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Cemetery fire being investigated
The Durango fire marshal is investigating a blaze that started early Sunday morning at Greenmount Cemetery. Firefighters responded about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, but they were unable to save the small…
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Archaeologists hear about Florida site The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. Fred Moeller will…
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Dayplanner Tuesday
Meetings and Events DeColores Civitan Club meeting, noon, call Lon Erwin at 247-1019 for location. Rotary Club of Durango meeting, 6 p.m., Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave., 385-7899. Master’s Men…
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Rockslide leads to local train delays
A rockslide four miles from Silverton delayed the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad trains on Friday.Courtesy of Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad After a rockslide across the Durango…
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Building energy code training available 4CORE is hosting a free building energy-code training session from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 23 at Pine River Valley Bank, 1701 Main Ave.…
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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. Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., yoga and a pint of beer…
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Water conservationists target millennials
New website aims at educating Coloradans on the value of H²0
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Durango, calling all small-business entrepreneurs
Zalneraitis A study released Monday ranked Durango as the seventh best place to start a business in Colorado. Durango had a natural disadvantage because it is so far from Denver,…
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Imagining the West series continues Center of Southwest Studies continues its 2015 summer lecture series, “Imagining the West,” with longtime Fort Lewis College music faculty (retired) Linda Mack Berven’s talk,…
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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. Jazz church (experienced musician drop-in session), 6 p.m., Derailed Pour House, 725 Main…
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Bayfield band writes song about Dylan Redwine
Dylan Redwine Local band Carbon Red plans to share a somber song about Dylan Redwine’s death with his mother, Elaine Hatfield Redwine, on Saturday during a July Fourth concert in…
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Colorado ranks 3rd for patriotism
Colorado was ranked third most patriotic state in the U.S. in a WalletHub study, in part because of displays like this when members of the Bayfield American Legion Post 143…
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Dayplanner Saturday
Meetings and Events Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, www.durangofarmersmarket.org. Bayfield Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Bayfield Roadside Park, U.S. Highway 160. Durango Nature Studies’ Nature Center…
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Elks Lodge to offer Veterans Breakfast A Veterans Breakfast will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. the first and third Sunday of every month at the Elks Lodge, 901…
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Fourth of July Schedule of Events
Durango’s Fireworks Show will begin at 9:15 p.m. Saturday.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald file photo Bayfield Events will take place on July Fourth on Mill Street and in Joe Stephenson Park. Saturday…
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Small wildfire tamed in Archuleta County
Lightning sparked the blaze on Southern Ute land