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Kicking it
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Kicking it

October 13, 2014

A skateboarder performs aerial tricks, casting long shadows across the Durango Skate Park on Monday afternoon. After dipping below freezing for a few nights, the National Weather Service expects low…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

October 13, 2014

Mancos Public Library, 211 E. First St. in Mancos, will screen the film “GMO OMG” at 6 p.m. Oct. 23. A community discussion will be held afterward about the film.…

Dayplanner Tuesday
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Dayplanner Tuesday

October 13, 2014

Tuesdays Traveling Yard/Gardening Support, 10 a.m., April-October, rotating locations, [email protected]. Rotary Club of Durango meeting, 6 p.m., Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave., 385-7899. “Education Matters: A Candidates’ Forum,” featuring Colorado…

Arrr! LPEA has pirate-themed Halloween for kids
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Arrr! LPEA has pirate-themed Halloween for kids

October 13, 2014

The addresses of the offices are 45 Stewart St. in Durango and 603 S. 8th St. in Pagosa Springs. Suggested age for kids is infant to 12-year-olds. Children must be…

Getting cold? Warming trend starts today
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Getting cold? Warming trend starts today

October 13, 2014

The official low, at the Durango-La Plata County Airport, was 28 degrees, said Jim Pringle, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Junction. An official cooperative weather…

Dayplanner Monday
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Dayplanner Monday

October 12, 2014

“Doing your own divorce and/or custody in Colorado” seminar, 5:30 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 247-0266. La Plata County Board of County Commissioners “On the Road” meeting,…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

October 12, 2014

Applications are being accepted for upcoming vacancies on five Judicial District Nominating Commissions and on the Supreme Court Nominating Commission. Judicial nominating commissioners are volunteers and serve six-year terms, interviewing…

A little family fun never hurt anyone
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A little family fun never hurt anyone

October 12, 2014

Think stick-horse racing, horseback musical poker chairs and bicycle barrel races. The lawn-mower races stole the show. Rumor has it Durango Fire and Protection District Chief Daniel Noonan drives one…

Shockhawks!
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Shockhawks!

October 11, 2014

On home field, FLC stuns second-ranked football team in the country

Dayplanner Sunday
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Dayplanner Sunday

October 11, 2014

Durango Flea Market, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Mesa Verde Paint Horse Club’s Open Western-English Show with added Costume Class, 9 a.m., La Plata County…

Police find 2 missing kids taken from La Plata County
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Police find 2 missing kids taken from La Plata County

October 11, 2014

Hughes Law enforcement for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrested the children’s mother, Kallisha Hughes, about 9:30 p.m. in Alto, New Mexico. She was being held in La Plata County…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

October 11, 2014

Electra Sporting Club will begin burning slash piles on club owned parcels north of Durango this winter when appropriate snow cover has fallen. Operations will take place in the Electra…

And the West is History
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And the West is History

October 11, 2014

“The Spanish Trails Fiesta stagecoach started its daily runs to help publicize the celebration in August of 1964. The stagecoach takes the children for rides free of charge.”Durango Herald file…

Dayplanner Saturday
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Dayplanner Saturday

October 10, 2014

Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot. Bayfield Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Bayfield Roadside Park, U.S. Highway 160. Canines for the Cure, registration, 9-10 a.m., Three Springs…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

October 10, 2014

Thursday 1:10 p.m. A man and a woman shoplifted from Albertsons, 311 W. College Drive. 5:41 p.m. A man in the 1400 block of Florida Road called police to report…

Barkers are legendary
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Barkers are legendary

October 10, 2014

Rod Barker, owner of the Strater Hotel, talks with Penny Spittler, left, aka “Sadie Six-Shooter,” and Leslie Ashcraft, aka, “Fanny Anny,” who are in Durango for the seventh annual Durango…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

October 10, 2014

Alpine Health Solutions will provide a free informational presentation regarding “All-Things Health Care” from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday in program room 1 of the Durango Public Library, 1900 East…