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From 1950s Durango to flood-ravaged creeks: La Plata County ignored flood risks for decades
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From 1950s Durango to flood-ravaged creeks: La Plata County ignored flood risks for decades

President Trump is now talking Putin’s language: Military strength
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President Trump is now talking Putin’s language: Military strength

Recognizing 65 years of the Peace Corps: A bipartisan call to service
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Recognizing 65 years of the Peace Corps: A bipartisan call to service

Our civic duty: Don’t let journalism’s light go out
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Our civic duty: Don’t let journalism’s light go out

The apocalypse is nigh, but not how you might think
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The apocalypse is nigh, but not how you might think

Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not
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Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not

H. Jackson Clark II: A kind heart with open hands wove the best of us together
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H. Jackson Clark II: A kind heart with open hands wove the best of us together

Exploring the world differently: My experience traveling with dementia
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Exploring the world differently: My experience traveling with dementia

Never miss a beat: Staying connected and in the know with the city of Durango
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Never miss a beat: Staying connected and in the know with the city of Durango

Doing our part to keep people safe and bears thriving in their natural environment
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Doing our part to keep people safe and bears thriving in their natural environment

Celebrating our students’ success: A closer look at student achievement
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Celebrating our students’ success: A closer look at student achievement

Our vanishing culture of argument
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Our vanishing culture of argument

Question 1A: Ensuring core services continue and our shared future thrives
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Question 1A: Ensuring core services continue and our shared future thrives

How federal budget cuts are going to affect our community’s food security
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How federal budget cuts are going to affect our community’s food security

Autumn calls: Keeping up the fight for public lands
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Autumn calls: Keeping up the fight for public lands

A budgetary crisis: What happened during the Special Session
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A budgetary crisis: What happened during the Special Session

On the ubiquitous rhetoric of, and short step between, hatred and murder
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On the ubiquitous rhetoric of, and short step between, hatred and murder

Do simple things well, to mow or not, and other retirement musings
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Do simple things well, to mow or not, and other retirement musings

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