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Preschool will return at Durango School District 9-R elementary schools Dec. 1. 9-R Superintendent Dan Snowberger said about 220 children are served by 9-R’s preschool program at the elementary...

For months, La Plata County was able to keep the COVID-19 pandemic at bay. But now, in just a few short weeks, the community is fast approaching nearly 1,000 positive cases, a harrowing milestone...

For the second time, the Ignacio Board of Trustees postponed a vote this week on an ordinance meant to allow the town to revoke business licenses under certain circumstances. Town-issued licenses...

Enforcement in the form of penalties for violators of COVID-19 restrictions “is not crystal clear,” said the leader of San Juan Basin Public Health. But Liane Jollon, SJBPH executive director, said...

COVID-19 restrictions have lasted so long and have narrowed the right to gather to such an extent that some legal scholars say some measures taken to limit transmission of the virus are impinging...

Durango Police Thursday 7:55 a.m. A vehicle was burglarized in the 2200 block of Main Avenue. 8:48 a.m. A man was trying to break into a building in the 300 block of South Camino del Rio. ...

Another longtime Durango restaurant has been forced to permanently close as a result of financial struggles brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting Friday, restaurants face a second period...

Gov. Jared Polis announced late Thursday that Colorado’s special legislative session aimed at providing people with economic relief from the state’s worsening coronavirus crisis will begin Nov. 30....

Jodacie Bartley, 10, was fine when her mother, Veronica Dominguez, dropped her off at Bayfield Intermediate School in August. Five hours later, she was having seizure-like spasms, then muscle tics...

Best bets this weekend include opportunities to help the Durango community. Fill the Bucket Food Drive will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Albertsons, 311 West College Drive. Help the...