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Death And Dying

Lawmakers vote down ‘death with dignity’ bill

Emotions high in effort to allow life-ending medication for patients

DATE: Feb 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Death with dignity’ bill dies at the Capitol

Emotional 11-hour hearing ends with measure’s defeat

DATE: Feb 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Longtime mortuary owner dies at 84

Harold Young helped found hospice here

DATE: Jan 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Terminally ill offered ‘Death with Dignity’

Measure would allow Coloradans to end their lives

DATE: Jan 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Death with dignity’ to be discussed Thursday

Roland Halpern from the national organization Compassion and Choices will discuss the history of “the right to die on our own terms” Thursday as part of Fort Lewis College’s Life Long Learni...

DATE: Jan 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Plane crash still under investigation

Two adults from Austin killed on the way to Durango

DATE: Jan 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango Inn death determined to be suicide

A man found dead Sunday at Durango Downtown Inn died by suicide, La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith said. An autopsy found helium asphyxiation caused the death, she said. He rent...

DATE: Dec 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

No foul play suspected in hotel death

Police are continuing to investigate the death of a 57-year-old Virginia man found Sunday at the Durango Downtown Inn by hotel staff. “We do not suspect foul play in anyway,” Dura...

DATE: Dec 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man found dead at Durango hotel

The body of a 57-year-old man was found in the Durango Downtown Inn on Sunday. The man was found by members of the hotel’s housekeeping staff. Authorities responded about 1:20 p.m...

DATE: Dec 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Healing. Remembering.

DATE: Dec 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wolf Creek boss gives guilty plea

One man died in March after avalanche training

DATE: Nov 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado plans right-to-die legislation

Religious organizatinos say laws facilitate suicide

DATE: Nov 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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