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Chance over choice: Charter school lotteries open this month in Durango

‘You’ll have parents calling in desperate,’ Mountain Middle’s director says

DATE: Jan 13, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mountain Middle School receives excellence award for fourth consecutive year

Charter also earns top state accreditation for 10th time

DATE: Jan 7, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mountain Middle School eighth grader writes 160-page World War II book

Student inspired by veteran grandfather, fascination with topic

DATE: Dec 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mountain Middle School to become first emergency resilience hub in Durango

Independent battery-powered microgrid would provide power during outages, crises

DATE: Oct 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

How do La Plata County schools explain the ‘why’ behind shooting drills?

Direct, individualized communication is the best way to approach conversations, experts say

DATE: Oct 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mixed results for Colorado schools in spring 2025 Measures of Academic Progress scores

Test outcomes on the rise nationally, locally since pandemic lows, but numbers still need work overall, says CDE official

DATE: Sep 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

New data show setbacks in chronic absenteeism, daily attendance in Colorado schools

More positive trends seen locally, but numbers on the whole ‘moving in the wrong direction,’ says state Department of Education official

DATE: Aug 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Student jurors find Kit Carson guilty of mass murder

Mountain Middle School holds mock trial at La Plata County Courthouse

DATE: Mar 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mountain Middle School wins John Irwin award for third consecutive time

‘To see kids achieve at this level of excellence year in and year out is a testament to all of the collaboration that goes back to our shared vision of excellence’

DATE: Jan 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pay increases push some Mountain Middle School teacher salaries over $90K per year

Salary bump comes amid cost-of-living and teacher-retention concerns

DATE: Nov 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mountain Middle’s executive director named Colorado Charter School Leader of the Year

Shane Voss has overseen charter’s growth for past 11 years

DATE: Mar 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mountain Middle School students blast off with rockets

Eighth graders launch 2-liter bottles during presentation

DATE: Feb 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

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Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday