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Workforce Development Board to meet Thursday
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Workforce Development Board to meet Thursday

May 4, 2018

Agenda items include a tour of the newly-remodeled east side of the old courthouse, general board business and a tour of Osprey and Hemp Farm. For more information, call or…

Tree spraying to be conducted Monday in Durango
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Tree spraying to be conducted Monday in Durango

May 4, 2018

The contractor will use Carbaryl or Permethrin as a preventive measure to control cedar bark beetle infestations. For more information, call city arborist Greg Sykes at 375-7383.

Comments sought on proposed sale of Trimble site
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Comments sought on proposed sale of Trimble site

May 4, 2018

This comment period combines public scoping and the 30-day comment period required under agency notice and comment regulations. This is the only public comment period that will be offered for…

Center of Southwest Studies announces lectures
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Center of Southwest Studies announces lectures

May 4, 2018

Lectures, free and open to all, will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the Lyceum Room. Dates and presenters include: June 13: “O’Keeffe’s Odyssey to the West” with journalist and…

Firewood permits for sale in Mancos, Dolores
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Firewood permits for sale in Mancos, Dolores

May 4, 2018

Matt Kottenstette slams an ax through a pine log while splitting wood in front of his south side Durango home.Durango Herald file A minimum purchase of $20 allows the holder…

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

May 4, 2018

The 10th annual Dandelion Festival will be held from 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday in Rotary Park, 1565 East Second Ave. This event will celebrate spring, honeybees, wild foods and…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

May 3, 2018

Wednesday 2:23 p.m. Someone called to report that the school bus did not arrive in the 400 block of Main Avenue. 3:29 p.m. A trash can was stolen in the…

Ballet Folkorico to perform for Cinco de Mayo
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Ballet Folkorico to perform for Cinco de Mayo

May 3, 2018

1:30 p.m., Cortez Public Library, 202 N. Park St.5:30 p.m., Dandelion Festival at Rotary Park, 1565 East Second Ave.The dancers will also perform at 2:45 p.m. May 11 at Escalante…

Wildfire Preparedness Day held Saturday
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Wildfire Preparedness Day held Saturday

May 3, 2018

Eighteen Colorado communities will use $500 funding awards from the National Fire Protection Agency to implement projects during the day. For more information about projects, email Ryan Lockwood of the…

Adventist Church to hold talk
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Adventist Church to hold talk

May 3, 2018

The presentation will be given by emergency room doctor and international speaker Dr. Tim Riesenberger. For more information, call 259-3580.

Animas Valley Grange to hold movie night
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Animas Valley Grange to hold movie night

May 3, 2018

Aiden Hurley’s “18 Frames” – voted best family film at the 2018 Durango Independent Film Festival – will be shown. Games will be held after the short film, and chili…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

May 2, 2018

Tuesday 4:01 p.m. An drunken man was sleeping in front of the Main Mall in the 800 block of Main Avenue. 4:44 p.m. Someone called to report a man had…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

May 1, 2018

Saturday 11:12 a.m. Someone was waving a gun out a car window while driving southbound on U.S. Highway 550. 12:44 p.m. Someone called to report a woman was sleeping on…

Family center ends Friday hours
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Family center ends Friday hours

May 1, 2018

The center now operates from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday. It offers a variety of family support services, including parenting classes, a food pantry, health coverage application…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

April 30, 2018

Friday 10:05 a.m. A 40-year-old man was extremely intoxicated and fell off a 2½-foot-tall wall at Albertsons, 311 W. College Drive. Police made an arrest. 10:54 a.m. A man carrying…

Learn how to protect home from fire
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Learn how to protect home from fire

April 29, 2018

Speakers will include Durango Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Karola Hanks, La Plata County coordinator of Fire Wise of SW Colorado Charlie Landsman and Eva Montane, owner of Columbine Landscapes.…

Men Who Grill registration now open
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Men Who Grill registration now open

April 28, 2018

Grilling teams are expected to prepare 500 to 600 small, appetizer portions of their cuisine for attendees to sample. For example, a portion might be one rib, one wing one…

Second Durango Mesa meeting set for Thursday
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Second Durango Mesa meeting set for Thursday

April 28, 2018

Input from residents is needed to identify and plan the recreation, cultural amenities, open space and public purposes for the development – consistent with goals of the city’s 2017 Comprehensive…

Weekly planner for April 30-May 4
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Weekly planner for April 30-May 4

April 28, 2018

Cardio and strength interval class, 9 a.m., Edgemont Highlands Community Lodge, 40 Red Canyon Trail. Durango-La Plata County Airport air carrier consultation meeting, 2 p.m., Durango-La Plata County Airport, 1000…