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Food trucks get no slack in Durango
City: Tough rules offer fairness to bricks-and-mortar competitors
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Discounts available to library-card holders September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month and the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., is celebrating by partnering with local businesses to offer…
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High-altitude policing
From mine spills to human tragedy, Silverton keeps lawman-author busy
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Cortez code-enforcement actions rise 513%
513 percent increase in citations seen in 3 years
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Ute Mountain Utes consider renewables
Forum explores tribe’s shift from oil, natural gas power
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One heck of a kite
“I can’t wait to just fly around,” said Ryder Okumura of Durango as he practices ground work with his new paraglider Monday at Fort Lewis College. Okumura is an experienced…
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Republican Women hear from economist Southwest Republican Women will host Mark Aspiri, international economist and businessman at a luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 15 at the DoubleTree…
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‘Father of Conservation Biology’ coming to Durango
Biologist Michael Soulé to focus 2 lectures on biodiversity
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Rule-making for marijuana a complicated task
Regulators draw ire from both sides of debate
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Tuesday Durango Dayplanner
Meetings and Events Master’s Men Ministries of Colorado meeting, 6:30 a.m., DoubleTree Hotel Lounge, 501 Camino del Rio, 749-2888. Man to Man Prostate Cancer support group meeting, 6:30 p.m., Durango…
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Antiquated mining law hamstrings cleanups
Dating back 143 years, few mandates exist for reclamation
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Local produce collection to be held The fifth annual Produce Bounty will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 18-20 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall,…
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‘Contanimas’ River
Brad Johnson painted his new nickname for the Animas River on his battered Grumman canoe that has been down the river “at least a hundred times.” Johnson said he’s concerned…
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Dayplanner Monday
Arts and Entertainment Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR 91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org. Open auditions for the 10-Minute Play Festival, 5-7 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., 259-2606,…
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Linking Silverton to the Internet gets rekindled
CenturyLink – and the town – hopes to make good on its promise this fall
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‘Not all mines are created the same’
Minerals in La Plata Mountains mines not equal to San Juan Mountains mines
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Dayplanner Sunday
Meetings and Events Thrive! Living Wage Coalition and Food Not Bombs will hold a Pre-Labor Day Potluck Picnic, 2-6 p.m., Santa Rita Park near the playground area, 426-9638. Heartfest 2015,…
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Wolfwood Refuge to host fundraiser Wolfwood Refuge will have an ambassador wolf from the refuge during Durango’s Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Four Leaves Winery,…
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D’oh!
Matt Thorpe, left, and Stephanie Schuler of Colorado Parks and Wildlife douse a fawn with water in order to free it Saturday afternoon from a fence at the Smiley Building.…
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At Convocation, a ‘charge’ to incoming FLC students
Assistant professor for percussion John O’Neal performs at the Fall Convocation on Friday at the Whalen Gymnasium at Fort Lewis College. He chose a piece that started out simply and…
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Dayplanner Saturday
Meetings and Events Creature Comforts celebrates its 31st anniversary with a free event, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 305 South Camino del Rio, 247-2748. Victorian costume, fabric and accessories sale, 10 a.m.-2…
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Raising school spirit? Not according to 9-R
This screenshot shows the home page of the new website www.durangodemons.com, a commercial website that promises to document the doings at Durango High School – much to Durango 9-R’s chagrin.Ann…
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Monumental ambitions
The Keen Live Monumental Tour stopped Friday at Ska Brewing Co. during its two-month-long tour to collect 100,000 petition signatures to support creating five new national monuments: Gold Butte, Nev.;…