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Downtown offers shoppers red-carpet experience

In addition to live entertainment, downtown metered parking will be free all day. Entertainment will be provided by these artists:…

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Thursday 6:11 a.m. A small white car parked in the 3100 block of East Animas Village Drive had all of…

Durango man suspected of attempted murder

Woman suffered cut on right side of neck, bruises, head bump

Snowmaking underway at Chapman Hill

Silverton celebrates: Kendall Mountain turns 50

Kendall Mountain Ski Area in Silverton, elevation 9,318 feet, opens for its 50th season Friday. The town-operated area prides itself…

Locals help Avalanche Information Center

Fundraiser offers program some relief from financial stress

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Tuesday 7:06 p.m. A man in a red Jeep was yelling at people at Park Elementary, 510 East Sixth Ave.…

Local Briefs

A health-coverage guide from San Juan Basin Health Department will give hands-on instruction Saturday for people ready to sign up…

Sex offender registers with Sheriff’s Office

Ashburndu1-i-syn Steven Jeffery Ashburn, 42, has been released from the Colorado Department of Corrections and is now living at Days…

Land-use meetings postponed

Both Wednesday’s public meeting, scheduled to take place at the Durango Public Library, and today’s Planning Commission meeting, slated to…

Havoc in the high country, little snow down low

CDOT to close some passes periodically to conduct avalanche-control operations

Rays of hope for winter tanners

But is this burning desire good for your health?

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Spa Evo will host a Noel Night benefit for Durango’s homeless veterans from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday upstairs in…

State worker hit, police seek driver

The victim was described as a 55-year-old Colorado Department of Transportation employee. The man was walking outside of his truck…

2-4 inches of snow forecast for Durango

Cold temperatures to settle in for a while

Commercial drones need regulations, Colo. senator says

Udall’s bill would place rules on surveillance

Buzz Bus in 2014 budget

Council approves open-space buy in Horse Gulch

Durango gas prices stuck

While costs fall around the West, they refuse to budge here

Finishing it off

Tanner Coughlan of Monarch Iron Works puts the finishing touches on railing on the sidewalk of 12th Street on Monday…

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Tuesday 1:48 a.m. A man was sleeping in a stairway at Days End, 2202 Main Ave. Monday 10:55 a.m. A…

Radio veteran sees crisis within big media

Bob Griffith: Conglomerates are hindering informed public

First in line

Patti Rosenthal helps Sven Brunso register online for the 2014 Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. Registration to race the train to…

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Sunday 3:20 a.m. Someone in a Ford Focus pressed an emergency flasher, but he said everything was fine in the…

Katzes donate $250,000 to schools

Mercury founders extend their history of giving to Durango District 9-R