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Beaver dams breached on Hermosa Creek
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Beaver dams breached on Hermosa Creek

July 15, 2014

Breaching the beaver dams will allow treatment of Hermosa Creek tributaries with Rotenone to kill non-native fish, to be followed by the stocking of native cutthroat. One main reason to…

Drunken drivers nabbed over 4th
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Drunken drivers nabbed over 4th

July 15, 2014

Six DUI arrests were made by state patrol officers based in Durango, Capt. Adrian Driscoll said. The office covers mainly Archuleta, La Plata and Montezuma counties. “We put a lot…

Farm incubator open house set for this month
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Farm incubator open house set for this month

July 15, 2014

The incubator program provides training in all aspects of crop growing and marketing for aspiring growers. Visitors will tour the 6.5-acre incubator training grounds. Wear good shoes for walking and…

Dayplanner Wednesday
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Dayplanner Wednesday

July 14, 2014

Daybreak Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., 749-6332. Outdoor Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Outdoor Amphitheater, next to Durango Community Recreation Center,…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

July 13, 2014

The local chapter of Blue Star Mothers is looking to recruit new members to join in supporting the Armed Forces service members, veterans and families of fallen heroes. The group…

Head over heels?
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Head over heels?

July 13, 2014

These two found tubing down the Animas River was better together Monday as one tuber almost flips in a small rapid next to Rotary Park in Durango.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald

Undocumented immigrants seek licenses
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Undocumented immigrants seek licenses

July 13, 2014

The Colorado Road and Community Safety Act, which takes effect Aug. 1, authorizes undocumented residents to obtain a state-issued license or ID card. Minority advocates, however, have said that the…

Dayplanner Tuesday
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Dayplanner Tuesday

July 13, 2014

Smart Driver Safety classes, defensive driving classes sponsored by the AARP Driver Safety Program, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Pine Room, La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., 759-8232. Tuesdays Traveling Yard/Gardening…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

July 13, 2014

Monday 12:21 a.m. A woman called the police to report her intoxicated roommate kicked the trash can in the lower 100 block of Westwood Place. Sunday 10:59 a.m. The manager…

Dayplanner Monday
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Dayplanner Monday

July 13, 2014

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. Family yoga in Oxford, ages 3-93, 10:30 a.m., grass at County…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

July 13, 2014

A “Saturday Seminar” will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Animas Museum, 3065 West Second Ave. Linda Towle will present “Saving the McElmo Creek Flume: Water History of…

A legal gray area
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A legal gray area

July 13, 2014

Colorado marijuana law doesn’t change much for workers, employers who do drug testing

Sorting out legal marijuana
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Sorting out legal marijuana

July 12, 2014

Like it or not, Durango poised to join Colorado’s exclusive club status when recreational pot goes on sale in the fall

Dayplanner Sunday
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Dayplanner Sunday

July 12, 2014

Durango Flea Market, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Arts and Entertainment Art on the Animas, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Santa Rita Park along the River Walk,…