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How are our congressmen spending the Fourth of July?

How are our congressmen spending the Fourth of July?

Instead, Congressman Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, will be eating pancakes and driving throughout the 3rd Congressional District visiting constituents. “It’s a…

Durango’s fireworks ready for liftoff

Durango’s fireworks ready for liftoff

Area around launch will be wet down with foam before show

Thief pilfers shop owner’s stars, stripes

Thief pilfers shop owner’s stars, stripes

Lyn D’Andrea holds a replacement flag outside Hair After Salon on Main Avenue. D’Andrea suspects someone stole her original American…

Crossing wires

A boy defies gravity on the bungee trampoline as a girl passes overhead on the zip line over the plaza…

La Plata County permits third pot grower

La Plata County permits third pot grower

Facility also eyes entry into recreational marijuana

Containment of blazes up to 7 percent, smoke down

Containment of blazes up to 7 percent, smoke down

“There was low activity,” said Laura McConnell, a spokeswoman for the Rocky Mountain Type 1 Incident Management Team. “The fires…

City wants you to cut water use

City wants you to cut water use

Officials ask for voluntary 10 percent reduction

Mercury lays off 25 employees

Mercury lays off 25 employees

CEO says positions are redundant

An angel for trekkers

An angel for trekkers

Ohio woman opens her Cascade Village home to hikers walking the Continental Divide Trail

Fourth of July events

Fourth of July events

For more information, visit http://silvertoncolorado.com/?ai1ec_event=1309-2&instance_id=. Blue Ribbon Run, 2K, 5K and 10K, 8 a.m., start and finish at Memorial Park.…

Stricter fire rules go into effect today

Stricter fire rules go into effect today

Despite rains, ‘risk is still high’

Garden grows in former NIMBY battle zone

Garden grows in former NIMBY battle zone

Neighbors voice little objection to Ohana Kuleana

Firefighters pause for Ariz. hot-shot victims

Firefighters pause for Ariz. hot-shot victims

Dry weather could hamper containment

Durango land-use code delayed again

Durango land-use code delayed again

Consultant’s resignation trips up schedule

Monsoon flows?

Brilliant sunshine overwhelmed growing clouds Monday morning as a kayaker passes Rotary Park on the Animas River. The National Weather…

Doubling student loan rates hits home

Doubling student loan rates hits home

The rates increased from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent for those renewing or taking out subsidized Stafford loans past July…

Aspen stand in wildfire’s way

Aspen stand in wildfire’s way

This photo from the Windy Pass Fire shows how aspen stands are more resistant to fire than the beetle-killed spruce…

Monday Dayplanner

Monday Dayplanner

Four Corners Arts Forum, 9-9:30 a.m., KDUR 91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org. Terry Hartzel, ragtime piano, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699…

West Fork fires grow to 92,000 acres

West Fork fires grow to 92,000 acres

Local outbreaks sparked after lightning strikes

Yes, thatâ€™s a puddle

Yes, thatâ€™s a puddle

A driver goes through a puddle after a rainstorm Sunday afternoon. The National Weather Service predicts a slight chance for…

When tires wear out, use them for walking

When tires wear out, use them for walking

Makers of ‘upcycled’ shoes spend some time in Durango

How soon the monsoon?

How soon the monsoon?

Southwest’s drought savior likely at least 2 weeks away

‘He was an amazing person’

‘He was an amazing person’

Dylan’s friends, family grieve for a teenager they say was loved by all

Friends, family to remember Dylan

Friends, family to remember Dylan

Dylan Redwinedu1-i-syn Authorities announced Thursday they had found Redwine’s remains during a five-day search of Middle Mountain Road north of…