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Future of Durango’s Utilities Commission up in the air
It’s been a rough road for Utilities Commission
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Lawmakers from Southwest Colorado prepare for legislative session
Gold King Mine, health care, wildfires, water on agenda
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Dayplanner Sunday
Meetings and Events Durango Elks Lodge Veterans Committee will serve breakfast, 9-11 a.m. $6/$5, Durango Elks Lodge, 901 East Second Ave. Arts and Entertainment Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m.,…
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Local Briefs
High Noon Rotary to meet Thursday The Durango High Noon Rotary Club will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio. The…
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Durango’s 2016 New Year’s baby arrives
Lilliana Christine Corbin weighs 8 pounds, 7 ounces
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Dayplanner Saturday
Meetings and Events Free wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., The Wine Merchant, 1514 Main Ave., 375-0076. Arts and Entertainment Saturday Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509 East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.…
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PBS program explores role women played at Colorado mining camps
Colorado’s mining camps during the state’s Gold Rush in the late 1800s were no place for a lady. And yet, numerous women and girls lived in the rowdy, rough camps…
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Bayfield considers plan for new fire station, rec center
Cera Stolworthy, 9, attends Bayfield Town Board meetings because she says they’re fun. “She’s our future mayor!” said current mayor Rick Smith. Stolworthy says she might go into politics when…
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Body scanner returns to Durango-La Plata County Airport
Equipment speeds up security checks for passengers, official says
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A winter round at the golf course
Nordic skiers glide over the groomed trails Friday at Hillcrest Golf Club. The National Weather Service predicts mostly sunny skies Saturday in Durango, with a high of 35. Sunday will…
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Veterans committee to serve breakfast The Durango Elks Lodge Veterans Committee will serve breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. the first and third Sundays of the month at the Durango…
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Durango may let businesses provide housing
Planning commission to take up development proposal Monday
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LPEA says voting process was made clear to board members
Electric co-op says timeline explained rate-change process
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Dayplanner Friday
Meetings and Events Durango Early Bird Toastmasters meeting, improve communication, presentation and leadership skills, 7-8:30 a.m., Holiday Inn, 21636 U.S. Highway 160 West, September-May, 749-1741, [email protected], www.earlybirdtoastmasters.org. Sunrise yoga adult…
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GOP presidential campaigns in Durango area lack energy, organizers say
Decision to cancel presidential preference poll blamed
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An irresistible lure
Someone climbed a snow pile and had a little fun rearranging the letters on the Wendy’s sign on Main Avenue on Friday.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
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A little grooming before practice
Gracie Weaver, 15, brushes her horse, Rocky, on Wednesday before her Silver Peaks Equestrian Team practice at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. “We are buried under all this snow. So…
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The Blotter
Durango Police Thursday 12:12 a.m. A woman was lying in an alley in the 700 block of Main Avenue. Wednesday 1:48 p.m. A 55-year-old man passed out, and he was…
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Hesperus Ski Area opens with plenty of powder
Snow base double the depth compared with last year
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Best of the 2015 Police Blotter
January Jan. 7 10:02 a.m. A man trespassed onto someone’s property and dug a hole in the back yard, the 100 block of West Park Avenue. Jan. 31 2:26 a.m.…
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Ignacio library announces classes The Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., will host these programs: Smartphone Photo Management will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Jan. 12. Why and…
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Pay raises coming to local, state officials with new law
La Plata County commissioner questions timing with revenue downturn
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Trash piling up for some rural La Plata County residents
Weather, holidays have delayed refuse collection
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La Plata County eyes transition to new voting system
Part of effort to create statewide uniformity
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The Blotter
Durango Police Tuesday 7:50 a.m. A woman said homeless people were sleeping in an abandoned house in the 300 block of East Third Avenue. 12:05 p.m. A large truck slid…
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300 customers back in power in Ignacio
Damaged equipment caused it, cause of damage unknown
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Eastbound U.S. Highway 160 in Bayfield reopens after crash
Two transported to Mercy as a precaution
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$2M awarded for Cortez hospital project
$14.2M expansion work at Southwest Memorial Hospital expected to start in March