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2-hour standoff ends peacefully
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2-hour standoff ends peacefully

October 8, 2014

No one was injured, said Sheriff’s Office spokesman Dan Bender. Authorities were alerted at 9:20 a.m. by a registered nurse, who took the man’s wife to a second-floor bathroom where…

DATO launches new website
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DATO launches new website

October 8, 2014

The Durango Area Tourism Office will conduct a training session on a regular basis through the end of the year. Partners will receive a unique login on the Industry Partner…

Library provides new scanning stations
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Library provides new scanning stations

October 8, 2014

The scanners are free to those who need to scan documents to email or store digitally. Scanners are available for 30 minutes on a first-come, first-serve basis. Also, users will…

Hearing Thursday on LPEA smart meters
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Hearing Thursday on LPEA smart meters

October 8, 2014

The hearing is at the LPEA office, 45 Stewart St. About 75 percent of LPEA’s 41,000 meters have been converted to AMI, which reads meters electronically. LPEA needs to charge…

AHS students learn about social issues
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AHS students learn about social issues

October 8, 2014

The students were Marley Weaver-Gabel and Tessa Hermesman. Tessa will report about the visits to the student body today, and Marley, editor in chief of the campus newspaper, will have…

Heavy rain had little effect on area reservoirs
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Heavy rain had little effect on area reservoirs

October 8, 2014

Lemon Reservoir, capacity 40,000 acre-feet, was 39 percent full at the end of September, up from 35 percent a month earlier. Vallecito Reservoir, capacity 125,000 acre-feet, was 55 percent full…

Blotter
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Blotter

October 7, 2014

Monday 3:35 p.m. A woman was arrested for shoplifting at Walmart, 1155 South Camino del Rio. 8:16 p.m. An intoxicated man was arrested for urinating on a tree outside Walmart,…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

October 7, 2014

The Colorado Department of Transportation announces these road maintenance projects: One-lane alternating traffic for paving operations and guardrail installation will take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to…

Her moment to shine
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Her moment to shine

October 7, 2014

Riverview Elementary School pre-kindergarten student Sarah Redden poses for her school portrait Tuesday during picture day.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald

Dayplanner Wednesday
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Dayplanner Wednesday

October 7, 2014

Daybreak Rotatory Club meeting, 7 a.m., Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., 749-6332. Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750…

SCAPE accepting applicants for 2015 session
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SCAPE accepting applicants for 2015 session

October 7, 2014

The program is supported by local investors and mentors as well as economic development organizations. Organizations include: Region 9 Economic Development District, La Plata Economic Development Alliance, the Southwest Colorado…

Region 9 welcomes 3 new board members
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Region 9 welcomes 3 new board members

October 7, 2014

Hancock is the administrator for the town of Dolores and will be representing Dolores. Suckla is a Montezuma County Commissioner and Alley serves as a trustee for the town of…

Rapist gets 90-day jail sentence
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Rapist gets 90-day jail sentence

October 7, 2014

Bunion Bryan Bunion, 26, previously pleaded guilty to raping a woman in September 2013 after she lost consciousness at a party in Durango. Judge William Herringer previously rejected Bunion’s plea…

A different view of history
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A different view of history

October 7, 2014

Poetry, film, dance and live music will be the order of the day from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Student Union ballroom. Guest performers will be Sister Outsider…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

October 6, 2014

Mesa Verde Paint Horse Club will have an Open Western-English Show with an added Costume Class on Sunday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Preregistration will open…

I’ll pumpkin you up
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I’ll pumpkin you up

October 6, 2014

Sam West Jr., 2, seizes his opportunity to reach out and touch the season at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad depot Monday. The toddler and his parents, Sam…

Teenager accused of sexual assault on 6-year-old
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Teenager accused of sexual assault on 6-year-old

October 6, 2014

Police responded to a report of unlawful sexual contact of a minor at 9:21 p.m. Thursday on Arroyo Drive, according to a news release issued Monday by the Durango Police…