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Wildfires in 2018 left homeowners vulnerable to flooding and mudslides in Southwest Colorado – threats that exist to this day. To help residents affected by those potential threats, and to do it in...

Durango High School students twirled and bounced around the room Wednesday to the sounds of pop hits as an instructor encouraged them to mingle. Stillwater Music, a Durango nonprofit, began...

Fort Lewis College, which has pushed for more local representation on its Board of Trustees, announced Friday it has tapped a Durangoan to join the board and is considering adding two other...

Four months and 11 days ago, David Minton, 61, and his wife, Mandy, 58, pulled into their driveway after running errands. Mandy remembered looking at the clock in the car. It was 10:04 a.m. when...

There’s something special about meeting a political candidate face-to-face, Doug Fults said Saturday after Indivisible Durango hosted three congressional hopefuls at Durango Public Library. “In...

Have an opinion about how trails and motorized routes should be handled around Silverton? Now is the time to voice it. The Bureau of Land Management has been re-evaluating its system of 45 miles of...

About 70 people participated in last week’s quiz. Participants scored highest on a question about Durango Mesa Park, with 78% of respondents correctly answering, “A racetrack.” Participants...

A Seattle woman who died while ice climbing in Ouray last weekend was the victim of one of the rarest avalanche accident fatalities in the state, and her death, according to a final report from the...

All is well at Kemper Elementary School after a burned-out light caused a smell of smoke Friday, leading to an evacuation of all students and the arrival of first responders from at least six local...

Information and agendas about local meetings City of Durango: www.durangogov.org or call 375-5000. La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us or call 382-6210. Town of Bayfield: www.bayfieldgov.org ...

The Snowdown Sneer , an annual satirical newspaper, will mysteriously appear Saturday at bars, restaurants and other venues across Durango, just before the official start to Snowdown, the town’s...