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Councilors ask for consistent accessory-unit laws
Neighborhood association raises concerns
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Monday was warm, but it wasn’t record warm
Monday’s high temperature of 58 degrees at Durango-La Plata County Airport was unusually warm, but probably not a record. It was the warmest temperature recorded for the date at the…
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Animas High looking for new head of school
Animas High School will start a search this summer for a redefined head of school position. Jake Lauer has held the title since 2013 and additionally is the school’s executive…
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Bluebird day for jibbing
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…
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Eye in the sky
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…
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Got your costume? Get your name
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 Snowdown enthusiasts spend months getting their costumes…
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Thirty employers at FLC spring job fair
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…
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Treasure finder wants to sell
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…
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Tourism Office to discuss 2015 plans
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 Business owners, new or established, are…
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Camino lanes reopen after pole repairs
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…
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‘Death with dignity’ to be discussed Thursday
Roland Halpern from the national organization Compassion and Choices will discuss the history of “the right to die on our own terms” Thursday as part of Fort Lewis College’s Life…
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Art show to benefit truancy prevention
So far this school year, not a single student in Durango School District 9-R has gone before a judge for being chronically absent. Students instead have been supported through in-school…
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Local Briefs
Coal mine focus of Hesperus meeting 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…
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Dayplanner Tuesday
Meetings and Events 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.…
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Sneer offers satirical Snowdown scoops
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…
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Snowdown parade to alter traffic
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 Traffic will be diverted…
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Forget to pay your parking ticket? You’re in luck
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 Durango’s Transit Department is offering…
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Here’s your Snowdown daily news
Copies of the Snowdown Sneer, an annual publication dedicated to perverse reporting about affairs in Durango and beyond, appeared all over town Monday morning. This year’s edition announced the United…
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Get a telescope, see an asteroid tonight
Near Earth: Asteroid’s close flyby wont’ be repeated for 200 years
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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. Compassionate Communication Reading Group meeting, 5:30-6:30 p.m.,…
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Treasure trove revealed, to be sold
... books, documents, periodicals, stamps, titles, tools, toys ...
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Local Briefs
FamilyTime Yoga available Feb. 1 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…
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It’s time to start the conversation
Race relations, our few minorities say, is strained in La Plata County