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Thrive! Living Wage Coalition will meet on Tuesday at Fassbinder Park, located at W. 17 St. and Main Avenue. Meetings are open to the public. Updates will begin at 5:30…
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The Durango Botanical Society, in partnership with Bear Smart Durango and AJ’s Greenhouse, will host a Garden Party Celebration from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Durango Public Library…
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Dayplanner Tuesday
Free electric fencing for bears demonstration, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., CSU Extension Office, La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., [email protected] or 749-4262. Managing workers’ compensation costs seminar, noon-1 p.m., Durango…
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Bus-service test begins in Vallecito
The Vallecito Service League and the La Plata County Senior Center will run a 13-passenger bus from Vallecito Church to Durango on May 28, June 25 and July 23 to…
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Your Colo. tax refunds could disappear
Republicans say bill is subverting state constitution
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Setting it straight
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Mancos Public Library, 211 West First St., will offer these programs: “Nepal: Before The Devastation” will be presented at 7 p.m. May 14. This will be a free slideshow presentation…
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Open house planned for north Main Avenue
Ideas for bike, pedestrian changes welcomed from you
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Surfing the San Juans
Anna Fischer, of Surf the San Juans, rides her stand-up paddleboard Saturday afternoon on Ponderosa Rapid at Santa Rita Park.Steve Lewis/Durango Herald
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‘My peers were calling me baby-killer’
Army 1st Lt. George Usinowicz: 1970-71 tour, platoon leader, 65th Engineer Combat Battalion, 25th Infantry Brigade, 4th Transportation Command
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‘It leaves you, but it never leaves you’
Army Capt. Joseph Perino: Late 1969 to Jan. 1971 tour, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, 198th Brigade
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‘Many, many people were happy it was over’
Army 1st Lt. John Malarsie: 1968 to early 1969 tour, military intelligence
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‘Shock and awfulness’
40 years after the fall of Saigon, La Plata County Vietnam War vets recall their service, experiences
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‘You hated to abandon these people’
Warrant Officer Fred Riedinger: 1967-68 tour with the Coast Guard on the cutter Half Moon
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‘Why?’ ‘Was this all in vain?’
1st Lt. Judy Dennis: 1965-66 tour, Army Nurse Corps 85th Evacuation Hospital
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Flower power
Madison Beamer of Durango and friends add touches to a collaborative painting at the Dandelion Festival on Saturday in Rotary Park. Festival coordinator Cody Reinheimer said the event is a…
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Durango to Silverton, hear the whistle blow
First train of 2015 summer season left the station
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DEVO swaps a different kind of whip
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Author and filmmaker, Marie-Rose Phan-Lê will give a book signing and presentation of Talking Story, a memoir based on her documentary about ancient spiritual and healing traditions from around the…
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Dayplanner Sunday
The Assortment Trio, 1-4 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., 247-5792. Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com. Jazz church (experienced musician…
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Dayplanner Saturday
9Health Fair, 7-11:30 a.m., Bayfield Elementary School, 511 E. Mustang Lane, Bayfield, www.9HealthFair.org, 759-3711. Spring Craft Fair to support Four Corners Christian Camp in Mancos, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 255 E.…
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The Blotter
Friday 1:28 a.m. A possibly intoxicated man on a bicycle rode off the pavement in the 21000 block of Highway 160 west. 2:14 a.m. A man called from the 800…