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Plant-A-Tree holiday certificates offered Plant-A-Tree holiday gift certificates are on sale at San Juan National Forest offices. Each $20 donation to the Plant-a-Tree ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Signs installed at Canyons of Ancients Marcie Ryan and Diane McBride of Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance worked with Acting Visitor Services Director David Sanders and Acting C...

DATE: Dec 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Mesa Verde wants feral horses, cattle out

Wandering animals damage ancient sites, pose risk to humans

DATE: Dec 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

As more people use backcountry, Grand Canyon considers changes

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Most of the millions who visit the Grand Canyon each year take in its sweeping views from along the edge, where they can follow paved trails, grab a bite to eat or ride sh...

DATE: Dec 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Botanical society members attend meeting Recently, Durango Botanical Society members Camilla Potter, Theresa Anderson and Cindy Smart attended the Regional Public Garden meeting i...

DATE: Dec 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Holiday open house at Navajo Dec. 6 A holiday open house will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 6 at Navajo State Park, located at the Colorado end of Navajo Reservoir. ...

DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

The Pacific Ocean is abnormally warm but don’t panic yet

The Pacific Ocean is warm. Very warm. Last week, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center announced temperatures reached 5.6 Fahrenheit above normal in a key section of the Pacific call...

DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Plan would limit drilling on most of Roan Plateau

DENVER – Federal land managers released a tentative plan this week to protect most of the wild and energy-rich Roan Plateau in western Colorado, a step toward implementing a landmark comprom...

DATE: Nov 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Durango Nature Studies to hold film fundraiser Mountain Film on Tour, Nature Studies’ fifth annual fall fundraiser, will take place Nov. 21 at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Se...

DATE: Nov 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Babbitt says conservation starts with conversation at local level

Bruce Babbitt is a former governor of Arizona who served as secretary of the Interior from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Since, Babbitt has become a vocal proponent of protectin...

DATE: Nov 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Library garden receives recognition Durango Botanical Society’s Library Demonstration Garden will be featured in a nationally distributed pamphlet by the North American Rock Garde...

DATE: Nov 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Former Interior secretary Bruce Babbitt presses conservation values

Group quietly strives to preserve lands rich in ecological, cultural attributes

DATE: Nov 11, 2015 | 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

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Mesa Verde wants feral horses, cattle out

As more people use backcountry, Grand Canyon considers changes

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The Pacific Ocean is abnormally warm but don’t panic yet

Plan would limit drilling on most of Roan Plateau

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Babbitt says conservation starts with conversation at local level

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Former Interior secretary Bruce Babbitt presses conservation values

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