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Efforts underway to help wind-whipped farmers

Local lands, and veterans, seek holistic approach to healing

DATE: Jan 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Before wedding bells ring

DATE: Jan 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

High school students explore career options

Reina Echeverri, a freshman at Bayfield High School, aspires to be a Disney princess when she graduates high school. More specifically, she wants to work as Belle from “Beauty and the Beast,...

DATE: Jan 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Flooding cancels classes Thursday at Big Picture

Big Picture High School and The Liberty School will be closed at least through Thursday after flooding on the north side of the building. A main drain pipe got blocked, causing ma...

DATE: Jan 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango woman killed in Calif. cycling accident

A Durango woman was killed Monday morning in a bicycling accident in Palm Desert, California. Rose Peters, 73, was cycling with her husband, Jim, when a driver struck her at an in...

DATE: Jan 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local bounty hunters to be on Animal Planet

Animal Planet’s series “Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters” will return Sunday for a second season, and many local viewers might recognize the scenery. The series filmed on location in Durango a...

DATE: Jan 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado House GOP plan for session

Republicans hope for balanced year

DATE: Jan 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Traffic accident closes U.S. Highway 550

The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office and Colorado State Patrol responded to a single-vehicle accident that closed traffic in both directions in the 36000 block of U.S. Highway 550 north of H...

DATE: Jan 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dino head finds home

Most-talked about art transformed into gift in Durango

DATE: Jan 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

McPhee Reservoir control comes at a cost

The costs of maintaining recreation facilities at McPhee reservoir are significant, a burden Montezuma County would inherit if it gains ownership, according to a report from the U.S. Forest ...

DATE: Jan 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News