06/13/11 John Raymond Duell, 88, of Greeley passed away June 10, 2011, at his home. He was born Sept. 23, 1922, in Greeley to Harvey and Helen (Swanson) Duell.
06/06/11 Friday fundraiser to help burn victimA fundraiser for Eric Petranek will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St.There will be live music featuring The Insecurities, door prizes and a suggested donation of 5 to 10 at the door.
06/03/11 FARMINGTON ? The fourth XTERRA Four Corners Triathlon is set for Saturday, but this year there are major changes to the course.
05/14/11 A big-rig truck struck and killed a mountain lion early Friday on Colorado Highway 140 La Plata Highway south of Hesperus.The tractor-trailer was southbound on the highway when it hit the adult male mountain lion, said Trevor Balzer, a district wildlife manager with the Colorado Division of Wildlife in Durango.
05/05/11 A high-speed chase ended Tuesday in La Plata County with the arrest of three people.The sequence of events got started at 104 p.m. when a deputy with the La Plata County Sheriffs Office attempted to stop a driver in a black van for speeding on Colorado Highway 140, south of Hesperus.
05/05/11 The freeze-thaw cycles typical of La Plata County8217s unpredictable spring weather present a danger to anyone who frequents steep, rocky terrain.
04/21/11 For the first time in recent memory, a grand jury has been convened in La Plata County to investigate suspected criminal activity.
04/20/11 Durango PoliceMonday114 a.m. A drunken person was causing problems at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio.201 a.m. A traffic accident occurred in the 1200 block of South Camino del Rio.Sunday717 a.m. Someone recovered lost property behind the Spanish Trails Inn, 3141 Main Ave.
04/16/11 A Fort Lewis College student group on Friday released a rough draft of its proposal for the 6,318 acres that make up the old Fort Lewis campus near Hesperus. The 44-page document, created almost entirely by students and alumni of the Buffalo Council group, outlines a plan to raise a buffalo herd on the land.
04/05/11 Photo: Getty Images. Coming to the New Statesman and Frontline Club debate on Saturday? Audience members are being invited to submit their questions to the panel in advance of Saturday's debate. A selection of questions will be chosen by the chair.
03/10/11 Agriculture in Southwest Colorado, as in other regions of the country, is going back to one of its basics.Local-food movements face-to-face dealings between producer and buyer have sprouted in response to increasing rejection of corporate agriculture, says a Marvel rancher who is at the forefront of change.
03/06/11 Dan Black, man who was prominent in the Durango community for more than 50 years, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Houston. He was 90.For nearly four decades, Black played a key role in managing the finances of Fort Lewis College.
03/03/11 The 60-day jail sentence given to a Durango man who ran over an 82-year-old woman while driving drunk on Main Avenue is within the range though slightly on the lenient side of what other defendants have received for similar charges in La Plata County, according to an analysis of cases from the last 10 years.
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01/02/11 The Colorado Farm Bureau has awarded outgoing state Sen. Bruce Whitehead, D-Hesperus, with the 2010 Pinnacle Award in recognition of his support of the agricultural community during the 2010 legislative session.
12/30/10 The National Weather Service added its voice Wednesday to what skiers and snowboarders have been saying for a while: This is shaping up to be one heck of a winter.
12/09/10 After a deluge of letters and phone calls from members of a once-prominent local family, the city is rethinking a plan to rename Goeglein Gulch Road.
12/06/10 The Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District and the San Juan Water Conservancy District have struck a deal with Trout Unlimited, bringing the proposed Dry Gulch Reservoir one step closer to fruition.
11/05/10 MONTROSE - Republicans appeared to have picked up a state Senate seat Tuesday, when? voters in Montrose County and other key counties gave Republican Ellen Roberts the nod for District 6.
11/05/10 The La Boca Center for Sustainability, located on a 172-acre former llama ranch south of Ignacio, has closed, ending a seven-year experiment in sustainable agriculture and communal living.
11/02/10 The Democrats' six-year control of the Colorado legislature is on the line as Republicans bank on voter discontent to put them back in power. | 
