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Big Picture High School senior wins big scholarship

Jazmyne Davis has eye on medicine major

Dayplanner Tuesday

Meetings and Events 2015 Great Decision discussion on “Brazil’s Metamorphosis,” 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave.…

Local Briefs

Kiwanis Club hosts extension officer Darin Parmenter county director of horticulture from the extension office of Colorado State University will…

Propane-powered school bus hits road

Bayfield School District hopes to save on maintenance costs

The Blotter

Durango Police Monday 3:41 a.m. A caller who refused to give his name said a man at a motel in…

La Plata County jail receives 15 inmates after Archuleta County Courthouse flood

Smith La Plata County jail welcomed about 15 new inmates this weekend after a flood at the Archuleta County Courthouse…

Plane buzzes Durango

Several Durango-area residents reported seeing and hearing a low-flying plane as it roared overhead about 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The plane,…

Manhunt triggers Park Elementary School lockout

Suspect remains at large

Right on cue for May flowers

Flowers are blooming, but a wet and cold weekend had residents running for cover. Durango received about 0.81 inches of…

Nepal earthquake hits close to Durango

Local man’s family members missing in Nepal

What’s that sound?

Spring guitar recital shows off youths

Durango Skate Park installs security cameras

Security cameras now installed; drinking fountain, seating, shade structure planned

Local Briefs

Cash in on Habitat ReStore training Cashier training for volunteers will be offered from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May…

Dayplanner Monday

Meetings and Events Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main…

People increasingly disconnected with War on Terror

FLC students present case for re-engaging in the conversation

Homeless fight for their rights

City says proposed panhandling laws are about public safety, not making it difficult to receive charity

Ska Brewing abuzz with beekeepers

Local food co-op will remain independent

Merger with La Montañita of N.M. is ‘off the table’

Canyons of the Ancients gets exposure

Painted Hand Pueblo ruins at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument northwest of Cortez are just one of the highlights…

Dayplanner Sunday

Meetings and Events “Hail and Farewell” for Jan Postler, the Animas Museum’s Curator of Collections, 1-3 p.m., 3065 West Second…

Local Briefs

Manna will address its food, gardening Joseph Prekup, director of the culinary and gardening program at Manna Soup Kitchen, will…

Two student-testing reform measures advance

‘We are reducing testing,’ a Colo. lawmaker says

Winter has its spring encore

Late bloomer pushes through the San Juan Mountains