News

Durango zeroes in on retail pot rules

Limited number of shops would be OK downtown

May 21, 2014

Dual left turns reinstated at College and Camino

Road construction along Camino del Rio has progressed enough to allow the Colorado Department of Transportation to make changes to…

May 21, 2014

Nation & World

House Democrats to participate in Benghazi probe

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is naming five Democrats to sit on a Republican-led House select committee that will…

May 21, 2014

Nation & World

BP to ask Supreme Court to hear claims issue

BP cites a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals justice’s dissent that the appellate court’s refusal to reconsider the oil…

May 21, 2014

Local News

Ex-sheriff’s deputy gets probation

Jason Sutter must register as sex offender

May 21, 2014

Local News

Tourism industry ready to raft

Annual competition provides bragging rights

May 21, 2014

Local News

Colorado’s lieutenant governor promotes reading in Bayfield

Joe Garcia: Early education key to high school graduation

May 21, 2014

Local News

Durango vs. Anchorage: At a glance

Here is a look at different attributes between Durango and Anchorage Durango Population: 17,216 Average Income: $53,173 Median House Price:…

May 20, 2014

Local News

Is Durango the ‘Best Town in America?’

We're in the running for Outside magazine's contest to pick the best place in America

May 20, 2014

Local News

Student loan debt holding back economy

20-somethings delaying home, car purchases

May 20, 2014

Regional News

Northern Arizona wildfire forces evacuations near park

The Slide Fire burns south of Flagstaff, Arizona, on Wednesday. Evacuations of surrounding areas took place late afternoon Tuesday. The…

May 20, 2014

Regional News

Utah spending $550K on public lands study

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah officials are spending about $550,000 on a detailed study of what would happen if the…

May 20, 2014

Local News

Dayplanner Thursday

Arts and Entertainment Robin Davis, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Trivia Night, 5:30 p.m., Durango Discovery Museum,…

May 20, 2014

Local News

Proposed 9-R spending in 2014-15: $39.5 million

Personnel cuts, new spending keep budget static

May 20, 2014

Local News

The Blotter

Durango Police Tuesday 12:07 p.m. A shirtless man was asking for money on the west side of the intersection of…

May 20, 2014

Nation & World

McConnel beats back challenger in primary race

Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, left, won an easy primary fight to get to run as the GOP candidate for…

May 20, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

Two car bombings kill scores in Nigeria JOS, Nigeria – Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and…

May 20, 2014

Nation & World

Disease feared after floods

Bosnian officials are warning residents of flood-hit areas to only drink bottled or boiled water because of the threat of…

May 20, 2014

Nation & World

Hackers used old tricks in cyberbreak-ins

The Justice Department says Chinese hackers used “spear-phishing” scams to trick company employoees into infecting their own computers so corporate…

May 20, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

White House to reveal memo on drones WASHINGTON – On the eve of a critical Senate vote and under court…

May 20, 2014

Local News

The Blotter

Durango Police Tuesday 3:47 a.m. An intoxicated man was standing in the middle of the street in the 1200 block…

May 20, 2014

Local News

Dayplanner Wednesday

Meetings and Event Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main…

May 20, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

VFW to host Buddy Poppy Days Durango Post 4031 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold its annual Buddy…

May 20, 2014

Education

For parents, Common Core math just doesn’t add up

Stacey Jacobson-Francis said homework for her 6-year-old daughter, Luci, requires her to know four different ways to add. “That is…

May 20, 2014