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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
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…
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Animas High looking for new head of school
Anyone with questions is urged to contact board president Melissa Youssef at [email protected] or attend the board meeting Tuesday starting at 5:30 p.m. at the high school, 110 Twin Buttes…
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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 But you’re not really ready until you’ve…
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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 Executive Director Bob Kunkel and his…
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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
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…
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Art show to benefit truancy prevention
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…
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Local Briefs
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…
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Dayplanner Tuesday
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…
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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 The details: Crews and…
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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 Anyone with parking tickets issued…
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Here’s your Snowdown daily news
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…
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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
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…
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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 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.…
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It’s time to start the conversation
Race relations, our few minorities say, is strained in La Plata County