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Parking-ticket hike could fuel buses

Free trolley would survive under council proposal

One killed in highway broadside crash

Camino del Rio accident is under investigation

NSA leaks reporter: Stay tuned for more

Says U.S. wants to collect all forms of personal data

The eyes have it

Durango Lions Club President Rich Pene positions 4-year-old Tava Reynolds for an eye screening as volunteer Jean Kirol takes readings…

Vandals leave water dock closed for now

Reopening may be month away

Tax increase should not wake the dead

Voters to decide issue of Bayfield cemetery district

Artisan carves legacy

Mancos man chisels door designs by hand

Will well-off districts carry brunt of Amendment 66?

Campaign: Amendment 66, an income tax increase for public schools. Claim: Amendment 66 will extract more money from certain taxpayers…

United frustration persists

Airline notes ‘great progress,’ but others unconvinced

For your blood, a beer

With local brewers, blood drive goes Pint for Pint

Shutdown delays drug-tracking bill

The act, sponsored by Bennet, would create a uniform barcode system nationwide to track each individual bottle of medication. “Right…

Giving a shine to it

Elizabeth Stellrecht takes time before the lunch rush to tidy up Saturday morning at Fired Up Pizzeria on Main Avenue.…

Group advocates gay marriage for Colorado

Daniel Ramos, director of organization and alliance building for OneColorado, spoke to about 30 people from the Durango area at…

Ugandan leader: Be prepared to listen

Parliamentary member tells students that U.S. can be part of global dialog

The bark chronicles

Old carvings in aspens attest to sheep camps

An old beater

Keats Dormont, a freshman mechanical engineering major at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who is in town visiting friends, takes…

Durangoans to have taboo conversation

Death Cafe focuses on end of life

Gun accident wounds investigator

During Redwine search, weapon discharges after falling to ground

Searching for clues

SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald -Vallecito, CO- 10/18/2013 – La Plata County Sheriff investigators and a K-9 team work along Middle Mountain…

Udall: Water conservation could benefit businesses

Although discussions about the Colorado River Basin are traditionally dominated by water utility mangers, anglers and rafting company owners, a…

Harvest time for kokanee

Annual ritual at Vallecito aims to build fish stock in reservoirs, stream

Parade prep for FLC

Patrick Fredricks, left, a staff member with the Leadership Center at Fort Lewis College, and Alina Peisley, a sophomore elementary…

County conducts pot survey

Public forum to be held Wednesday at courthouse