Local News

Ballot wording brings debate

Language finally settled for state initiatives

Um AÁ Nuu Apag Ad? (Do you speak Ute?)

Southern Ute woman works to preserve language

Dayplanner Sunday

Durango Flea Market, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Mushroom Walk with Chris Ricci of Majesty…

‘Gen Z’ a factor in Senate race

18-to-29 age group influential in Colorado

Local Briefs

Durango High School Class of 1974 will host its reunion on Friday and Saturday. The meet-and-greet will take place from…

Dayplanner Saturday

Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, www.durangofarmersmarket.org. Colorado State University Football Watch Party, 8:15 p.m., Main…

Mountain Middle School scores big gift

Donation of half of building’s cost could help school’s expansion

Prairie dogs: Plague or boon?

Residents may hate them, but businesses dealing with the burrowing rodent are having a banner season

A better view of the arts

Peter Salinger, Durango Arts Center’s facilities manager and technical director, washes the center’s windows at the corner of East Second…

The blotter

Thursday 2:10 p.m. A neighbor was concerned because a baby was crying inside an apartment on Avenida del Sol, and…

Deadline approaches for farmers to apply for conservation money

Since the Conservation Stewardship Program was launched five years ago, more than 60 million farm acres nationwide have been enrolled…

Local Briefs

As part of the San Juan Skyway 25th Anniversary Project, a public meeting will take place from 4 to 6…

On Friday afternoon, it was House vs. SUV

‘It could have been a lot worse’

Sen. Udall passes on 2 debates

Television host upset with ‘calculation’

DATO names sales, marketing manager

Andrea Seid, who has a decade of marketing and sales experience with the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, intends…

Accident victim in critical condition

Christopher Ellis, 31, driving a 2008 GMC pickup westbound on Highway 160, made a left turn in front of an…

It’s Steampunk ahead!

2015 Snowdown kick-off happens this Friday

Senior Center lunch menus

Friday, Sept. 5 – Salad bar, BBQ brisket, cheesy potatoes, broccoli peanut salad, wheat roll, cantaloupe. Wednesday, Sept. 10 –…

Alex G. Velasquez

Mr. Velasquez was born March 8, 1948 in Ignacio, the son of Augustine and Felicita Velasquez. Alex was an avid…

BHS makes up for last year’s defeat

Rally roars in for Labor Day

Southern Ute singers and drummers, background, performed a blessing Friday at the start of the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally. Organizers…

Nice hog

Kori Jenkins of Bayfield auctioned her hog at the Colorado State Fair Junior Livestock Sale on Aug. 26. Her hog…

Rally rumbles to close

Gertrude Dorothy Myrtle Stuerzebecher Siems

SIEMS Gertrude was born on Sept. 18, 1924 in Roselle, Ill. to George and Erna Stuerzebecher and married Elmer Siems…