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Spanish influence hits Animas High

Students have their work showcased at Studio &

DATE: Dec 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Iron Horse not sold out, yet

4 of 5 men’s racing categories full

DATE: Dec 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Traffic signal is finally a ‘go’

Driver fell asleep, struck U-Haul, then hit traffic box

DATE: Dec 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Animas River trout in decline

Fewer young browns particularly worrisome

DATE: Dec 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Iron Horse rolls out

DATE: Dec 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mix of rain, snow forecast for Durango

Call it the harbinger of El Niño. “The pattern has changed,” said Matthew Aleksa, a meteorologist with the Grand Junction office of the National Weather Service. “After these stor...

DATE: Dec 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Park in line for new playground

DHS students inspire accessible equipment

DATE: Dec 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

From unheralded hero to star

For three years, Zeke quietly did his work as a therapy dog at the Durango Cancer Center, bringing comfort to patients and health-care workers alike. In July, his work made front ...

DATE: Dec 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local helps Ebola-stricken Liberia

A Durangoan worked to bring relief to those suffering from Ebola in Liberia this fall with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Sgt. Erik Stenslien, a technical engineer, was deploye...

DATE: Nov 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Industry groups appeal ban on mines near Grand Canyon

PHOENIX – Two mining industry groups have appealed a federal judge’s ruling upholding an Obama administration ban on new hard-rock mining claims on more than 1 million acres near the Grand C...

DATE: Nov 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Let Christmas begin

“Thanksgiving’s over, let’s get started on Christmas.” That has been Durango’s motto for decades as the town officially lights its tree and children get their first sighting of S...

DATE: Nov 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News