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Bipartisan support for tuition waiver act would secure education for Native American students
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Remembering Mom by surprising moms for Mother’s Day
MacNiven and friends lend a helping hand
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Dayplanner Sunday
Relay for Life will host a fundraiser Mother’s Day breakfast, 8-11:30 a.m., St. Columba Catholic Church, 1800 East Second Ave. Arts and Entertainment Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish…
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Southwest Colorado Coalition for Occupant Protection will offer Alive at 25 defensive-driving classes over the summer. Alive at 25 is an interactive, 4½-hour driver’s awareness course designed by the National…
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Durango Farmers Market washed out Week 1
‘Fasten your seat belt’ for our springtime market season
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Dayplanner Saturday
Durango Bird Club May field trip, 7:30 a.m., Old Fort Lewis College campus in Hesperus. Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank of Durango parking lot at Camino del…
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Because of an unforeseen circumstance, La Plata County Humane Society has canceled the annual meeting scheduled Saturday. The meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to noon July 25 in…
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Weighing in for Sky Ute Fight Night
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The Blotter
Friday 12:17 a.m. A resident in the 500 block of east Eighth Street was concerned about a neighbor yelling threats. 1:32 a.m. An intoxicated man was arrested at the Giant…
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Partisan divides slowed Colorado Legislature
Colorado lawmakers made a final mad dash to the end of the legislative session Wednesday as major proposals were pending in a divided Legislature, where Republicans run the Senate and…
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Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge to resume service
A small rockslide took out a section of track late Wednesday or early Thursday about 14 miles south of Silverton. Train service to Silverton was suspended Thursday and Friday, but…
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Mixed results for governor at the end of the session
A divided Legislature helps on favored bills
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Military Brief
Marine Pfc. Brock Ontiveros has graduated from the Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force Basic Operations Course in Indian Head, Maryland. The United States Marine Corps trains students at…
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Durango businesses impatient with panhandlers
Durango considers ways to limit recent influx
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Lighting up the holiday
Jake Messier, with Green Star LED of Durango, works on a sign with a timely message about Mother’s Day, which is Sunday. The Wagon Wheel Liquor sign in Town Plaza…
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Durango Natural Foods elects new board members
Members of Durango Natural Foods Co-op have elected five new board members.Durango Herald file photo No incumbents stood for election. The new members are Rachael Bennett, Dan Randolph, Jules Masterjohn,…
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La Plata County commissioners discuss farming economics
On comprehensive plan: ‘We need a vision about what we want’
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Durango city boards OK closure of illegal mountain-bike trails
Local nonprofit plans to propose 3 new routes
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Bayfield adopts three-mile plan
State law requires a three mile plan as part of annexing land into town. Town Manager Chris La May said it was motivated by another item on the planning commission…
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Preparations start for wildfire season
Fires, numbers of acres burned rising in San Juan National Forest
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news in brief
Bayfield Town Board Trustee J.J. Sanders will hold a “meet-the-public” session from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, at the Pine River Library conference room. He invites residents and…