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Transit Center ticket booths back on track
Severed fiber-optic lines to blame for service interruption
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Durango man suspected in trademark violation
Warrant says Chris Skoglund sold unlicensed sports gear
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The Blotter
Wednesday 9:22 a.m. A small black sports utility vehicle hit the SkyRidge Liquor store, 100 Jenkins Ranch Road. 1:10 p.m. A drunken man was combative at Walmart. 4:24 p.m. A…
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Hanson Honda will hold its annual “Fill the Ridgeline for the Echo Food Bank” food drive from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. People should bring non-perishable food items to…
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‘Routine’ procedure grounds flights
Some Durango-La Plata passengers sit through three-hour delays
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Guv: Prop. AA passage means more cabbage in the pot
Proposed budget includes $223 per-pupil school increase
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A glorious finish
Boden Philippon, a fifth-grader at Riverview Elementary School, takes down Old Glory with care at the end of school Wednesday. All Durango-area residents will have a chance to display their…
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Durango Discovery Museum, 1333 Camino del Rio, announces these events: The Four Corners Regional Lego League Tournament will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Animas Valley…
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Educators scrambling after snub from voters
Cortez schools among victims in Amendment 66 crash-and-burn
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Help Durango’s Olympic hopefuls make their journey to Sochi
“On the Road to Sochi,” a preseason rally and fundraiser to support the 2014 Winter Olympic bids of Durango natives Tad Elliott and twin sisters Lanny and Tracy Barnes, will…
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The Blotter
Tuesday 10:59 a.m. A bicycle was found behind Discount Liquor, 489 Florida Road. 11:50 a.m. A man at Albertsons, 311 West College Drive, was sniffing aerosol spray. 12:50 p.m. A…
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Upper Pine fire mill-levy increase squeaks through
The final Tuesday night tally, which will be certified in the next two weeks, had 52 percent of votes in favor of the 5.95 mill increase. It passed by 146…
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Voters favor shrinking Durango School District board
According to the La Plata County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, of 10,359 total votes cast, 77 percent voted in favor, with 23 percent voting against. The measure will reduce the…
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Stumpf, Hillyer, Blatnick win Bayfield school seats
Of five candidates competing for two seats with four-year terms, Timothy Stumpf – the only incumbent – led the pack with 26 percent of the vote. Daniele Hillyer, also triumphant,…
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Palo Verde votes for city water
The pipeline would bring water to each lot in the 18-home subdivision east of Three Springs and Mercy Regional Medical Center. It would connect with an existing city of Durango…
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Three fire districts merging to one
Dan Noonan, chief of Durango Fire & Rescue Authority, cheers the election results being read aloud by Battalion Chief Mike Krupa, center, on Tuesday night at Digs Restaurant in Three…
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Preservation tax will double for Pine River Cemetery district
With a majority vote of just over 58 percent, residents who live within the district boundaries voted in favor of doubling the tax rate that would help preserve the cemetery.…
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Substantial taxes on marijuana cruise to victory
Brian Vicente, chairman of the Yes on Prop AA campaign, right, and campaign staffer Christie Nima look at vote returns on a laptop during an election party Tuesday in Denver.BRENNAN…
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School tax soundly defeated
Spending spree isn't enough to sway voters to raise income tax rate
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Inspecting the votes
Election judges Vickie Murray, left, and Marilyn Sandstrom conduct a “voter-intention” inspection of ballots Tuesday. Meanwhile, La Plata County Clerk and Recorder Tiffany Parker, upper right, answers a question from…