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Walt Longmire returns for new adventure

Author Craig Johnson releases ‘First Frost’

DATE: Jul 25, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Scott Graham back with another mystery

Durango author will talk about ‘Death Valley Duel’ at Maria’s Bookshop

DATE: Jul 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Long-distance runner chronicles 460-mile trek, grief in new book

Emily Halnon will be in Durango to talk about ‘To the Gorge’

DATE: Jun 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Anne Hillerman returns with new novel

Author will be At Maria’s Bookshop next week in Durango

DATE: May 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Author’s book ‘The Naming of Horse’ imparts wisdom, unconditional love

Once you meet Horse, he’s hard to forget

DATE: Apr 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Deborah Jackson Taff’s memoir explores life, history

Deborah Jackson Taffa’s debut memoir, “Whiskey Tender,” is an amazing mixture of deeply personal experiences and a well-researched history of Indigenous people’s treatment in the United Stat...

DATE: Mar 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

C.J. Box returns with new Joe Pickett novel

This newest novel by C.J. Box is No. 24 in his wildly successful series about this special Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett. Set in one of the least populated states in the union, it has a pl...

DATE: Feb 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango native co-writes sweeping novel ‘The Reluctant Conductor’

Tim Turner, Moisey Gorbaty tell tale of family, survival – and music

DATE: Feb 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winner and giant of Native American literature, dies at 89

‘House Made of Dawn’ is considered as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature

DATE: Jan 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Stanley Hotel in Estes Park – inspiration for ‘The Shining’ – is being sold to an Arizona nonprofit

Part of plan is to build long-awaited Stanley Film Center

DATE: Dec 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Music fans: Think you know The Cure?

New book, ‘Curepedia,’ gives readers the A-Z of the iconic band

DATE: Dec 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Books for Santa’s favorite young readers

Stuck for a gift? Here are some suggestions for even the tiniest bookworms

DATE: Nov 30, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

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Photos: Parade launches 2024 Connie Mack World Series in FarmingtonFans line street as players march on Main Damp, overcast weather cooled off the crowd lining Main Street on Friday morning for the 2024 Connie Mack World Series Parade. The hourlong parade began shortly after 10 a.m. in front of an enthusiastic crowd.

Fans line street as players march on Main

Photos: ‘Mini Takes the States’ tour stops in DurangoHundreds of Mini Cooper vehicles occupy Fort Lewis College on Sunday; Participants began the journey in Albuquerque and will finish in Seattle

Hundreds of Mini Cooper vehicles occupy Fort Lewis College on Sunday; Participants began the journey in Albuquerque and will finish in Seattle

Photos: Boxing returns to DurangoAnimus on the Animas: 1st Annual Durango Boxing Classic at the Durango Main Mall on Saturday

Animus on the Animas: 1st Annual Durango Boxing Classic at the Durango Main Mall on Saturday

Photos and video: Going for the gold by devouring piesContestants try their best to win the Oscar’s Pie Eating Contest on Friday in Durango

Contestants try their best to win the Oscar’s Pie Eating Contest on Friday in Durango

Photo: Fireworks light the sky in DurangoDurango celebrates Independence Day on Thursday night

Durango celebrates Independence Day on Thursday night

Photos: Working with woodLocal craftsman uses wood joinery, rather than nails or screws to construct homes and other structures

Local craftsman uses wood joinery, rather than nails or screws to construct homes and other structures

2024 Fourth of July Parade draws crowd Thursday in downtown Durango

Photos: Downtown Durango hosts Fourth of July ParadeDowntown sidewalks were full for Thursday’s celebration

Downtown sidewalks were full for Thursday’s celebration

Durango Rotary Club, Parks and Recreation department host Independence Day events

Law enforcement conducts active threat training at Park Elementary SchoolResidents may see and hear police activity Thursday and Friday

Law enforcement agencies across Southwest Colorado sent officers to participate in active threat training this week at Park Elementary School in Durango. Those in the neighborhood can expect police vehicles parked on the premises, officers in tactical gear conducting exercises inside and outside the school, and signs advising that training is in progress. The sounds of shouting, airsoft weapons and the popping of a starter pistol will also be audible near the school, said Karla Sluis, spokeswoman for Durango School District 9-R.Sluis said that members of the school district’s safety department have gone door-to-door with flyers notifying residents around Park Elementary School about the training.

Hosted by the Durango Police Department and the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, this week’s voluntary training invited officers from law enforcement agencies across a five-county region of Southwest Colorado encompassing La Plata, Archuleta, San Juan, Montezuma and Dolores counties.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office deputy Durango Police Department Deputy Mike Latham, lead instructor for this week's training, said Wednesday and the first half of Thursday were mostly preparatory, teaching officers the school’s layout and devising scenarios, whereas the latter half of Thursday and Friday residents should anticipate some noise as active threat scenarios play out.

Latham said active threat training teaches officers proper protocol during active threat scenarios, especially in densely populated areas where they have become increasingly common.Park Elementary School is not the only Durango School District facility law enforcement has conducted active threat training. Latham said schools lend themselves well to this sort of training because, “It gives us all kinds of doors to work on, different rooms, different scenarios we can run. We can pretend it’s a mall with nice big corridors, we can even pretend it’s an outdoor area in the gymnasium.”Latham has participated in active threat training multiple times in the past and described the drills as exhilarating and nerve-wracking. He said one of the training’s main goals is teaching officers how to manage stress and remain calm with lives on the line.

“I take a pulse oximeter in the morning and get a baseline on their heart rates,” Latham said. “And sometimes, just before they’re about to engage a threat, I say ‘Timeout.’ Put it (the oximeter) on there, and their heart rate’s skyrocketed to 140, 150, 160 just in training.”

Latham said throughout his career active threat training has evolved to become safer for officers and fall in line with increasingly professional police standards.“When I first started we were just running into halls and rooms hoping for the best,” Latham said. “Now the tactic is still to get there, still stop the taking of lives, but tactics are much better than they were 20 years ago.”

Residents may see and hear police activity Thursday and Friday

Walt Longmire returns for new adventure

Scott Graham back with another mystery

Long-distance runner chronicles 460-mile trek, grief in new book

Anne Hillerman returns with new novel

Author’s book ‘The Naming of Horse’ imparts wisdom, unconditional love

Deborah Jackson Taff’s memoir explores life, history

C.J. Box returns with new Joe Pickett novel

Durango native co-writes sweeping novel ‘The Reluctant Conductor’

N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winner and giant of Native American literature, dies at 89

Stanley Hotel in Estes Park – inspiration for ‘The Shining’ – is being sold to an Arizona nonprofit

Music fans: Think you know The Cure?

Books for Santa’s favorite young readers

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