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Fort Lewis College and the Wall Street Journal

You have to read to the end of the article, but Fort Lewis College makes an appearance in Friday’s Wall Street Journal. The article is headlined “Freshmen are picking their majors...

DATE: Mar 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ballantine Communications board member attends free-speech gathering

Ballantine Communications Inc. board member Elizabeth Ballantine attended the mid-year meeting of the Inter-American Press Association on March 7 in Panama City, Panama. Ballantine is a past...

DATE: Mar 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango and Telluride bookend Forbes’ list

Durangoans are going to be walking around with swollen heads if the accolades keep rolling in for our fair city. Forbes magazine named our fair city one of the “Top 10 Ski Towns i...

DATE: Mar 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Very honorable mention for DHS grad

If you’re a fan of New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, you may have read about “Taylor Graham of Ithaca College” in the last paragraph of his Thursday story. Yep, that’s ou...

DATE: Mar 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

FLC professor opines in The New York Times

In case you missed it, check out the opinion piece by Fort Lewis College philosophy professor Justin P. McBrayer on The New York Times opinion page Monday. McBrayer is the FLC fac...

DATE: Mar 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durangoan disqualified from design competition

Outrage broke out online Monday night after a Durango man was disqualified from Ellen DeGeneres’ new show “Ellen’s Design Challenge” on HGTV. Tim McClellan made it to the final ro...

DATE: Mar 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

And then there were two

When part-time Durango resident and furniture designer Tim McClellan was selected to be 1 of 6 competitors on Ellen DeGeneris’ new show, “Ellen’s Design Challenge,” he wasn’t too sure about ...

DATE: Feb 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

6th annual Community Cares 5K reels in a record turnout, raises money

A record turnout raised a substantial but as yet unofficial amount Saturday during the sixth annual Community Cares 5K, event director Ken Flint said. This year’s fundraiser was f...

DATE: Feb 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

S.W. Colorado rocks Sunset awards

Sunset magazine has documented the Western lifestyle for decades, but in 2015, it will hold its first-ever Travel Awards program – and two of the four finalists for Best Cultural Attraction ...

DATE: Feb 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durangoan shines in design competition

Durangoan Tim McClellan almost said “No” when Ellen DeGeneris’ new show “Ellen’s Design Challenge” came calling. He told Arizona Central that his daughter, Riley, said, “It’s Elle...

DATE: Feb 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Steamworks Half nearing cap

If you’re wanting to join in on the always-popular Steamworks Half Marathon, best not to delay. Registration opened Sunday for this year’s June 13 run, and the race cap of 300 is...

DATE: Feb 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Will that be cash, credit or love?

McDonald’s chains nationwide are allowing 100 customers to pay for their meals with love instead of money over the next 10 days. The fast-food chain is promoting its “Pay with Lov...

DATE: Feb 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News