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Post office to extend its hours
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Post office to extend its hours

December 12, 2014

Jennifer Sadowski of Durango drops off her 2012 taxes in the drive-thru at the Durango post office. The post office will stay open two hours longer the next two Saturdays…

Herald delivers weather to you
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Herald delivers weather to you

December 12, 2014

Expanded weather coverage is now available at DurangoHerald.com. The page features a five-day forecast, weather webcams, radar and precipitation forecasts, river flow data and a ski report with an updated…

Durango Inn death determined to be suicide
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Durango Inn death determined to be suicide

December 12, 2014

Authorities responded to a man who was found dead at the Durango Downtown Inn on Sunday. The death has been determined to have been a suicide.BRANDON MATHIS/Durango Herald An autopsy…

Let’s talk foreign policy here
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Let’s talk foreign policy here

December 12, 2014

League of Women Voters of La Plata County member Deanna Collins helps prepare the Program Room of the Durango Public Library for the “Legislative Lowdown.” The League of Women Voters…

BLM to burn slash on Animas Mountain
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BLM to burn slash on Animas Mountain

December 12, 2014

Army infantry veteran Mike Bremer with San Juan Public Lands Core lights slash piles in the lower portion of Animas City Mountain in 2010. The Bureau of Land Management plans…

New farm insurance set to roll out
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New farm insurance set to roll out

December 12, 2014

Happy Hill drives a tractor while baling hay southeast of Durango near Colorado Highway 172. Two meetings on insurance available through the Farm Service Agency are coming up for local…

BLM lands to close for firewood cutting by year end
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BLM lands to close for firewood cutting by year end

December 11, 2014

The BLM Tres Rios field office in Dolores announces that as of Jan. 1, firewood cutting will be prohibited until April 16 to protect winter wildlife habitat. Fuel wood permits…

Upper Pine wins financial reporting award
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Upper Pine wins financial reporting award

December 11, 2014

The certification is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting. It represents a significant accomplishment by a governmental agency and its management. An…

Pine River Senior Center lunch menus
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Pine River Senior Center lunch menus

December 11, 2014

Friday, Dec. 12 – December birthdays celebrated – Chicken fried steak, whipped potatoes, country gravy, broccoli w/ cheese, wheat roll, oranges, birthday cake. Wednesday, Dec. 17 – Salad bar, braised…

Bayfield Highway 160 Access Plan nearing completion
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Bayfield Highway 160 Access Plan nearing completion

December 11, 2014

A few dozen landowners and residents attended a Colorado Department of Transportation open house at Bayfield Town Hall on Dec. 4 to discuss the Bayfield Highway Access Management Plan. Discussing…

Valley in Brief
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Valley in Brief

December 11, 2014

Santa Claus will be in Bayfield tomorrow for breakfast at the elementary school. This fundraiser supports Bayfield Early Education Programs, the local non-profit preschool. Breakfast is served from 8 a.m.…

Got Christmas?
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Got Christmas?

December 11, 2014

Breakfast with Santa, craft fair, events at Vallecito taking place this weekend

Calendar of Events
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Calendar of Events

December 11, 2014

Christmas at Vallecito, www.facebook.com/christmasinvallecito SATURDAY, DEC. 13 BEEP Breakfast with Santa, 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., Bayfield Elementary gym. Reservations required by calling Bayfield Early Education Program at 884-7137. Frosty’s…

Share your holiday lights or displays with us
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Share your holiday lights or displays with us

December 11, 2014

These Christmas lights are at the end of Scout Ridge Road. To get there, drive up Florida Road, take a right on Whippoorwill Drive and a left on Mockingbird Valley…

Local briefs
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Local briefs

December 11, 2014

McDonald’s will host “Breakfast with Santa” from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at McDonald’s, 201 West College Drive. Santa will arrive by fire truck. McDonald’s will sponsor free photos with…

Friends of Library has your book-lover’s gift
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Friends of Library has your book-lover’s gift

December 11, 2014

Nancy Peake, president of Friends of the Durango Public Library, usually brings the puppy she’s training to go into the Guide Dog program when she works at the Friend’s bookstore,…

‘Dictionary Santas’ put the mista in mistletoe
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‘Dictionary Santas’ put the mista in mistletoe

December 11, 2014

Going back to at least 2006, the Rotary Club of Durango, High Noon Rotary and Durango Daybreak Rotary clubs have brought an early Christmas to 373 students, primarily third-graders, by…