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San Juan National Forest announces acting supervisor

San Juan National Forest Supervisor Kara Chadwick will be serving a temporary assignment in Atlanta as acting deputy regional forester for natural resources in the U.S. Forest Service Southe...

DATE: Sep 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Staff shortages hamper U.S. wildlife refuges

PORTLAND, Ore. – Hundreds of national wildlife refuges that provide critical habitat for migratory birds and other species are crippled by a staffing shortage that has curtailed educational ...

DATE: Sep 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Rusty patched bumble bee recommended for endangered list

PORTLAND, Ore. – Federal wildlife officials on Thursday made a formal recommendation to list the rusty patched bumble bee as an endangered species because it has disappeared from about 90 pe...

DATE: Sep 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

100,000 deaths attributed to forest fire haze in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian forest fires that choked a swath of Southeast Asia with a smoky haze for weeks last year may have caused more than 100,000 deaths, according to new research t...

DATE: Sep 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Snow leopards’ return brings hope to remote Afghan region

WAKHAN, Afghanistan – In a picturesque corner of Afghanistan, a unique conservation effort has helped bring the elusive snow leopard back from the brink and given hope to one of the poorest ...

DATE: Sep 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Hemp studies yield improved crop in Yellow Jacket

Trials demonstrate real potential, researchers say

DATE: Sep 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

‘Art in Nature’ workshop offered at Durango Nature Center

Durango Nature Studies will hold an “Art in Nature” workshop at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 24 at the Durango Nature Center. Program facilitator Emily Schaefgen will help people find artist...

DATE: Sep 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Durango Nature Studies’ auction includes Neil Young tickets, lots more

Durango Nature Studies’ Annual Online Auction is underway through Sept. 26. Local businesses and board members have donated multiple items and services to benefit DNS, and the total number o...

DATE: Sep 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Beekeepers, growers get financially stung by hive thefts

Bee rustlers are driving up the cost of one of nature’s sweetest enterprises: Honeybee hives valued at over $350 apiece are disappearing in large numbers. That figure doesn’t inc...

DATE: Sep 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

This fish may be key puzzle piece to evolutionary transition

The fossils were found in a tangle in the 365-million-year-old Greenland rock: 20 sets of floppy limbs and fish tails thrown together by an ancient catastrophe. Paleontologists said the crea...

DATE: Sep 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Prescribed burn in Cat Creek Road area

Southern Ute Agency Fire Management is planning a prescribed burn Monday through Friday in the Garcia Canyon/Round Meadow area of Archuleta County Road 700 (Cat Creek Road), about 16 miles s...

DATE: Sep 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

National Solar Tour to highlight Durango homes

The American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour will feature a Durango-area solar home tour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 8. The tour will showcase solar innovation and is ...

DATE: Sep 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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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

San Juan National Forest announces acting supervisor

Staff shortages hamper U.S. wildlife refuges

Rusty patched bumble bee recommended for endangered list

100,000 deaths attributed to forest fire haze in Indonesia

Snow leopards’ return brings hope to remote Afghan region

Hemp studies yield improved crop in Yellow Jacket

‘Art in Nature’ workshop offered at Durango Nature Center

Durango Nature Studies’ auction includes Neil Young tickets, lots more

Beekeepers, growers get financially stung by hive thefts

This fish may be key puzzle piece to evolutionary transition

Prescribed burn in Cat Creek Road area

National Solar Tour to highlight Durango homes

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