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Some retail vape shops in Durango are looking to diversify their business models after reports about hospitalizations and deaths associated with vaping drove a sales decline. “About a fourth of my...
DATE: Jan. 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
A two-vehicle crash killed one man Tuesday south of Cortez on U.S. 160/491, according to the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office. The collision occurred just before 1 p.m. and involved a white Ram...
DATE: Dec. 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
An 8-year-old boy attending Seventh Street Elementary in Dove Creek died after school Thursday, said Montezuma County Coroner George Deavers. Dolores County School District RE-2J identified the...
DATE: Dec. 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Lon Erwin, a longtime leader of Durango nonprofits, died Sunday in Farmington from Parkinson’s disease. He was 78. Erwin was the executive director of Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County, the...
DATE: Dec. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
An autopsy Thursday confirmed 57-year-old Durango West I subdivision resident David Brion died by suicide Monday near Animas Air Park, according to the La Plata County Coroner’s Office. Sheriff’s...
DATE: Dec. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A La Plata County judge Tuesday rejected a plea agreement in a careless driving case that resulted in the death of Greg Ryder, a longtime, regular performer at the Diamond Belle Saloon and The...
DATE: Dec. 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspected suicide after finding a body Monday evening south of Durango with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A passerby reported a...
DATE: Dec. 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
BAYFIELD – On one side of a door at Pine River Library, visitors quietly returned books or typed away at computer keyboards in the brightly lit library. On the other side, 12 people sat in a...
DATE: Nov. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Drunken driving is dangerous, but hundreds of people in La Plata County do it each year, according to state court records. Cyndi Lindquester wants to change that, and she needs volunteers to help....
DATE: Nov. 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The La Plata County Coroner’s Office space crunch issues might soon be coming to an end. In its proposed 2020 budget, La Plata County proposes to fund a new autopsy room for the Coroner’s Office by...
DATE: Oct. 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
An explosion and fire Friday evening in Archuleta County killed a woman, injured a man, destroyed a detached garage and damaged an adjacent home, according to law enforcement. Archuleta County...
DATE: Oct. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A Durango man died by a self-inflicted gunshot to the head early Thursday in Durango while using a weapon he believed to be unloaded, according to the La Plata County coroner. Steve Torres, 21, was...
DATE: Oct. 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A home on Jenkins Ranch Road sold for $3.1 million on Dec. 31, 2019, making it the most expensive sale within Durango city limits in recent memory, according to a local real estate agent. The 7,567-square-foot home has six bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and one half bathroom, and sits on 3.81 acres.
