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Man suspected of aiding escape at youth detention center identified

Five inmates escaped Friday through cut fence

DATE: Apr 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Backlog gives Durango reprieve from wastewater quality deadline

City says it could not have applied for an extension

DATE: Apr 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango-La Plata County Airport prepares for disaster

‘Victims’ improvise their roles, challenge emergency responders

DATE: Apr 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Panel about state of the media to be part of Durango Literary Festival

Four local journalists and educators will be part of a panel on Wednesday about the media industry, in conjunction with the Durango Public Library’s Literary Festival. The discus...

DATE: Apr 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Woman killed in southwestern La Plata County is identified

Chris Cape led the Blackhat Humane Society in Gallup, N.M.

DATE: Apr 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Jenna Bush Hager speaks of family, service to others in Durango

Barbara Bush’s longtime friend and Durango resident attends speech

DATE: Apr 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango City Council supports ban on sitting, lying on downtown sidewalks

Economic vitality, safety are cited as reasons for new law

DATE: Apr 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Silverton begins cataloging trail network

Effort afoot to improve, expand recreation data

DATE: Apr 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wetland restoration to expand crucial ecosystem for hundreds of species

Sambrito project will revive 100 acres near Navajo Lake

DATE: Apr 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Students create event to fight teen isolation during ‘The Main Event’

Party on north Main Avenue attracts hundreds

DATE: Apr 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Oil and gas drilling could ramp up in Southwest Colorado

Feds order more oil and gas lease sales; shorter protest period expected

DATE: Apr 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sen. Cory Gardner: Consider labeling Russia a state sponsor of terrorism

‘Vladimir Putin clearly understands strength and he manipulates weakness’

DATE: Apr 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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