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Questions surround tax refunds
Carroll The conundrum has to do with the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, a constitutional amendment that requires the state to issue refunds to taxpayers in the form of tax credits…
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Local bounty hunters to be on Animal Planet
Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters Dayson Goetz and Clint Simmons are followed by cameramen as they filmed the show in Cortez in October. The house turned out to be an incorrect…
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Plane crash still under investigation
Two adults from Austin killed on the way to Durango
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Gas, oil operation fines rise in Colo.
Group looking for certainty, clarity and consistency
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Local Briefs
Kim Jirasart, Rotary exchange student from Thailand, will speak about his country to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. Jirasart…
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State parks taking camping reservations
Mancos State Park has nice views of the La Plata Mountains.Cortez Journal file photo “Our most popular camping sites fill up six months in advance, so planning now could get…
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Dayplanner Tuesday
Super Ted’s Super Trivia Night, 6:12 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St., 247-5792. Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 259-9018. Sports Bayfield High School boys basketball vs.…
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The Blotter
Sunday 2:03 p.m. Someone reported seeing a Christmas tree in the middle of the road in the 5800 block of Main Avenue. 4:53 p.m. An intoxicated man was passed out…
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Career fair to be held at FLC
Jonathan Latta, assistant professor of music at Fort Lewis College, gives an inspiring career talk to high school students, including Atira Tracy, 15, right, and Reagan Bennett, 15, near right,…
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Celebration of wild weeds to be held tonight
Katrina Blair will speak about her latest book The Wild Wisdom of Weeds at the Durango Community Recreation Center tonight starting at 6:30 p.m.Courtesy of Katrina Blair Blair, Founder of…
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Intersection reopens after crash
Airbags deployed in the crash, which occurred about 12:10 p.m. The eastbound lane of 15th Street was blocked, but the intersection had reopened by 1 p.m. The crash involved a…
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Community college to offer 3-D printing class
Printing out body parts? Cornell University researchers showed it’s possible by creating a replacement ear using a 3-D printer and injections of living cells. Southwest Colorado Community College will offer…
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Trolley begins charging $1 today
The process is similar to riding one of the buses, where you pay once you get on, according to a Durango Transit Center official. A current monthly pass is accepted…
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Workshop offered for businesses seeking federal contracts
Two free workshops will be held on Jan. 15. The session for construction services is from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and from 2 to 4 p.m. for wildland fire services.…
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Here comes the sun
The lifts at Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort carry skiers up the mountain in droves on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Chances for additional accumulations look bleak this week at the…
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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. Arts and Entertainment Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR…
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Herald’s new sports editor a 30-year veteran
Peterson Peterson has 30 years of journalism experience, mostly in sports and outdoors, covering everything from the National Football League, to professional golf, to local high school and college sports.…
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Program helps with child support
Colorado is getting a thumb’s up for its effort to aid parents
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Local Briefs
The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. Art historian and columnist Judith Reynolds will present…
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Best of the Blotter 2014
Herald Staff Writer La Plata County emergency-service agencies handle calls that deal with the comedic as well as the criminal. How else to explain the report of a naked man…
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Dayplanner Sunday
Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com. Full Moon Snowshoe Hike under the Wolf Moon, 5-7 p.m., Haviland Lake and Chris Park, [email protected],…
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If they come, where will they live?
City planners estimate 900 new units will be needed in the next 8 years to meet the current level of growth
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You can help save Silverton’s own ‘Castle in the Sky’
Historical landmark is in need of repair
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Plane crash en route to Durango investigated by authorities
In an email, NTSB public affairs officer Keith Holloway said investigators have documented the scene and examined the aircraft, but there is no determined cause of the crash. Further examination…