a comet, the tail would be passing through the town of Durango…

3 million, not 1 million, gallons of contaminated water rushed from mine, EPA says

City, county declare state of local emergency

Thousands of mines with toxic water under the West

DENVER – Beneath the western United States lie thousands of old mining tunnels filled with the same toxic stew that…

Bennet, Gardner tell EPA to set an example for Animas River cleanup

Colorado senators visit Durango to assess damage

Durango kayaker reacts to Animas River photo that went viral

The boating trio said they were caught unaware

California man dies on Colorado Trail

53-year-old was with group at beginning of mountain-biking trip