Durango News

A 31-year-old La Plata County woman reported missing after she failed to return from a run northeast of Durango on Monday has been found.

Contact: Robert McCallum or Jon Sarch 303-837-3633 303-837-3644 robert.mccallum@judicial.state.co.us jon.sarche@judicial.state.co.us The Sixth Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet at the La Plata County Courthouse on June 12, 2012, to consider candidates for a District Court judge vacancy in the Sixth Judicial District .

This 232-mile loop through the San Juan Mountains passes through a majestic landscape of alpine forests, lush ranch lands, quaint Old West towns and ancient Indian ruins.

The Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 is receiving $17,934 from the Region 9 Economic Development District out of Durango to fund two round trips for high school students wanting to take classes at the college but have no way to make the approximatley 16-mile round trip.

Two air tankers arrived in Durango on Sunday to fight the Little Sand and Sunrise Mine fires, which have burned almost 10,000 acres in the state, and more equipment is on the way.

DURANGO, Colo.- Durango was recently voted the sixth best small town in America by Smithsonian Magazine.

An 11-year-old La Plata County boy is recovering after he was shot in the ear with an arrow while playing a medieval knight using a shield.

The Eagle River Watershed Council is taking a tip from restoration in the Sahara Desert for the Eagle River near Edwards.

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Plans by the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad for a dinosaur theme train has residents worried about cheapening the historic railroad's history.

IGNACIO, Colo.- The town of Durango was recently recognized by Smithsonian Magazine as one of "America's Best Small Towns." One way residents can learn more about the area and the oldest residents of Colorado is through the Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum in Ignacio.

Canzona, chief of operations for the Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1, is leaving his position and his last day will be sometime next month.

The Navajo Nation may have little recourse in seeking money from a Colorado man who is accused of spending millions of the nation's funds for personal use.

DURANGO, Colo. - A Durango-based task force has arrested two people after a four-month investigation into OxyContin sales in the area.

Of the 11 bills introduced in the "extraordinary" special legislative session called by Gov.

Ghun, 63, who now lives in Durango, Colo., was the man behind the Biochemical Decontamination Systems Manufacturing, or BCDS, scandal in 2007 and 2008 when he received a $2.2 million loan for the tribe and used more than half of it on personal expenses instead of expanding the BCDS facility in Shiprock as he promised.

"Today" Silverton, Colo., has a population of 637 in the last census , but it didn't let its newspaper die, Bob Dotson reports on "Today." The San Juan County Historical Society agreed in 2009 to become publisher of the Silverton Standard.

Federal authorities say a man who allegedly spent millions of Navajo Nation funds for personal use has been indicted on federal tax evasion charges.

If the regular True Blonde from Ska Brewing Company wasn't seductive enough for the thirsty craft beer lover True Blonde Dubbel is double the trouble and twice the fun.

Victory Camera: pen & ink renderings by Dan Groth . Durango-based Dan Groth's precisely-drawn surrealism merges humans, creatures and landscapes into illustrative stream-of-consciousness tableaux.