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Free parenting workshops available Parent and youth coach Liza Tregillus will offer these free parenting workshops: “Coaching Your Student to a Growth Mindset” will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday…
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Dayplanner Tuesday
Meetings and Events Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County Construction Committee meeting, 10 a.m., Restore Conference Room, 120 Girard St. in Bodo Industrial Park. AARP Durango Chapter No. 1243…
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Watchdog agency may shutter
Associated Press file photo<br><br>Unless Colorado lawmakers decide to renew the state’s Office of Consumer Counsel, the watchdog agency that represents consumers in utility rate hikes will be eliminated July 1.…
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Liberty School no longer displaced
Paul Schwarm of Servpro vacuums one of the rooms inside the building that houses Durango Big Picture High School and The Liberty School on Jan. 7 after melted snow and…
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Search on for missing man
The Ouray County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in locating a man missing since Feb. 3. It’s uncertain if the man, Jin Benny Junge, a veteran of the Danish…
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S.W. Colorado rocks Sunset awards
Sunset magazine has documented the Western lifestyle for decades, but in 2015, it will hold its first-ever Travel Awards program – and two of the four finalists for Best Cultural…
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Hillcrest will open early
The Hillcrest putting area and golf course won’t look quite this green Friday, but it will be open for business, the club said Monday.Durango Herald file photo Hillcrest Golf Club…
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On display: The West, old and new
Skijoring brings horses and skis together for one ‘scary’ ride
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Drug incidents in Colorado schools are on the rise
Uneven state data doesn’t reflect legal pot factor
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Organic-turf expert offers a workshop Chip Osborn, a leading expert on natural turf management and a consultant for the Organic Parks Program for the city of Durango, will give a…
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Dayplanner Monday
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. “La Plata County Teacher Appreciation Day,” discounted…
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Kelble is a ’shoe-in
Golden girl, 10, a classic Winter Warrior – and snowshoe nationals qualifier
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Is Silverton ready for a cleanup?
As mines continue to leach pollutants, some residents reconsider Superfund
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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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Durango dances in defiance ‘because we SASO’
Local resource joins in movement against domestic, sexual violence
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Village at Wolf Creek extends objections The objection resolution period has been extended an additional 30 days, as allowed under U.S. Forest Service regulations, for the Village at Wolf Creek…
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The Blotter
Durango Police Friday 1:44 a.m. An intoxicated man was sleeping at Joel’s Bar, 119 W. Eighth St. Thursday 12:23 p.m. Two women were shoplifting at Walmart, 1155 South Camino del…