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Durango Police Tuesday 10:02 a.m. A man trespassed onto someone’s property and dug a hole in the back yard, the 100 block of West Park Avenue. Durango Fire Tuesday 5…
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Dayplanner Thursday
Meetings and Events La Plata County Commissioner Julie Westendorff will hold office hours, 10 a.m.-noon, Pine River Library Conference Room, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, in Bayfield, 382-6219. Durango High Noon…
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Free divorce, custody seminar available A free “Doing your own divorce and/or custody in Colorado” seminar will take place at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third…
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Tipton backs John Boehner
Tipton U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton expressed optimism for Speaker John Boehner’s re-election and the GOP’s new leadership on Capitol Hill, as the 114th Congress kicked off its two-year term Tuesday.…
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Durango Police Monday 9:25 p.m. A woman was arrested for shoplifting at Walmart, 1155 South Camino del Rio. 11:47 p.m. A black-and-white dog was at large in the 1100 block…
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Can you hear me now? Not yet in Hermosa
Matt Edwards, a data technician with CenturyLink, works on restoring 84 channels that carries land-line phone and Internet in Hermosa that has been out since Saturday night after equipment failure.…
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Driver uses ‘handgun’ in Durango
Road rage descended into a temper tantrum complete with pretend guns Tuesday afternoon along South Camino del Rio. The incident began when one driver was cut off near Walmart. “They…
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Durango woman killed in Calif. cycling accident
Rose Peters volunteered for a nonprofit called Incight, an organization that provides resources to help people with disabilities reach their potential. Peters died Monday after being hit by a car…
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Durango chamber lists awards finalists
Jack Llewellyn hosted the 2013 Durango Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Celebration at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. This year’s Durango Rocks event will take place Jan.…
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Steampunk Snowdown rapidly is approaching
Snowdown, an eccentric brouhaha originally intended to alleviate cabin fever halfway through winter, will celebrate its 37th continuous year. The five-day festival will take place Jan. 28 through Feb. 1.…
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Dayplanner Wednesday
Meetings and Events Kiwanis of the Narrow Gauge meeting, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave., 375-0079. Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of…
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Durango’s councilors back tribe’s water request
Lake Nighthorse, as seen west from Carbon Mountain, was created in part to fulfill water-right obligations to the Navajo Nation the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute…
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Questions surround tax refunds
Carroll DENVER – Leadership from both sides of the aisle in the Senate agree that it is not the Legislature’s place to ask voters to let the state keep surplus…
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Local bounty hunters to be on Animal Planet
Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters Dayson Goetz and Clint Simmons are followed by cameramen as they filmed the show in Cortez in October. The house turned out to be an incorrect…
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Plane crash still under investigation
Two adults from Austin killed on the way to Durango
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Gas, oil operation fines rise in Colo.
Group looking for certainty, clarity and consistency
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Rotary Club of Durango to meet Kim Jirasart, Rotary exchange student from Thailand, will speak about his country to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the…
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State parks taking camping reservations
Mancos State Park has nice views of the La Plata Mountains.Cortez Journal file photo Yes, it’s early January, but Colorado Parks and Wildlife is recommending that those contemplating a summer…
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Dayplanner Tuesday
Arts and Entertainment Super Ted’s Super Trivia Night, 6:12 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St., 247-5792. Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 259-9018. Sports Bayfield High School…