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Rural America takes spotlight in Denver
Former U.S. president and the ag secretary discuss challenges
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Cleanup help needed for Silverton cemetery The 22nd annual Silverton Hillside Cemetery volunteer work day will be held from 10 a.m. to noon June 20. This is an opportunity to…
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Dayplanner Thursday
Meetings and Events Durango High Noon Rotary Club meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.…
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BLM bans ‘Day Use’ Durango campfires
The Bureau of Land Management is banning fires around Animas City Mountain and the Grandview areas near Durango. “While spring showers and early summer rains have helped alleviate the wildland…
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Boy Scouts rescued from ice near Ouray
The Ouray Mountain Rescue team rescued a group of 43 Boy Scouts and adults Wednesday from an ice field on Richmond Pass between Ouray and Silverton. The hikers from Arizona…
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Crossroads clock downtown is in its own time zone
A prominent clock at the Crossroads Building in downtown Durango is off by more than an hour, and the different faces show different times.Chuck Slothower/Durango Herald Is time melting at…
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Mercury Payments rings out New York Stock Exchange
Senior managers at Mercury Payment Systems joined Vantiv executives Wednesday to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange. The ceremony at the center of American capitalism comes…
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Michael McFarland sentencing set for Friday
Letters call for the maximum term for negligent homicide
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Ballet Folklórico at $800 of $2,000 goal
The Ballet Folklórico de Durango performs around the Four Corners, including this performance during Fiesta on the Mesa at Fort Lewis College in September. The group is trying to raise…
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Durango public transit ridership is down
Gas prices a reason regionally; new trolley fare to blame locally
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FLC’s master’s class shares research
Education is changing, and the teachers who earned the first master’s degrees from Fort Lewis College took a hard look at questions they’ve had about how to change with it.…
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Rafters: Wear your life jackets
“Without the proper life vest, she could have died,” said Capt. Lou Vito with the Durango Fire Protection District after a raft with three people hit one of the Main…
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The Blotter
Durango Police Tuesday 2:55 a.m. A man was trying to get in through a woman’s front door in the 1800 block of West Second Avenue. Durango Fire Monday Firefighters and…
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Politics burn through wildfire discussion
Tipton: Unwieldy federal bureaucracy prevents proper forest management
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Dayplanner Wednesday
Meetings and Events Kiwanis of the Narrow Gauge meeting, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave., 375-0079. Daybreak Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main…
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Wildlife officials link bear to multiple attacks
A few days after he was attacked by a bear May 31, Joshua Barber shows chest wounds he suffered during the attack. DNA from the bear confirms the ursine that…
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Smartphone voting isn’t ready
Technology isn’t yet ready to allow voting on your smartphone, Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams said Tuesday during a visit to Durango. “Right now, the technology isn’t sufficiently secure…
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Former president speaks in Denver
Bill Clinton calls for business-govt. compromise and collaboration
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Trails 2000 to work Medicine, Zipline trails Trails 2000 will host a Build Day on the progressive-style trail maintenance project on Medicine Trail, in partnership with the Trails 2000 Gravity…
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Former postal contractor receives 5 years probation for mail theft
Stacey Jepson, a former janitorial contractor at the Bayfield Post Office, was sentenced to five years of probation on Monday, June 8, after she pleaded guilty in February to one…
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Woman gets probation for mail theft
Stacey Jepson, a former janitorial contractor at the Bayfield Post Office, was sentenced to five years of probation Monday after she pleaded guilty in February to one count of mail…
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Silverton’s unlikely mascot enters twilight years
Townsfolk watch and worry as hybrid wolf gets old and decrepit
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DEVO executive director steps down
Haggart Durango DEVO, a local youth cycling group, is going to be looking for new leadership soon, now that the executive director has stepped down. Executive Director Amy Haggart will…