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Colorado is looking pretty good in two recent “studies” by the blog on http://estately.com – we’re 49th in the 50 states for our number of couch potatoes per capita and third most likely to survive...
DATE: June 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
Medics administered CPR in Santa Rita Park to a 56-year-old man whose raft flipped Tuesday, but the man eventually died. “He apparently was in a boat that flipped in or before (the Whitewater...
DATE: June 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Colorado Department of Transportation began resurfacing U.S. Highway 160 west of Hesperus on May 10, but beginning this week, the project is expected to begin causing traffic delays. The area...
DATE: June 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News
When members of the First United Methodist Church of Durango decided to get out of their pews and go out in their community to serve in 2011, they could only hope their Love Out Loud project would...
DATE: May 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Faith
After nine years and lots of ups and downs, Fort Lewis College’s Continuing Education program will come to an end June 30. “It’s seen a decline in enrollment for several years and took a hit in...
DATE: May 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living
While it wasn’t “Sharknado,” a sighting of a funnel cloud did take place in La Plata County on Tuesday morning. Herald reader Anthony Lopez sent in a photo he shot mid-morning. “Just wanted to...
DATE: May 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
The autopsy results for a Hesperus man have confirmed the cause of death as hantavirus. Forensic pathologist Dr. Robert A. Kurtzman said in his autopsy report that serology testing confirmed the...
DATE: April 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News
U.S. Magistrate David West is up for reappointment, and comments are sought from the public as part of the process.“First, the district court judges had to invite him to stand for reappointment,”...
DATE: April 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
The San Juan Skyway has enticed visitors to tour Southwest Colorado since 1989. Now, the Colorado Transportation Commission has voted to approve a new scenic and historic byway that may keep them...
DATE: April 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
The federal court system will make it a rule to hold hearings and trials in Durango, it announced this week in a news release. “The designation will mean that a detained defendant will be held...
DATE: March 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
A man who was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and sexual assault on Nicole Leigh Redhorse will be retried in May after appeals court judges ruled that some of his statements to police...
DATE: March 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
For months, farmers and skiers were in a mood of gleeful anticipation with an El Niño year on the horizon, which might mean a heavier snow winter. Then we waited and waited and finally, on March...
DATE: March 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
