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Resistance is futile: Durango Connect shoots for Oct. 2
That’s when Durango Connect, Take 2, will occur. Durango Connect debuted Sept. 27 last year, with organizers attempting to gather enough people to make a hand-in-hand chain along the seven…
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Fiesta Days schedule
Today 4 p.m. 4D Barrel Race, entry; time only races, 4:30 p.m.; junior barrels open for ages 12 and younger and ages 13-19 afterward. Thursday 9 a.m. Team roping slack.…
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Fawning
A mother checks her baby Monday at Durango Fish Hatchery. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has received reports of people feeding and trying to pet deer in the Durango area. For…
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Water security in a dry land
Durango’s right to 1.6% of Lake Nighthorse water provides options
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Bayfield High breaks ground on addition
Performing-arts center, gym, baseball field expected in September ’14
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Trial underway for man shot by S. Ute police
Wounded Ignacio man faces felony menacing charge
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Local man’s community work stretched beyond plastic bags
Family, friends praise Erich Bussian’s vision
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Louisiana land company nominates BLM parcels
The BLM released the name of the Louisiana nominator, Mark A. O’Neal and Associates, last month, more than three months after The Durango Herald filed a public-records request for the…
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You looking at me?
A moose trudges through a pond near Mineral Creek northwest of Silverton on Friday – offering a rare glimpse of San Juan Mountains’ wildlife to many drivers who stopped to…
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4,500 crosses go missing at Chapman Hill
The crosses were supposed to raise awareness of the scourge of childhood poverty, but police speculate that someone might have raised the stakes to protest religious symbols in a public…
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Man dies of gunshot wound
La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith identified the man as Erich Bussian, 53. The incident was reported about 5:30 a.m. in the 400 block of East Fifth Avenue, she said.…
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Personal prize
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Feds pledge alliance on fire risks
Agencies to cooperate on forest thinning and habitat restoration
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Commission director apologizes to fracking critics
Lepore said they fail to see how ban would affect prices
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Durango gets $1.08M in grants to upgrade wastewater system
The funding will go toward upgrading the sewer system for nutrient removal to comply with state regulations on effluent limits and water quality in the Animas River watershed. Excessive nutrients…
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Sen. Ellen Roberts breaks foot after slipping
The Durango Republican has two stories about how it happened. “In my mind, I was barrel racing. The reality is, it was a slip and fall at home. But I’m…
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N.M. man gets 12 years in prison for methamphetamine
Casaverdu1-i-syn Teddy Gene Casaver, 61, was arrested during a routine traffic stop about 3:45 a.m. March 7 in Ignacio. An officer with the Southern Ute Indian Police Department stopped Casaver…
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Have what it takes to be a ‘Strongman’?
The competition will feature an array of events designed to put even the strongest people to the test. Before the competition ends, bodies will be pushed to the limit, sweat…
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