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Colo. delegation seeks aid with forest fires
Rep. Scott Tipton says allowing more local control would help
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Schirard: Gun laws obstruct police
Issuing guns to deputies, returning stolen guns presents a problem
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Help from above
A helicopter drops water on a small brush fire just south of Silverton early Wednesday afternoon, while a Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge maintenance car and passenger train wait. The…
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Drug agents dismantle southeast county meth lab
Investigators learned of the lab June 2 from the property owner, who found the lab in an outbuilding. Authorities executed a search warrant June 3 and entered the building. Inside,…
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D&SNG to honor fallen Ariz. firefighters
Harper vows to raise funds for victims’ families
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Cat Fire contained in Archuleta County
More good news came from the West Fork Complex, three fires burning near Wolf Creek Pass in both the San Juan and Rio Grande national forests. “With the premonsoonal moisture,…
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Coroner reports say alcohol a factor in two separate car-accident deaths
David Grant White, 30, died May 10 after his 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee flipped and landed in an irrigation ditch along East Animas Road (County Road 250). The crash was…
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Tastings now allowed in county liquor stores
Commissioners’ vote to allow equal competition among local businesses
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Treasurer is touting millions in savings
Stapletondu1-i-syn “Centralizing the process in which Colorado issues debt is not the most glamorous function, but this is the nuts and bolts of the treasurer’s office. I am excited that…
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Mounties help with 2 rescues
The first rescue occurred about 3 p.m. July 3 when a man rolled an all-terrain vehicle down a mountainside while trying to turn it around about five miles into the…
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Monsoon time
Marie Bedard and her friend Linda Kelley dug out their umbrellas for a walk downtown Tuesday afternoon. “It feels good. I’m ready for rain,” Kelley said. Monsoons appear to have…
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City’s new parking meters will take credit cards or coins
New toll takers getting ready for August debut
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Sharing fruit harvest from the yard
In partnership with Jim Dyer and Healthy Community Food Systems and Bear Smart Durango, the Colorado State University Extension Office has established a Fruit Gleaning Program: a website to match…
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Developer pleads guilty to tax evasion
Plea agreement avoids prosecution for suspected real estate frauds
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Chopper rescue diverted in the end
Helicopter redirected to Silverton after false alarm involving drunken man
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Fort Lewis graduate crowned Miss U.S. International, heads to Tokyo
Andrea Neu, 22, beat 39 other beauty pageant contestants to be named the 2013 Miss U.S. International winner Sunday night in Kissimmee, Fla. Miss International is one of the four…
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Nomadic blacksmith
Joe “The Blacksmith” Vachon hammers a knife out of recycled steel. Vachon learned to work with steel in art school, and he became a blacksmith in a teepee on a…