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Keller’s success includes eight state championships and seven runner-up finishes in cross country.
02/23/2025

Keller’s success includes eight state championships and seven runner-up finishes in cross country.

The Durango School District 9-R Board of Education has officially approved the renaming of the track at Durango High School to “Coach Keller Track” in honor of longtime coach and educator Ron Keller. ...

Durango Forward, a movement launched by civic engagement nonprofit New Era Colorado, approached Durango City Council in ...
02/23/2025

Durango Forward, a movement launched by civic engagement nonprofit New Era Colorado, approached Durango City Council in January with two requests: 1) increase the minimum wage in Durango by 15% to $17.03 as allowed by state law; and 2) hold a study session where the idea can be examined in detail.

Because the cost of living isn’t going down, a group of Durango residents is asking for the minimum wage to go up. Durango Forward, a movement launched by civic engagement nonprofit New Era Colorado, ...

People travel from around Colorado and as far as Arizona, New Mexico and Texas for the annual ice fishing tournament.
02/22/2025

People travel from around Colorado and as far as Arizona, New Mexico and Texas for the annual ice fishing tournament.

Underneath a speckless sky, Durango, Bayfield and La Plata County residents gathered at Vallecito Reservoir for the Vallecito Annual Ice Fishing Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by the Valleci...

Colorado’s embrace of cheap electric cars is a big reason Colorado recently overtook California as the nation’s top stat...
02/22/2025

Colorado’s embrace of cheap electric cars is a big reason Colorado recently overtook California as the nation’s top state for EV market share.

Tynan’s Nissan, a dealership in Aurora, was offering a lease on Nissan Leaf EV for $19 per month after taxes and dealer fees in mid-2024. Before he walked into the dealership in early February, Gregor...

Durango will face No. 1 seed Glenwood Springs on Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. in Aspen at Lewis Ice Arena. Glenwood Springs is 1...
02/22/2025

Durango will face No. 1 seed Glenwood Springs on Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. in Aspen at Lewis Ice Arena. Glenwood Springs is 16-1-1 overall and finished first in the 4A Mountain League at 13-1. Glenwood Springs beat Durango twice in early January, 5-3 and 3-1.

The Durango High School hockey team showed a lot of resilience and composure in its 4-3 overtime win over Kent Denver at home Friday night in the first round of the 4A state playoffs. After allowing t...

Federal agents served administrative arrest warrants at the La Plata County Jail on Feb. 13, in addition to requests tha...
02/22/2025

Federal agents served administrative arrest warrants at the La Plata County Jail on Feb. 13, in addition to requests that the jail notify ICE before the release of two inmates.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are asking sheriffs in Southwest Colorado to notify them before undocumented inmates are released, and have issued requests that sheriffs hold specific ...

The Skyhawks celebrate senior day on Saturday against Colorado Christian at 3 p.m.
02/22/2025

The Skyhawks celebrate senior day on Saturday against Colorado Christian at 3 p.m.

Foul shots and 3-pointers. It seemed like CSU Pueblo’s men’s basketball team couldn’t miss either of those against Fort Lewis College on Thursday night and the ThunderWolves came away with a 102-98 r...

Show opens on Feb. 28 at the high school.
02/21/2025

Show opens on Feb. 28 at the high school.

The student actors of Durango High School’s Troupe 1096 are going to take audiences on a cosmic adventure with their upcoming production of “The Little Prince,” which opens Feb. 28. Based on classic 1...

“Tonight, we celebrate the people who make Durango what it is,” said Jeff Dupont, newly appointed CEO of the Durango Cha...
02/21/2025

“Tonight, we celebrate the people who make Durango what it is,” said Jeff Dupont, newly appointed CEO of the Durango Chamber of Commerce.

Cheers, applause and a whole lot of love for the Durango community was heard at Durango Rocks 2025. “Tonight, we celebrate the people who make Durango what it is,” said Jeff Dupont, newly appointed C...

