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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

Earth’s atmospheric greenhouse gases hit new high

Measurement fuels climate change worries

DATE: Nov 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Scientists tinker with evolution to save Hawaii coral reefs

COCONUT ISLAND, Hawaii – Scientists at a research center on Hawaii’s Coconut Island have embarked on an experiment to grow “super coral” that they hope can withstand the hotter and more acid...

DATE: Nov 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Helicopter plucks fossils out of Bisti wilderness

Remains of 70 million-year-old dinosaur require unique removal

DATE: Nov 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Archaeological society announces events San Juan Basin Archaeological Society announces upcoming events: The group will meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Lyceum at the Cen...

DATE: Nov 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Youths across U.S. suing to push government on climate change

SEATTLE – They can’t vote yet, but dozens of young people want a say in the planet’s future, so minors nationwide have been suing states and the federal government in recent years to push ac...

DATE: Nov 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

UN climate chief: global emissions pledges not enough yet

BERLIN – Governments’ emissions-cutting pledges ahead of a global conference in December are a good step toward achieving an international global warming goal, but they aren’t yet enough, th...

DATE: Oct 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Scientists: Warming ocean factor in collapse of cod fishery

PORTLAND, Maine – The rapid warming of waters off New England is a key factor in the collapse of the region’s cod fishery, and changes to the species’ management are needed to save one of Am...

DATE: Oct 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Human habitation dates back 11,000 years in Utah cave

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah state parks officials are preparing to host a rare tour of a remote west desert cave that holds evidence of human habitation dating back more than 11,000 years. ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Retirement party set for park manager Doug Secrist, longtime manager at Navajo State Park, is retiring, and community members are invited to a celebration party from...

DATE: Oct 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

BLM education guru retires after 23 years

Heath thought she was going to be school principal

DATE: Oct 28, 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

Earth Briefs

Former Interior secretary Bruce Babbitt presses conservation values

Earth’s atmospheric greenhouse gases hit new high

Scientists tinker with evolution to save Hawaii coral reefs

Helicopter plucks fossils out of Bisti wilderness

Earth Briefs

Youths across U.S. suing to push government on climate change

UN climate chief: global emissions pledges not enough yet

Scientists: Warming ocean factor in collapse of cod fishery

Human habitation dates back 11,000 years in Utah cave

Earth Briefs

BLM education guru retires after 23 years

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