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When relationships go bad: Legal intervention
Temporary restraining orders offer space and protection
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Fiesta Days royalty crowned
The Fiesta Days royalty was honored Saturday for poise and skill. While the contestants sparkle, with their styled curls, they are also tough competitors. The junior princess this year, Natalie…
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Fun in the sun
Andrea Gensini plays with her kids, Luciana, 4, left, and Bruno, 3, on Saturday at Santa Rita Park. Monday’s forecast in Durango calls for clouds and sun, with a high…
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Moore’s slightly smaller Strater Hotel
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FLC gets $1.1 million science education grant
Focus is toward first-generation, low-income, disabled students
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Dayplanner Monday
Meetings and Events Outdoor Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Arts and Entertainment Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR…
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Has the Durango housing market recovered?
Median hits $440,000; number sold hits a peak, as well
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‘Doggies’ on Fiesta Days Parade
Durango Fiesta Days Sunday Slack-timed events, 8 a.m. Cowboy Church, 9 a.m., at the grandstands. Pancake Breakfast, 10 a.m. Championship Rodeo, 1 p.m. Rough Stock Challenge, immediately after the championship…
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Battle over heli-skiing plan divides Silverton community
SILVERTON – Inside an old courthouse in San Juan County, the adage “all politics is local” rings true. Sitting and standing shoulder-to-shoulder inside a small room in the county courthouse…
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Dayplanner Sunday
Arts and Entertainment Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com. The Assortment, 1-3 p.m., Trimble Hot Springs, 6475 County Road 203, 247-0111. Jazz…
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City street paving work continues Four Corners Materials will continue street reconstruction and paving work from Monday to Friday. Work is scheduled for: Conejo Drive; Molas Drive; West Third Avenue…
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The Blotter
Durango Police Friday 2:43 a.m. A woman was stocking shelves who does not work at Walmart. Thursday 9:20 a.m. Smoke was coming from a dumpster in the 800 block of…
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Rotary to learn about Sea Shepherd The High Noon Rotary Club of Durango will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio.…
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Dayplanner Saturday
Meetings and Events Free breakfast, 8-10 a.m., Florida Grange, 656 Colorado Highway 172. Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, www.durangofarmersmarket.com. Bayfield Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Bayfield…
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Cutthroat making comeback
Colorado cutthroat trout is making a comeback in the headwaters of Hermosa Creek. The fish, native to Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico, is now found in only about 14…
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Managing the future of Hermosa Creek
Forest Service evaluating campsites, trails, habitat
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San Ignacio Fiesta hits 115 years and counting
The 2014 Fiesta Royalty will pass their crowns on to the new queen and attendants this weekend at the 115th annual San Ignacio Fiesta. First attendant Selena Cook and Queen…
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Passing showers
A car window reflects the image of a pedestrian along Main Avenue on Friday as rain showers moved through the area. The National Weather Service is calling for mostly sunny…
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Disabled Durangoans face local obstacles ADA-compliance issues cited
By Mary Shinn Herald Staff Writer Before the Americans with Disabilities Act passed, Fort Lewis College, the Durango Public Library and the Mercy Regional Medical Center were tough to navigate…
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Dueling chuck-wagon cook-off
Sandy Cooper and John Hargrabe, at the reins, drive their chuck wagon along Main Avenue on Friday to the Durango/La Plata Senior Center. They will participate in the annual Fiesta…
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Colorado River Day puts focus on future
Emerging water plan to set state’s long-term course
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The Blotter
Durango Police Wednesday 8:16 a.m. Someone reported that a juvenile was harassing a homeless person at a trolly stop in front of Spanish Trails Inn & Suites, 3141 Main Ave.…