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Oh, hail! Stormy weather roils region

But after chilly afternoon, no big storms in forecast

Vistas minus crowds

Ute Mountain Tribal Park offers quieter view of ancestral Puebloans

It’s fair time

SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald – DURANGO, CO- 08/07/2013 – 10 year old T. C. Rockwell of Durango holds a Holland Lop…

Towaoc man sentenced in shooting

Matthew Jaramillo gets 55 years behind bars

Worker, BP settle employment lawsuit

Man had claimed his reporting of safety violation led to retaliation

Shale boom passing by S.W. Colorado

BP economist says new fields getting more play

Rain doesn’t daunt 4-Hers

Livestock competition starts, carnival gets doused

A little harvest heaven

School-tax campaign submits petitions

Opponents say $1B hike will harm poor families

La Plata County Fair Schedule

Today 4 p.m. 4-H Sheep Show, all classes and judging of the open class sheep show. After sheep show Swine…

Jumping mouse could be on endangered list

Habitat is on stretch of Florida River

It’s showtime

Nine-year-old Shawn Campbell, center, his aunt Katie Walter, left, and uncle Kyle Walter were busy Tuesday afternoon making a bed…

Reaching higher on food chain

Manna training kitchen to help clients fend for themselves

NerdWallet ranks Durango No. 9

NerdWallet spokeswoman Laura Zulliger said in an email that five factors were considered in compiling the Top 10 list of…

Congress to consider bill for cleaning up waste from mines

Tipton, Udall partner to put forward so-called good Samaritan legislation

City Council smothers bag-fee foes

4-1 vote clears way for 10¢ charge at big-box grocers

Cancer survivor wheels cause through Durango

Cyclist on cross country crusade

FLC president’s travel-violation adjudication a month away

Ethics panel hearing set for Sept. 3

Raising the roof for fun

Louie Zarate of Mesa, Ariz., raises a tent roof over one of the carnival rides that is being set up…

U.S. Forest Service bans exploding targets

Seven fires in Rocky Mountains blamed on devices

Ignacio company fined for water violations

EPA issues penalties for mechanical, reporting problems

Deputies look into woman’s report

Claim she was held hostage proves false

Silverton not ready to bid farewell to mining

Since it left in 1991, economic prospects have suffered

Need a lift?

A balloon rises in front of Sleeping Ute Mountain during a weekend flight in Cortez. Catching early morning cool air…