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Dayplanner Monday
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Dayplanner Monday

April 4, 2015

Meetings and Events Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program will…

Colo. River not helping Calif. drought worries
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Colo. River not helping Calif. drought worries

April 4, 2015

DENVER – Drought-weary Californians can’t expect much encouragement from mountains elsewhere in the West: Snow that fills the Colorado River is lagging, too, officials said Friday. The snowpack in the…

Bayfield: Rebranded
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Bayfield: Rebranded

April 4, 2015

Consultants point out marketing opportunities for a new image

Driver in the rough
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Driver in the rough

April 4, 2015

The driver of a Ford pickup was charged with driving while intoxicated and a hit-and-run, according to officer Dave Smith of the Durango Police Department. The driver, trying to navigate…

Foul play not suspected in gunshot death
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Foul play not suspected in gunshot death

April 4, 2015

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office said on Friday that no foul play is suspected in a shooting last weekend that resulted in the death of Stacy Fuller Pazell of Vallecito.…

A garden in bloom
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A garden in bloom

April 4, 2015

Durango Library Demonstration Garden sprouts local green thumbs

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

April 4, 2015

Driveway standards for county in effect On April 1, driveway standards went into effect for new driveway development in unincorporated portions of La Plata County. The driveway standards were approved…

Dayplanner Sunday
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Dayplanner Sunday

April 4, 2015

Arts and Entertainment Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com. The Producers, 3 p.m., $16/$14, Fort Lewis College Mainstage, www.theatre.fortlewis.edu. Informal tango practice,…

Dayplanner Saturday
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Dayplanner Saturday

April 3, 2015

Meetings and Events Four Corners Back Country Horsemen annual tack and consignment sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., 769-6342, www.4cbch.org. Durango Parks and Recreation will…

A failure to launch
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A failure to launch

April 3, 2015

But recent agreement lays out plan to concentrate recreation on east side of Lake Nighthorse and allow access to shoreline

The Blotter
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The Blotter

April 3, 2015

DURANGO POLICE Friday 1:52 a.m. An intruder grabbed the throat of a man who answered the door in the 3000 block of East Second Avenue. The intruder was arrested.

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

April 3, 2015

DHS Class of 1965 planning reunion The Durango High School Class of 1965 will have a reunion planning meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Elks Lodge, 901 East Second…

Candidates line up for LPEA seats
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Candidates line up for LPEA seats

April 3, 2015

The lines have been drawn to fill four La Plata Electric Association board seats. Two candidates in each of the four LPEA districts have submitted their applications for voter consideration.…

Foul play not suspected in shooting death
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Foul play not suspected in shooting death

April 3, 2015

Pazell The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that no foul play is suspected in the March 28 shooting that resulted in the death of La Plata County resident…