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Fire chiefs consider warning: Mitigate, or else
Aerial fleet ‘paying dividends,’ agency says
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Hey kids, a midway!
Tim Mattfeldt with A Great Northern A’Fair said this year’s carnival, coinciding with the La Plata County Fair, will run from 1 p.m. to about 10:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday…
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Dayplanner Wednesday
Daybreak Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., Durango Community Recreation Center, 2900 Main Ave., 749-6332. Outdoor Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Outdoor Amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main…
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The Blotter
Tuesday 3 a.m. A group of disorderly people were yelling “help” and “run” in the 1100 block of East Second Avenue. At least one arrest as made. Monday 4:50 p.m.…
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Local Briefs
The Ad Hoc Investment Advisory Committee will meet at 4 p.m. Thursday in the President’s Conference Room, 2503 Berndt Hall, Fort Lewis College. For more information, call Peggy Sharp at…
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Durango firefighter helps out in disaster recovery
Breaux Burns departed July 30 to take part in Operation Humble Trooper in Pateros, Washington, as part of Team Rubicon. Burns is a Marines Corps veteran who works for the…
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Jared Polis backs off on ballot drive
Standoff over competing initiatives regarding fracking appears over
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Love it, or hate it, sculpture stays here
Request for larger piece adds $3,000 to its cost
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The Blotter
Sunday 10:42 a.m. A moped was stolen from the 2200 block of West Third Avenue. 11:43 a.m. A woman was removed from north City Market for loitering. She was asking…
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That’s putting in the shoe leather
Jennifer Thurston, right, cheers on Harry Steinberg, an entering sophomore at Durango High School, as he finishes off an 80-mile run at the bottom of the Junction Creek trailhead around…
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Dayplanner Tuesday
Southwest Old Growth Forest Conference, 9 a.m. start, Community Concert Hall, Fort Lewis College, visit http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/swogf to register. Tuesdays Traveling Yard/Gardening Support, 10 a.m., rotating locations, [email protected]. Ceremony to recognize…
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Local Briefs
Road work will take place on Red Mountain Pass from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Thursday. Work will include building up and reinforcing shoulders using recycled dirt material. There…
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Ain’t no mountain too high for these Durango Demons
DHS cross country raises travel money
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Dayplanner Monday
Free admission to Colorado State Parks, http://cpw.state.co.us. Outdoor Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Outdoor Amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Southwest Old Growth Forest…
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What do you think of this art?
‘Arc of History’ at U.S. 550/160 intersection by Pennsylvania artist
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Local Briefs
The Pine River Library will show the film “Divergent” on Saturday. The movie will follow the library’s regular Second Saturday program with games for teens, starting at 6:30 p.m. Teens…
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Sunday Dayplanner
Durango Flea Market, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Mushroom foray/class, by Chris Ricci of Majesty Mushrooms, 3 p.m., Durango Natural Foods, 575 East Eighth Ave.,…
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Breakfast of champions: Competitors try the tri
But for 72 energetic athletes, they started the day with a 500-yard swim, a 13-mile bicycle ride and a 5-kilometer run in the 11th annual Durango Parks and Recreation Triathlon.…
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Airport’s growing pains
Should Durango-La Plata County expand existing terminal? Or build a new one?