Local and Regional News
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Cuatro Kruse of Durango puts the finishing touches on his cob bench in Buckley Park Monday. He is restoring the clay, sand and straw structure after i...
Buckley Park’s ‘mud bench’ gets new lease on life
The saga continues for the Buckley Park “mud bench.”
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National & World
Mountain lion killed in downtown Santa Monica
LOS ANGELES – Police shot and killed a mountain lion that somehow made its way through an urban landscape before it was found early Tuesday in a downtown Santa Monica office...
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Business
New Durango hotel slated for summer 2013
The Durango economy is looking up, and a new hotel will be built in Bodo Industrial Park to help accommodate a rising number of tourists.
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Good Earth
Feeding birds, saving bears
A nature lover with particular avian interests says it’s possible to feed resident and transient birds in bear country without attracting ursines.
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Education
Graduation rate drops in N.M.
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico’s statewide average high school graduation rate slipped to 63 percent last year, but the Public Education Department said earlier this month it had...
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Obituaries
Ira Lev Plotkin
Former Durango Mayor Ira Lev Plotkin died from complications related to lung cancer Sunday, May 20, 2012, in Denver. He was 71.
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Columnists
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John Peel
It’s about the kids
“Hi, Mr. Harter.”
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Action Line
Support for full-service stations running on empty
Why in the world isn’t there a...
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La Plata Health Watch
Let’s dispel some myths about organ donation
The bumper sticker on the car in front...



