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Veterans breakfast to be held Sunday A veterans breakfast will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday at the…

Car rolls onto Hillcrest Golf Course

A Mazda sedan traveling southbound Friday on Goeglein Gulch Road rolled over and came to rest at hole No. 15…

Beware: ‘Granny scam’ preys on good will

Elderly Durango couple targeted for $26,000; state issues warning

Looking good in the corner office

Joey King of Durango Glass cleans a newly installed pane of glass at the Silk Sparrow at the corner of…

Reading by the pound

Books are sold by the pound at the Friends of the Durango Public Library Summertime Book Sale. Kristina Bell, left,…

Bennet aims to help LGBT seniors

Legislation would provide support, resources

S. Utes want solar plant

Project to help power tribal buildings

Middle school growth denied

Proposal will go to Colo. Board of Education for OK

Neighbors, school share worries

Traffic on three narrow roads raises concerns

City buildings need TLC

Durango Police Department tops the fix-it list

The Beatles at Buckley

The Blotter

Durango Police Thursday 12:14 a.m. A man threatened to shoot the reporting party and his dogs at the Durango Skate…

Senate ‘left behind’ old education bill

‘Every Child Achieves Act’ passes with Colorado senator’s help

Rounding into form

Purgatory’s Lift 8 chairs won’t be home décor

In ski-crazy Durango, old lift chairs are a recurring aspect of home décor. When Purgatory Resort announced it was going…

Local Briefs

Public can comment on county budget La Plata County staff will hold a public meeting on La Plata County’s 2016…

Dayplanner Friday

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

Feds, Colo. discuss countering prescription-drug abuse

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell, speaking at a news conference Thursday at Denver Health, was joined…

Durango’s little mermaids learn to swim like a fish

Kids strap on fins for mermaid camp

In Dolores, people have party hats at the ready

Dolorespalooza: Every 5 years, town parties like it’s 1999

The Blotter

Durango Police Tuesday 10:14 a.m. Someone reported that a person on the platform at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge…

Water diversions OK’d by the state

Colorado conservation board drafts ‘conceptual framework’ in Ignacio

The state’s education advocates are ready for their closeup

DENVER – Education advocates in Colorado are moving beyond policy briefs and fact sheets: “The Colorado School Experience,” a new…

NYC bombing victim wins $5.4 million in settlement

Durango woman worked at World Trade Center during 1993 bombing