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Durango Events Calendar: Things to do in Durango and Bayfield

Highlight of the Week For those of you who have ever pretended to conduct along with your favorite song, this one’s for you. As part of History Live Durango, Thomas Heuser, music director of...

DATE: Sep 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include the Green Chile Fest and Totah Festival. The fifth annual Ignacio Chamber of Commerce Green Chile Fest will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Farmers Fr...

DATE: Sep 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango Events Calendar: Things to do in Durango and Bayfield

Highlight of the Week The fifth annual Ignacio Chamber of Commerce Green Chile Fest will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, at Farmers Fresh, 535 Goddard Ave., Ignacio. Compete ...

DATE: Sep 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Farmington Events Calendar: Things to do in Northern New Mexico

The 32nd annual Totah Festival and Indian Marketwill take place this from 10 a.m .to 6 p.m. Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Farmington Civis Center, 200 W. Arrington St. Feature...

DATE: Sep 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include the Youth Fishing Derby and San Juan Brewfest. VFW Post 4031 will host its Youth Fishing Derby from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday Aug. 28 at the post, 1550...

DATE: Aug 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Farmington Events Calendar: Things to do in Northern New Mexico

San Juan Jazz Society will present the Farmington Jazz Festival from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at Farmington Civic Center, 200 W. Arrington St. The event will featuring free live ...

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Durango Events Calendar: Things to do in Durango and Bayfield

Highlight of the Week The 22nd annual San Juan Brewfest will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Buckley Park. Ticket holders receive unlimited tastings fro...

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include Splash & Dash and Race for Riverhouse. La Plata Youth Services will host its seventh annual Splash & Dash summer event from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Rotary ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango Events Calendar: Things to do in Durango and Bayfield

Highlight of the Week The seventh annual Splash & Dash summer event will take place from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday Aug. 21 at Rotary Park, 1565 East Second Ave. The event will featuring 5K a...

DATE: Aug 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Farmington Events Calendar: Things to do in Northern New Mexico

The Mac and Cheese festival returns this weekend from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Berg Park, 400 Scott Ave. Festival goers will have the opportunity to sample a wide variety of mac and cheese r...

DATE: Aug 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include the Party at the Powerhouse and the Steppers “Fun-Raiser” Dance. The Powerhouse Science Center will host Party at the Powerhouse from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at th...

DATE: Aug 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Farmington Events Calendar: Things to do in Northern New Mexico

Theater Ensemble Arts will present Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” beginning Thursday at Lions Wilderness Amphitheater, 5800 College Blvd. The play tells the story of four youths ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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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

Durango Events Calendar: Things to do in Durango and Bayfield

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Durango Events Calendar: Things to do in Durango and Bayfield

Farmington Events Calendar: Things to do in Northern New Mexico

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Farmington Events Calendar: Things to do in Northern New Mexico

Durango Events Calendar: Things to do in Durango and Bayfield

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Durango Events Calendar: Things to do in Durango and Bayfield

Farmington Events Calendar: Things to do in Northern New Mexico

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Farmington Events Calendar: Things to do in Northern New Mexico

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