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Hometown pride

Jim Foltz puts up flagpoles bearing the Durango High School Demons’ red at Riverview Sports Complex on Friday afternoon. Jim’s…

September 20, 2013

Durangoans recount fury of storm

East Animas residents say digging out will take time, effort

September 19, 2013

Creating a flap(jack)

Jeovanna Rios, a sophomore chemistry major at Fort Lewis College, came really close to successfully flipping her Mickey Mouse-shaped pancake…

Airline apologizes for service

‘We hurt you,’ United official tells airport board

Gov. outlines first steps in flood recovery

$135 million already pledged to repair roads, bridges

Mother charged with attempted murder

Prosecutors say Durangoan tried to kill self, children

Heroin dealer gets 10 years in prison

Huehldu1-i-syn Jonathan Huehl, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of heroin, a felony, in a plea agreement with…

Fort Lewis College enrollment hits over 4,000 for fall

Most in nine years, above school’s goal

Sudden storm strikes

Rain, mudslides, hail close roads, raise havoc

LPEA adopts solar-garden regulations

Plan allows wide participation in power generation

Rainy day commute

Jill Hesford walks her 5Â½-year-old daughter, Sylvia Hesford, right, to her kindergarten class at Riverview Elementary School on Wednesday along…

Durango police arrest three in theft spree

Colorado Springs residents accused of stealing vehicles, gun, credit card

Sweet dome

Volunteer Jim Poe inspects the joints of a newly constructed 22-square-foot growing dome Wednesday within the Pine River Community Garden…

Sealing the deal

A Colorado Department of Transportation sweeper clears loose rocks during rain-delayed chip seal operations Tuesday on state Highway 3 in…

Locals’ families recover from flood

Stories of blocked roads, boat rescue have Durango ties

Facebook comments make a debut at DurangoHerald.com

To invite more dialogue from the community about news of the day, the Herald will begin using Facebook as the…

Sentencing delayed for ex-Durango developer

James Kreutzer evaded taxes

Kiwanis Club of Durango hosting its 58th annual Pancake Day

So, have you been saving your appetite? The Kiwanis Club of Durango is hosting its 58th annual Pancake Day from…

Gas, oil wells shut in flood area

Health impacts not known as cleanup continues

Tattoos not always ‘job wreckers’

Durango employers vary on body art policies

Hold the lines

As part of sidewalk reconstruction, electrical lines are being run beneath Main Avenue. Kalvin Brown holds electrical wiring and Charles…

September 15, 2013

21-year-old woman fatally shot in Cortez

Cortez Police Chief Roy Lane said Natalie Hatch, 21, was killed about 10:15 p.m. at Cedar Terrace Apartments. Quincy Yellow,…

September 15, 2013