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Durango lodgers tax increase would fund marketing, transit and arts

City sees rate increase as tool for economic diversity

Photos: Injured red-tailed hawk rescued in Hermosa

Is accessing health care a Catch-22 for Durango’s homeless population?

A rule that patients first get sober might cut off services for some

Plowed in by snow? Welcome to mountain living

City of Durango explains its plowing strategy with the arrival of winter

Durango renews site search for homeless community

Officials aim to identify location by May 1 deadline

Have you been keeping up with local headlines? Test your knowledge in Quiz No. 106

About 140 people participated in last week’s quiz. Participants scored highest on a question about a police chase, with 93%…

Durango man who fled police last week is taken into custody

Freedom Anderson, 26, located in a white van

Flight For Life crew hit with laser beam, injuring paramedic

Plane was southwest of Bayfield when unknown person shined green light at aircraft

Lemon Reservoir winter recreation parking area relocated and expanded

The parking area for winter recreationists near Lemon Reservoir on the Columbine Ranger District has been relocated and expanded. The…

Hitchhiker near Cortez gets three years for stabbing driver

Victim hospitalized for several days

LPEA Round Up provides $21,400 in grants to local nonprofits

Annie’s Orphans and Salvation Army among recipients

18 active COVID-19 outbreaks reported in Montezuma County

The latest reported outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Montezuma County was at Cork ’N’ Bottle. Three staff members tested…

Four residents at La Plata County nursing homes die in COVID-19 outbreaks

State records show St. Columba School also has transmission among staff members, students

Temperatures drop below zero across Southwest Colorado

Weather station at Durango airport records low of minus 14 degrees

Animas High School floats new ideas for how to meet BEST grant

Charter school proposes locating other programs adjacent to new building

Two suspects taken into custody at gunpoint in northeast Durango

Officers found stolen SUV in church parking lot

Colorado delegation urges Biden to reconsider U.S. Space Command relocation

Representatives and senators list national security as a concern

CDOT reminds property owners not to push snow onto highways

Colorado Department of Transportation reminds all property owners, renters and private snow removal operators that it is against the law…

Durango-to-Purgatory Resort route a hotbed of activity

Law enforcement sees increase of DUIs, speeding during winter months on Hwy. 550

Safety-focused road improvements coming to Camino del Rio

CDOT plans medians through downtown area

COVID-19 cases leveling off in La Plata County

Colorado not experiencing post-holiday spike as some health officials feared

Even with vaccine, public should follow health guidelines, SJBPH says

Virus remains transmissible in days, weeks after shot

Colorado health leaders attacked in public, threatened at work, picketed at home

More than 20 officials have quit, been fired or are set to leave

Sanctuary group calls on Biden to free immigrants

Mexican national has been living at Mancos church since June 2017