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Durango residents will start seeing long-awaited changes at Durango Mesa Park, formerly Ewing Mesa, in 2021 as the city, county and park foundation embark on a $150 million development project. For...

Best bets this weekend include a Women’s Skate Clinic and a hip-hop workshop. Durango Nordic Ski Club will host a Women’s Skate Clinic from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the ski club, 49786 Highway 550,...

About 140 people participated in last week’s quiz. Participants scored highest on a question about a new way of tracking COVID-19, with 100% of respondents correctly answering “Testing human waste...

By Thursday afternoon, 300 applications for the latest round of the Paycheck Protection Program had already been received at First Southwest Bank in Durango. First Southwest and Native American...

Colorado’s seven representatives split along partisan lines Wednesday as President Donald Trump was impeached for the second time. The Senate is expected to hold a trial in coming weeks to...

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday 12:59 p.m. A man took a license plate off a car in a parking lot in the 200 block of South Skylane Drive. 7:32 p.m. A 40-year-old was unconscious in...

Law enforcement in Durango is holding out hope that any possible protests leading up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week will remain peaceful, but authorities are also preparing...

Residents at Lumien 2, an affordable housing apartment complex in Durango, are receiving access to skill-building programs with the help of Rainbow Housing Assistance Corp. Lumien 2 houses people...

Prolonged drought in Southwest Colorado is now affecting Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s fish hatchery in Durango. Joe Lewandowski, spokesman for CPW, said the Durango Fish Hatchery, along the banks...

The parameters for issuance of $90 million in bonds to improve school safety, to take care of a backlog of maintenance needs and to finance two new major buildings were set Tuesday by the Durango...