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Caption This!: ‘Dodge … Not just for rams’
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Caption This!: ‘Dodge … Not just for rams’

June 24, 2018

Courtesy of Mary K. Aigner Durango Herald Facebook reader Melanie Watt Mooney submitted this week’s winning Caption This! headline: “Dodge … Not just for rams.” The second-place caption was: “Nice…

Salt 360 to hold opening event
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Salt 360 to hold opening event

June 24, 2018

Courtesy of Salt 360 The event will feature a ribbon cutting, tours of the studio, information about flotation therapy and its benefits, snacks and beer. The celebration is free and…

Re-Tail Boutique sets grand opening for Thursday
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Re-Tail Boutique sets grand opening for Thursday

June 24, 2018

Unlike consignment stores, Re-Tail Boutique carries premium donated products, provides an upscale shopping experience and all proceeds benefit the animals of La Plata County Humane Society. The celebration will feature…

Weekly planner for June 25-29
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Weekly planner for June 25-29

June 23, 2018

du1-i-syn Summer Grief Program for Kids, 9 a.m., $200, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., 259-2606. Durango Business Improvement District meeting, 10 a.m., 850½ Main Ave., Suite 2. Clean…

Ignacio High School student to attend environment summit
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Ignacio High School student to attend environment summit

June 22, 2018

Egger-Morrisdu1-i-syn Egger-Morris will join 300 students from across the country to participate in a weeklong study of leadership in environmental science and conservation. Egger-Morris was chosen based on academic accomplishments…

Taxpayers can challenge personal property tax
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Taxpayers can challenge personal property tax

June 22, 2018

du1-i-syn The value determined by the assessor is based on information submitted on a Personal Property Declaration Schedule. If people have failed to file a declaration schedule, the value is…

Cafe au Play announces new schedule
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Cafe au Play announces new schedule

June 22, 2018

Playgroups offered at Cafe au Play, in Room 201 at the Smiley Building, 1309 East Third Ave., include: Tuesday Toddlers, 9:30-10:30 a.m. TuesdaysWorking Parents and Littles, 4-6 p.m. Tuesdays and…

Marvel Grange to serve free breakfast
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Marvel Grange to serve free breakfast

June 22, 2018

Pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits, gravy, juice and coffee will be served. The event is free and open to all. For more information, call 588-3386.

The Blotter
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The Blotter

June 22, 2018

Thursday 12:02 a.m. Someone called to report a man had punched their car. 7:31 a.m. Two drunken men were harassing people and asking them for money in the 3100 block…

Steps you can take to achieve fire-wise landscaping
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Steps you can take to achieve fire-wise landscaping

June 21, 2018

Co-existing with nature will come to include not only co-existing with wildlife, but also with wildfires. This Colorado home survived a forest fire with smart landscaping choices.Courtesy photo Or can…

Boathouse restaurant at Electra reopen
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Boathouse restaurant at Electra reopen

June 21, 2018

Lake users are reminded that watercraft and other equipment must be washed down before entering the lake. The Boathouse at Electra, the restaurant at Electra Lake, also reopened. Dinner hours…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

June 21, 2018

du1-i-syn Wednesday 5:44 a.m. People were taking rocks from the landscaping in the 100 block of Rock Point Drive. 8:08 a.m. Someone called to report that a woman was living…

Sunday event to give mental health support
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Sunday event to give mental health support

June 21, 2018

Friends, families and survivors of postpartum depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder and psychosis are invited to meet at 10 a.m. near the outdoor pavilion at Durango Community Recreation Center,…

Free river trips offered to veterans Sunday
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Free river trips offered to veterans Sunday

June 21, 2018

Mountain Waters Rafting will offer raft trips for veterans and their families, with free barbecue in the park. Handicap-accessible accommodations are available. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2K8Pvq3.

Colorado to observe lightning safety
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Colorado to observe lightning safety

June 21, 2018

Residents are encouraged to be aware of lightning and learn how to stay safe when it strikes the ground, which happens more than 500,000 times each year in Colorado. Lightning…

Best bets for the weekend in and around Durango
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Best bets for the weekend in and around Durango

June 21, 2018

du1-i-syn The first Pride march was held in New York City in 1970, one year after the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village, New York. Often marked as the event that…

Workshop for cancer survivors announced
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Workshop for cancer survivors announced

June 20, 2018

The first workshop, “Lifting the Fog: Navigating the Impact of Cancer Treatments on Memory, Thinking and Attention,” will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at First United…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

June 20, 2018

du1-i-syn Tuesday Midnight: Two men were throwing rocks in the 1400 block of East Eighth Avenue. 8:56 a.m. A group of men were drinking alcohol along the riverbank in the…