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Driver airlifted after vehicle rollover
Driver Emilio Hernandez-Martinez was not wearing a seat belt and was seriously injured, said Capt. Adrian Driscoll with the Colorado State Patrol. His passenger, whom Driscoll could not identify, was…
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The Blotter
Sunday 4:04 p.m. Eight men were trespassing and urinating on private property in the lower 100 block of Riverbend Court. 7:56 p.m. A group of people were illegally parking in…
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Dayplanner Monday
Outdoor Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Outdoor Amphitheater, located right next to the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Gentle Yoga in Oxford, 10:30 a.m.,…
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Dayplanner Sunday
Durango Flea Market, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. American Legion Sunday brunch, 9 a.m.-noon, 878 East Second Ave. Arts and Entertainment Butterflies & Flowers at…
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Should we renew the tax?
City wants voters to reauthorize half-cent tax increase to help fund projects
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Local Briefs
The city of Durango announces this holiday schedule for Friday: All city administrative offices will be closed, including: Durango City Hall, River City Hall, Durango Police Station and Substation, Durango…
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Did sheriff’s emails cross ethical line?
Political messages the subject of some of what Schirard sent
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Still building a case
One year since his remains were found on Middle Mountain, justice for Dylan Redwine elusive
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Local Briefs
The Durango Elks Lodge will host a Trustees’ Open House & Dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday in its newly renovated banquet room, 901 East Second Ave. The cost for salad,…
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Memorial ride
About 50 motorcyclists participated in a memorial ride Friday for Brianna Lynn Schmittel. Schmittel, 22, died Wednesday in a motorcycle accident west of Hesperus. Members of Survivors MC, Sons of…
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Sierra Club blasts federal study on N.M. coal operations
Organization calls conclusions ‘failure’
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The Blotter
Thursday 4:59 p.m. Someone reported several rocks in the road on Florida Road, 350 Florida Road. 8:14 p.m. A group of people were shoplifting at Walmart, 1155 South Camino del…
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Dayplanner Saturday
Gentle Yoga in Oxford, 9:30 a.m., County Road 513. Durango Nature Studies’ Nature Center open, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Durango Learning Center in Bondad, for directions visit www.durangonaturestudies.org. Free wine tasting,…
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3 named to Parks and Wildlife commission
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday named new appointees, Dale Pizel of Creede and Alexander Zipp of Pueblo, to the commission that oversees Parks and Wildlife. Also, Robert “Dean” Wingfield of…
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Bennet to attend ceremony in Ophir
Bennetdu1-i-syn After a 12-year effort, 1,145 acres of patented mining claims have been added to the Uncompahgre National Forest in Ophir Valley, according to a news release Friday from The…
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Cyclists raise funds for medical travel for Southwest Colo. kids
Courage Classic race has raised more than $32M in first 24 years
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Colorado adds 67,100 jobs in five-month period
Through a five-month period, the average wage and salary employment for Colorado is 67,100 greater than the same period last year. The majority of new jobs added were in the…
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New BHS grad dies in car crash
Austin Potthoffdu1-i-syn It was standing room only on Monday at Pine Valley Church as family, friends and hundreds of people from the surrounding community came together to remember the 18-year-old.…
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2nd comment period announced on grazing allotments
The analysis area covers approximately 166,700 acres with 13 grazing allotments on the northern edge of Missionary Ridge across the Weminuche Wilderness to the Pine River. The proposed action would…
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Ignacio trustees nix school district request
At issue was School Superintendent Rocco Fuschetto’s request for the town to extend a four-inch gas line from Ignacio Street and the west alley south to Becker Street and then…
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VALLEY IN BRIEF
Entertainer Lipbone Redding will perform and give a kids’ introduction to music workshop Sunday as a fundraiser for the Dancing Spirit Community Arts Center in Ignacio. The kids’ workshop will…
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Downtown Bayfield residential density could increase
He presented the idea to town trustees on June 17. That part of town has three zoning designations – Town Center north of Mill Street, Mill Street itself, and R-10…