The two-story, multibuilding apartment complex called the 1304 Apartments is located at the corner of North College Driv...
02/21/2025

The two-story, multibuilding apartment complex called the 1304 Apartments is located at the corner of North College Drive and Florida Road across the street from J. Bo’s Pizza and Rib Co.

Fort Lewis College added 20 apartment units and 68 beds to its student housing inventory in Durango on Tuesday when it closed on a $12 million purchase of the apartment complex at 1304 Florida Road. T...

“Elemental” is an open call, which means any artist can submit their work for display. It also means participation is on...
02/21/2025

“Elemental” is an open call, which means any artist can submit their work for display. It also means participation is on a first-come, first-served basis, so artists began lining up at the gallery’s door about an hour before submissions were accepted.

“Community.” That was the common sentiment shared by artists waiting in line to drop off their pieces Wednesday morning at Studio & Gallery. They were there to show their work in the gallery’s “El...

A 41-year-old woman from Crested Butte was snowboarding a line known locally as “The Nose” when she and her male partner...
02/21/2025

A 41-year-old woman from Crested Butte was snowboarding a line known locally as “The Nose” when she and her male partner were both caught in the slide.

A backcountry snowboarder was killed in an avalanche Thursday near Ophir Pass north of Silverton. A 41-year-old woman from Crested Butte was snowboarding a line known locally as “The Nose” when she a...

Durango’s Ryan Dugan and Ignacio’s Lincoln deKay finished second in their respective weight classes to end a superb seas...
02/21/2025

Durango’s Ryan Dugan and Ignacio’s Lincoln deKay finished second in their respective weight classes to end a superb season for both of them.

The 2025 CHSAA State Wrestling Championships took place over the weekend in Denver and two local wrestlers came so close, but in the end so far away, from achieving a lifelong dream. Durango’s Ryan Du...

It’s not necessarily uncommon for operators to take some time to determine what went wrong, said Robert Hall, a senior t...
02/20/2025

It’s not necessarily uncommon for operators to take some time to determine what went wrong, said Robert Hall, a senior technical adviser at the Pipeline Safety Trust.

It remains unclear what caused the Dec. 5 pipeline failure south of Durango, which sent 23,000 gallons of gasoline percolating through the substrate, contaminating nine drinking water wells. Enterpris...

DHS seniors Lilly Fitzpatrick and Mariah Maestas were great on defense and started a lot of transition opportunities for...
02/20/2025

DHS seniors Lilly Fitzpatrick and Mariah Maestas were great on defense and started a lot of transition opportunities for Durango. Maestas finished with six steals and Fitzpatrick with four.

In the first quarter against Durango on Wednesday night, the Montrose girls basketball team looked like it would have a tough time making free throws and outside shots on the road. But the Red Hawks h...

“There's not a lot of recovery-centered activities. So the more we have to offer, the more spaces people will have to go...
02/20/2025

“There's not a lot of recovery-centered activities. So the more we have to offer, the more spaces people will have to go.”

The YAY! Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to tackling mental health challenges through comedy, will return to Durango to host a comedy show featuring community members in substance abuse recovery. C...

David Hendren, 39, was arrested in 2023 in connection with the death of Larry Fuller, nearly 14 years after the case wen...
02/20/2025

David Hendren, 39, was arrested in 2023 in connection with the death of Larry Fuller, nearly 14 years after the case went cold.

A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors deadlocked in the case of an Arizona man accused of fatally shooting an Ignacio resident 16 years ago. Additionally, prosecutors relied heavily on ...

A judge rejected the city's request for an emergency abatement on a camp of unhoused residents at Montrose United Method...
02/20/2025

A judge rejected the city's request for an emergency abatement on a camp of unhoused residents at Montrose United Methodist Church.

At a hearing in Montrose, on Wednesday, Municipal Court Judge Erin Maxwell rejected a city request for an emergency abatement on a camp of unhoused residents sitting on Montrose United Methodist Churc...

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