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Power restored to 570 downtown La Plata Electric customers
Sidewalk replacement site point of break
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Keep a weather eye out
Great weather for outdoor work comes to an end today with the National Weather Service expecting a 30 percent chance of rain today turning to snow tonight.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald
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Obama issues veto threat over ski-area water rights
Related measure in Colorado Senate also hits road block
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Eminent-domain fight creates an odd alliance
Tea party, environmentalists battling energy companies
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Friends, peers remember advocate for women, crime victims
Judith Aitken co-founded Women’s Resource Center
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Back from Russia, with love
Tracy, left, and Lanny Barnes will appear at a fundraiser Saturday night.Durango Herald file photo The twin biathletes will be signing autographs from 7 to 9 p.m. to raise money…
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Stage set for Mancos Melt
The proceeds will go to benefit the newly reformed Mancos Valley Historical Society, and event planners hope you will come relive a bit a the Roaring Twenties in a set…
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Planting seeds in Mancos clouds
Marta Nelson pours liquid nitrogen onto a foam target. The nitrogen was used to calibrate the temporary radiometer installed near Jackson Lake on Monday. The radiometer is used to see…
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Dayplanner Wednesday
Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Bird walk hosted by Durango Bird Club, 9 a.m., For…
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Reflections of history
Passengers riding on the morning Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train to Cascade Canyon are reflected in a portrait of General William Jackson Palmer, founder of the Denver &…
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The Blotter
Tuesday 2:30 a.m. A Hillcrest Apartments resident reported a noise complaint and said it has been an ongoing problem, 1000 Goeglein Gulch Road. Monday 7:34 p.m. A large truck was…
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Hey, it’s science
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Durango Nature Studies will host its spring Volunteer Naturalist Training for its Children Discovering Nature Program from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Eoulus Room of the Durango Community…
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Dayplanner Monday
Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR 91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org. Joel Racheff, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150. Ace Revel, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.,…
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Regional school officials steamed about loss of funding
As balance sheets sink, educators look to sway political debate
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Moving dirt
As traffic flows across the bridge on U.S. Highway 550/160, construction crews carry out the dirt work portion of the construction of the underpass between Bodo Industrial Park and the…
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Another feather in Ned Overend’s cap
Overenddu1-i-syn But the Durango mountain-biking legend has struck again. This time it was at Saturday’s inaugural U.S. National Fat Bike Championship in Cable, Wis. Overend won the men’s division, topping…
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Elections coming April 1 for Bayfield and Ignacio
Bayfield has five candidates seeking election to three open seats on the Town Board. Also on the city ballot will be a request to raise the town sales tax from…
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Sister’s Keeper under criticism for funds use
The Department of Justice recently slammed the Our Sister’s Keeper Coalition, questioning the handling and use of nearly $210,000 of taxpayers’ money during the last seven years. “I did the…
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City of Durango makes return to all-green power purchases
Premium price for Tri-State renewable energy
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Where should pot be sold in Durango area?
Regulations to be discussed today; downtown may be off-limits for sales
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Regional champs!!! State tourney starts Thursday
du1-i-syn Game time for the Bobcats is at 10:15 a.m. Thursday against Sedgwick County High School of Julesburg. The Cougars are 17-7 this year and are ranked eighth of the…
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Dayplanner Sunday
Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200. Belle Brunch with Donny Johnson, 1 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150. Informal Tango Practice,…