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Federal-lands bill dies

Fears that measure would have led to closing public lands

Local Briefs

Living-wage coalition offers potluck Thrive! Living Wage Coalition will meet on Tuesday at Fassbinder Park, located at W. 17 St.…

Local Briefs

Exchange bird feeders for flower baskets The Durango Botanical Society, in partnership with Bear Smart Durango and AJ’s Greenhouse, will…

Dayplanner Tuesday

Meetings and Events Free electric fencing for bears demonstration, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., CSU Extension Office, La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500…

Bus-service test begins in Vallecito

The first of three trial bus runs to see if enough interest and need exists among senior citizens in Vallecito…

Your Colo. tax refunds could disappear

Republicans say bill is subverting state constitution

Is Pagosa the ‘best’?

Outside Magazine competition begins

Setting it straight

A Local Brief on Page 4A on Sunday contained incorrect information. Author and filmmaker Marie-Rose Phan-Le is not from Nepal.…

Local Briefs

Learn about Nepal at Mancos library Mancos Public Library, 211 West First St., will offer these programs: “Nepal: Before The…

Storm edging Durango

Rain system rides this way

Open house planned for north Main Avenue

Ideas for bike, pedestrian changes welcomed from you

Surfing the San Juans

Anna Fischer, of Surf the San Juans, rides her stand-up paddleboard Saturday afternoon on Ponderosa Rapid at Santa Rita Park.Steve…

Rain-barrel measure could wash away in Colo.

‘Aw-shucks,’ says Sen. Sonnenberg

‘My peers were calling me baby-killer’

Army 1st Lt. George Usinowicz: 1970-71 tour, platoon leader, 65th Engineer Combat Battalion, 25th Infantry Brigade, 4th Transportation Command

‘It leaves you, but it never leaves you’

Army Capt. Joseph Perino: Late 1969 to Jan. 1971 tour, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, 198th Brigade

‘Many, many people were happy it was over’

Army 1st Lt. John Malarsie: 1968 to early 1969 tour, military intelligence

‘Shock and awfulness’

40 years after the fall of Saigon, La Plata County Vietnam War vets recall their service, experiences

‘You hated to abandon these people’

Warrant Officer Fred Riedinger: 1967-68 tour with the Coast Guard on the cutter Half Moon

‘Why?’ ‘Was this all in vain?’

1st Lt. Judy Dennis: 1965-66 tour, Army Nurse Corps 85th Evacuation Hospital

Flower power

Madison Beamer of Durango and friends add touches to a collaborative painting at the Dandelion Festival on Saturday in Rotary…

Durango to Silverton, hear the whistle blow

First train of 2015 summer season left the station

DEVO swaps a different kind of whip

Legislative clock is ticking

With 3 days left in session, lawmakers hit crunch time

First masters of FLC

School’s 52nd graduate class also is unique