Local News

Fracking debate in Colorado drills on

Environmental groups and industry continue messaging war

9-R needs bus drivers

Some routes could be altered, canceled

Should it be full STEAM ahead?

Feedback sought for proposed park

Airport expansion presentation to be held

Durango- Kip Turner, director of aviation at the Durango-La Plata County Airport, will present three options for a new terminal.JERRY…

Two escape from morning house fire

Upper Pine firefighters were paged at 2:34 a.m. for a house fire at 22 S. Los Pinos Drive in Bayfield.…

S.W. Colorado’s roads may be icy this morning

Icy roads coupled with blowing snow caused traffic accidents like this truck that tipped onto its side after sliding along…

Two semis rollover on Highway 550

No human injuries, some cows dead

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…

Two parks no longer organic

Council OKs 2015 budget

Local trial starts in sex-assault case

Loveday Harold Loveday is accused of sexually assaulting three victims over the course of ten years. The crimes are alleged…

Local Briefs

The town of Bayfield, La Plata County and the Colorado Department of Transportation will host an open house from 4…

These hikes aren’t healthy for wildlife

Areas closed to protect animals

15th Street repairs finished

Some final construction being completed

From unheralded hero to star

Zeke, a standard schnauzer, waits to visit a patient at the Durango Cancer Center in July. Zeke has filmed a…

The Blotter

Sunday 12:37 p.m. An man was reportedly passed out on the Animas River Trail, 901 Camino del Rio. Saturday 1:22…

Dayplanner Tuesday

DeColores Civitan Club meeting, noon, call Lon Erwin at 247-1019 for location. Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group meeting,…

Rural Colorado benefits from earned income tax credit

A new analysis of the Earned Income Tax Credit shows its effects are more significant in small towns and rural…

Benefit for Durango Food Bank

Volunteers Gary Thrash, left, and Tom Hamlin, right, unpack canned goods to be given away to needy La Plata County…

Durango to be celebrating cycling

Among the area’s champions in 2014 was Griffin Easter of Fort Lewis College, who won the 68-mile Division I USA…

Florida Road open after light maintenance

Louie Esquibel with the city of Durangoâ€™s Parks and Forestry department changes light bulbs Monday along Florida Road. The operation…

Denver TV may be far away

Broadcasters: Federal legislation would do little without satellite

‘The gift of coverage’

State health insurance officials suggest Cyber Monday purchase

Water main break impacts traffic

No quick fix in offing