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Meetings and Events FamilyTime Yoga for families/caregivers with children ages 4 to 10, led by Joy Kilpatrick, 10-11:30 a.m. at YogaDurango, 1140-A, Main Ave., www. Breathworkswithjoy.com. arts and Entertainment Irish…
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Sex assault statistics tell varying stories
Experts say data can be misread, create confusion
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Commissioners seek finance applicants The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners is seeking applicants for its Long Term Finance Committee. This committee assists the Board of County Commissioners with…
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Canines follow the felines onto Snowdown’s runway
Durango is, without a doubt, a dog town. So would it really be Snowdown without an event for the beloved animal? After the cats had a spot in the limelight…
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Making art out of SPAM
In some parts of the world, like Hawaii, it’s a delicacy; some people consider it the opposite. SPAM was the highlight of the Durango Welcome Center’s Steampunk Snowdown event Saturday…
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Children shake a Steampunk Snowdown leg
Children and parents kicked off their day at the Steampunk Snowdown Preschool Dance Party on Saturday morning at the Durango Public Library. Linda and Neil Dolder, parents of Audrey and…
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Power restored in Archuleta County
Heavy, wet snow causes power lines to blink and bounce
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Weather takes the air out of Snowdown’s balloons
If you can’t see, you can’t fly. From a frosted field in the Animas Valley, two hot air balloons rose from within a winter fog Saturday morning. Crowds circled the…
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Ice climber falls to his death near Silverton
Mark Miller, 50, of Ouray, was guiding two European clients up a well-known route called First Gully northeast of Silverton when he fell to his death Friday.File photo courtesy of…
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Pole dancing reels in the crowds
It takes a brave soul to dance on a pole in front of hundreds of onlookers. “(My friends) made me do it,” said Bambi Jeter of Lubbock, Texas, and a…
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The ups and downs at Chapman Hill
“The hill doesn’t get any less steep,” said Steve Ilg, who has done the Chapman Challenge Uphill/Downhill Race numerous times in the past. Ilg cools off after running the challenge…
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Twisting the night away
People twisted their bodies into all kinds of shapes Friday night at Moe’s. After several rounds, it came down to Beth Reynolds and Madi Hogarth. In the end, Hogarth proved…
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Dayplanner Saturday
Meetings and Events Free wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., The Wine Merchant, 1514 Main Ave. Arts and Entertainment The MET – Live in HD: “Les Contes D’Hoffmann,” 10:55 a.m., Vallecito Room,…
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Wet and wild steampunk
Did somebody say “slushdown”? Umbrellas were a popular steampunk accoutrement on one of the wettest Snowdown Fridays in recent memory. But the weather certainly didn’t dampen people’s spirits. Mostly, it…
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The Blotter
Durango Police Thursday 10:48 p.m. A man was sleeping on a bench near Appaloosa Trading Post, 640 Main Ave.
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Cover story, major exhibit
The book Tough Men in Hard Places by Durango author Esther Greenfield and Jay Harrison, executive director at the Center of Southwest Studies, is featured on the cover of February’s…
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Steam from floats, rain from sky
Bryan Dear and the Durango Freestyle Wheelbarrow Team wowed the crowd with their precision stunts Friday evening during the 2015 Snowdown Light Parade on Main Avenue.STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald A little…
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Ignacio library to host computer classes The Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., will offer these programs: “Privacy and the Internet” will take place at 1 p.m. Tuesday. “Working from…
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Steamy swimsuits heat up Rochester
With snow falling on the patio of the Rochester Hotel, The Ultra Sexy Steam Swimdown got off to a slow start. Friday’s chilly, wet weather wasn’t ideal for a swimsuit…
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Ore House wins top honors at Waiter-Waitress Race
A beer-balloon to the face. India Downing took one for the team Thursday at the soggy Snowdown Waiter-Waitress Race in the alley behind Steamworks. It was the result of a…