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Can you hear me now? Not yet in Hermosa

Matt Edwards, a data technician with CenturyLink, works on restoring 84 channels that carries land-line phone and Internet in Hermosa…

Lawmakers split on tax refunds

Brown says keep surplus; Coram, however, is wary

Driver uses ‘handgun’ in Durango

The incident began when one driver was cut off near Walmart. “They were side-by-side with one another for quite awhile…

City reconsiders its door-to-door solicitation law

Old law may be unconstitutional

Durango woman killed in Calif. cycling accident

Rose Peters volunteered for a nonprofit called Incight, an organization that provides resources to help people with disabilities reach their…

Mesa Verde planning more biking, hiking

‘Long House Loop’ to be open for activities

Durango chamber lists awards finalists

Jack Llewellyn hosted the 2013 Durango Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Celebration at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis…

Steampunk Snowdown rapidly is approaching

The five-day festival will take place Jan. 28 through Feb. 1. This year’s theme, Steampunk Snowdown, will bring out an…

Dayplanner Wednesday

Kiwanis of the Narrow Gauge meeting, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave., 375-0079. Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and…

They keep going

How many miles does your car have on its odometer?

Durango’s councilors back tribe’s water request

Lake Nighthorse, as seen west from Carbon Mountain, was created in part to fulfill water-right obligations to the Navajo Nation…

Major water-pipe construction planned

Failed secondary main to hospital to be replaced

Questions surround tax refunds

Carroll The conundrum has to do with the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, a constitutional amendment that requires the state to…

Lost GoPro now found

Lake Powell gives up missing camera

Local bounty hunters to be on Animal Planet

Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters Dayson Goetz and Clint Simmons are followed by cameramen as they filmed the show in Cortez…

Plane crash still under investigation

Two adults from Austin killed on the way to Durango

Gas, oil operation fines rise in Colo.

Group looking for certainty, clarity and consistency

Local Briefs

Kim Jirasart, Rotary exchange student from Thailand, will speak about his country to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6…

State parks taking camping reservations

Mancos State Park has nice views of the La Plata Mountains.Cortez Journal file photo “Our most popular camping sites fill…

Dayplanner Tuesday

Super Ted’s Super Trivia Night, 6:12 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St., 247-5792. Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Moe’s, 937…

The Blotter

Sunday 2:03 p.m. Someone reported seeing a Christmas tree in the middle of the road in the 5800 block of…

Career fair to be held at FLC

Jonathan Latta, assistant professor of music at Fort Lewis College, gives an inspiring career talk to high school students, including…

Celebration of wild weeds to be held tonight

Katrina Blair will speak about her latest book The Wild Wisdom of Weeds at the Durango Community Recreation Center tonight…