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Report: More kids eating medical pot – accidentally
Edible marijuana in cookies or candy enticing to children
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Sights of spring
A colt and dam roam a field together near the top of Shalona Hill north of Durango on Monday.JOSH STEPHENSON/Durango Herald
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April DUIs/DWAIs
These are convictions made in April 2013 for driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 percent or higher or by prescription or illegal drugs. Unless otherwise indicated,…
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Bringing heat
Will Hadrick with Southwest Express throws a classic fastball during the Blue Chip Baseball Four Corners Memorial Day Tournament. The tournament brought more than 30 teams from throughout the region…
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D.C. intern brings Capitol to Durango
I’m able to pick Sen. Mark Udall’s voice out of a din, and I can quote some of Sen. Michael Bennet’s favorite one-liners by heart. No, I’m not a stalker.…
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Let the party begin
Iron Horse kicks off with good feelings about personal fitness, economy
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‘Zero tolerance’ for drunken driving, boating
State officials launch summer safety campaign
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Road Runner has limited airport service for disabled
Bus makes four round trips per weekday
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Small brush, big sidewalk
Durango Montessori Elementary School third-grader Ben Stoddard puts a meticulous cleaning to the sidewalks of downtown Durango on Friday morning. He was participating in iClean my Durango, the theme for…
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Atlatl battle
Some Columbine Christian School students held a throwing competition Thursday using their hand-crafted atlatls, an ancient hunting tool used by the ancestral Puebloans and other groups. Students used the throwing…
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Udall seeks grants to help prevent wildfires
Udalldu1-i-syn Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., introduced the addition to the bill Thursday that would allow states to receive federal funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the mitigation of…
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National forest coughs up discarded household goods
San Juan National Forest’s Jim O’Neil and Missy Carter carry away a couch they had pulled up a steep embankment Wednesday near the lower campground at Hermosa Creek. It was…
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Weekend weather forecast favors Iron Horse cyclists
Pleasant weather with partly cloudy skies should last through the Memorial Day weekend, he said. Booth is not forecasting any precipitation. The temperatures will be about 5 to 10 degrees…
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Illness affects Redwine booster
Denise Hess founded Hope for Dylan Redwine shortly after he was reported missing from Vallecito Nov. 19. Since then, she has led search efforts and hosted fundraisers for the Find…
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City to rescue: Businesses rally for Okla. victims
S.W. Whitewater, Glacier Club start local fundraising
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Fodor’s loves Mesa Verde
Mesa Verde was selected for “its enduring mystery,” the guide said.”Why did roughly 5,000 Anasazi simply disappear – eight centuries ago – from the cliffs and mesas that had been…
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Udall, Collins aim for sensible cuts
Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., paired with the Republican senator from Maine, Susan Collins, to reintroduce a bill Wednesday that would allow federal agencies and departments more flexibility implementing sequester cuts.…