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Kiddo kryptonite
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Kiddo kryptonite

January 26, 2015

Karate instructor instills self-control, confidence

Monday was warm, but it wasn’t record warm
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Monday was warm, but it wasn’t record warm

January 26, 2015

It was the warmest temperature recorded for the date at the airport in observations dating to 1996. The airport recorded 51 degrees in 2002 and 2014, according to the National…

Bluebird day for jibbing
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Bluebird day for jibbing

January 26, 2015

With school out for a teacher-development day Monday, 12-year-old Peyton Bryant knew how to spend his free time: snowboarding with buddies at Chapman Hill. The National Weather Service forecasts only…

Eye in the sky
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Eye in the sky

January 26, 2015

Mike Willing, with the Colorado Department of Transportation, rinses a traffic camera cover just south of Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort on U.S. Highway 550 on Monday. The camera was…

Got your costume? Get your name
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Got your costume? Get your name

January 26, 2015

Snowdown participants aren’t really ready for Steampunk Snowdown 2015, which starts Wednesday, until they determine their steampunk name using this chart.Courtesy of www.spottedhound.blogspot.com But you’re not really ready until you’ve…

Thirty employers at FLC spring job fair
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Thirty employers at FLC spring job fair

January 26, 2015

Fort Lewis College senior Brent Walsh and junior Katygene Jackson speak to a management recruiter for City Market, Rhonda Toland, during the 2012 Fort Lewis College Job Fair. The event…

Treasure finder wants to sell
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Treasure finder wants to sell

January 26, 2015

Robert Evers inspects documents and old newspapers recovered from a house along Wildcat Canyon Road that is being demolished. Old Army draft papers, copies of The Denver Post and The…

Tourism Office to discuss 2015 plans
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Tourism Office to discuss 2015 plans

January 26, 2015

The Durango Area Tourism Office will discuss its plans for 2015, including an update on the Welcome Center, on Feb. 4.Durango Herald file photo Executive Director Bob Kunkel and his…

Camino lanes reopen after pole repairs
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Camino lanes reopen after pole repairs

January 26, 2015

A crew from La Plata Electric Association inspects a light pole that was struck by a car in Town Plaza on Camino del Rio that threatened to bring down a…

‘Death with dignity’ to be discussed Thursday
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‘Death with dignity’ to be discussed Thursday

January 26, 2015

The lecture coincides with what Denver politicos anticipate will be a big week for the “death with dignity” movement, with many expecting state Rep. Joann Ginal, D-Fort Collins, to introduce…

Art show to benefit truancy prevention
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Art show to benefit truancy prevention

January 26, 2015

Students instead have been supported through in-school mentoring and counseling for students and their families, said Jennifer Turner, a program coordinator for La Plata Youth Services. La Plata Youth Services…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

January 26, 2015

An informative meeting about the adverse impacts the King II coal mine in Hesperus will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School, 11274 Colorado…

Dayplanner Tuesday
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Dayplanner Tuesday

January 26, 2015

Aging and Disability Resources for Colorado representative will help file tax rebates for state and city, 9 a.m.-noon, Southwest Center for Independence office, 3473 Main Ave., No. 23, 403-1463. DeColores…

Sneer offers satirical Snowdown scoops
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Sneer offers satirical Snowdown scoops

January 26, 2015

This year’s Snowdown Sneer, which can be found at establishments around town, compares and contrasts the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the Arc of History at the intersection of…

Snowdown parade to alter traffic
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Snowdown parade to alter traffic

January 26, 2015

Erika Wilson Golightly of Asa Fire Tribe performs at last year’s Snowdown Light Parade. The 2015 version begins at 6 p.m. Friday.STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald file photo The details: Crews and…

Forget to pay your parking ticket? You’re in luck
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Forget to pay your parking ticket? You’re in luck

January 26, 2015

The city is offering those with overdue parking tickets the opportunity to pay the original parking citations and waive late fees.STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald file photo Anyone with parking tickets issued…

Here’s your Snowdown daily news
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Here’s your Snowdown daily news

January 25, 2015

This year’s edition announced the United Nations had invited newly elected state Rep. J. Paul Brown to address the General Assembly; that Silverton had proudly embraced pollution-based tourism; and that…

Dayplanner Monday
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Dayplanner Monday

January 25, 2015

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. Compassionate Communication Reading Group meeting, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Smiley Building in…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

January 25, 2015

FamilyTime Yoga with Joy Kilpatrick for caregivers with children ages 4 to 10 and families will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 1 at YogaDurango, 1140-A, Main Ave.…