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Hunger summit seeks talk on poverty
Roughly 14% in state struggling to afford healthful meals
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Steamworks to celebrate 18 years with cheap beer
Folks enjoy an evening at Steamworks on a recent Saturday.Durango Herald file photo The Durango brewery will offer $2.50 pints and $10 pitchers all day. “We’re rolling back beer prices…
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Retired DHS teacher honored
McLachlan The recipients will be honored Nov. 8 at the National High School Journalism Convention in Washington, D.C. McLachlan retired in May after being adviser for the Durango High School…
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Celebrate San Juan Skyway on Tuesday
The San Juan Skyway is a 236-mile loop of highways through the San Juan Mountains that goes through Durango, Mancos, Cortez, Dolores and Silverton. The meeting Tuesday will explain the…
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Keep ol’ Rover off your bed
Septicemic plague has arrived in county ... and symptoms ain’t pretty
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The Southwest Colorado Genealogical Society will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the La Plata County Historical Society’s Animas Museum, 3065 West Second Ave. After a brief business meeting, Jeannine…
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Dayplanner Monday
Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Family yoga in Oxford, ages 3-93, 10:30 a.m., in the…
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Local maestro of mushrooms leads the way
Chris Ricci takes 30 people on hunt in San Juan forest
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Dayplanner Sunday
Durango Flea Market, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Mushroom Walk with Chris Ricci of Majesty Mushrooms, 1 p.m., Durango Natural Foods Coop, 575 East Eighth…
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Durango High School Class of 1974 will host its reunion on Friday and Saturday. The meet-and-greet will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Derailed Pour House, 725…
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Dayplanner Saturday
Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, www.durangofarmersmarket.org. Colorado State University Football Watch Party, 8:15 p.m., Main Event Sports Bar and Grill, 42 East Animas Road (County…
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Mountain Middle School scores big gift
Donation of half of building’s cost could help school’s expansion
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Prairie dogs: Plague or boon?
Residents may hate them, but businesses dealing with the burrowing rodent are having a banner season
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A better view of the arts
Peter Salinger, Durango Arts Center’s facilities manager and technical director, washes the center’s windows at the corner of East Second Avenue and Eighth Street on Friday.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
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The blotter
Thursday 2:10 p.m. A neighbor was concerned because a baby was crying inside an apartment on Avenida del Sol, and the tenant was not answering the door. 5:02 p.m. A…
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Deadline approaches for farmers to apply for conservation money
Since the Conservation Stewardship Program was launched five years ago, more than 60 million farm acres nationwide have been enrolled in the program through the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Sophia…
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As part of the San Juan Skyway 25th Anniversary Project, a public meeting will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the San Juan Public Lands Center, 15…
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DATO names sales, marketing manager
Andrea Seid, who has a decade of marketing and sales experience with the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, intends to improve DATO’s marketing plans in order to better impact…
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Accident victim in critical condition
Christopher Ellis, 31, driving a 2008 GMC pickup westbound on Highway 160, made a left turn in front of an eastbound 2001 Dodge pickup driven by Michael Maez, 41, of…