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From California to Durango, Olympian Savilia Blunk has always embraced change

Blunk will compete in Olympic women’s mountain biking Sunday

DATE: Jul 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Women’s Olympic mountain biking preview: Blunk long shot according to oddsmakers

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is the favorite for gold

DATE: Jul 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Durango mountain bikers Amos, Blevins and Blunk not attending Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Athletes want to avoid fatigue ahead of Sunday, Monday competitions

DATE: Jul 25, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Christopher Blevins looks for first Olympic medal in second Olympic appearance

Blevins finished 14th in mountain biking in 2020 Tokyo Olympics

DATE: Jul 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Pommeret and Dauwalter win Hardrock 100 races, Durango’s Schlarb finishes third

Pommeret and Dauwalter ran course-record times

DATE: Jul 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Catching up with Colby Simmons

The Durango cyclist isn’t satisfied with his performances this year

DATE: Jul 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Durango’s Eagen finishes 13th in Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder stage race, Thompson retires

Riders competed for five days and rode for 350 miles

DATE: Jul 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Savilia Blunk qualifies for Olympics with World Cup podium in Araxá

Riley Amos and Christopher Blevins also competed in Araxá

DATE: Apr 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Numerous Durangoans compete in Sea Otter Classic

It was the first race of the Lifetime Grand Prix series

DATE: Apr 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Christopher Blevins wins World Cup Cross-Country Men’s Elite race in Brazil

Riley Amos finished first in the men’s under-23 race

DATE: Apr 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Colby Simmons wins youth class in Slovakia

Simmons finishes in the top-20 overall at Tour de Slovaquie

DATE: Sep 22, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

Sepp Kuss wins the Vuelta a España

Team Jumbo-Visma completes grand tour trilogy

DATE: Sep 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

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Photos: Parade launches 2024 Connie Mack World Series in FarmingtonFans line street as players march on Main Damp, overcast weather cooled off the crowd lining Main Street on Friday morning for the 2024 Connie Mack World Series Parade. The hourlong parade began shortly after 10 a.m. in front of an enthusiastic crowd.

Fans line street as players march on Main

Photos: ‘Mini Takes the States’ tour stops in DurangoHundreds of Mini Cooper vehicles occupy Fort Lewis College on Sunday; Participants began the journey in Albuquerque and will finish in Seattle

Hundreds of Mini Cooper vehicles occupy Fort Lewis College on Sunday; Participants began the journey in Albuquerque and will finish in Seattle

Photos: Boxing returns to DurangoAnimus on the Animas: 1st Annual Durango Boxing Classic at the Durango Main Mall on Saturday

Animus on the Animas: 1st Annual Durango Boxing Classic at the Durango Main Mall on Saturday

Photos and video: Going for the gold by devouring piesContestants try their best to win the Oscar’s Pie Eating Contest on Friday in Durango

Contestants try their best to win the Oscar’s Pie Eating Contest on Friday in Durango

Photo: Fireworks light the sky in DurangoDurango celebrates Independence Day on Thursday night

Durango celebrates Independence Day on Thursday night

Photos: Working with woodLocal craftsman uses wood joinery, rather than nails or screws to construct homes and other structures

Local craftsman uses wood joinery, rather than nails or screws to construct homes and other structures

2024 Fourth of July Parade draws crowd Thursday in downtown Durango

Photos: Downtown Durango hosts Fourth of July ParadeDowntown sidewalks were full for Thursday’s celebration

Downtown sidewalks were full for Thursday’s celebration

Durango Rotary Club, Parks and Recreation department host Independence Day events

Law enforcement conducts active threat training at Park Elementary SchoolResidents may see and hear police activity Thursday and Friday

Law enforcement agencies across Southwest Colorado sent officers to participate in active threat training this week at Park Elementary School in Durango. Those in the neighborhood can expect police vehicles parked on the premises, officers in tactical gear conducting exercises inside and outside the school, and signs advising that training is in progress. The sounds of shouting, airsoft weapons and the popping of a starter pistol will also be audible near the school, said Karla Sluis, spokeswoman for Durango School District 9-R.Sluis said that members of the school district’s safety department have gone door-to-door with flyers notifying residents around Park Elementary School about the training.

Hosted by the Durango Police Department and the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, this week’s voluntary training invited officers from law enforcement agencies across a five-county region of Southwest Colorado encompassing La Plata, Archuleta, San Juan, Montezuma and Dolores counties.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office deputy Durango Police Department Deputy Mike Latham, lead instructor for this week's training, said Wednesday and the first half of Thursday were mostly preparatory, teaching officers the school’s layout and devising scenarios, whereas the latter half of Thursday and Friday residents should anticipate some noise as active threat scenarios play out.

Latham said active threat training teaches officers proper protocol during active threat scenarios, especially in densely populated areas where they have become increasingly common.Park Elementary School is not the only Durango School District facility law enforcement has conducted active threat training. Latham said schools lend themselves well to this sort of training because, “It gives us all kinds of doors to work on, different rooms, different scenarios we can run. We can pretend it’s a mall with nice big corridors, we can even pretend it’s an outdoor area in the gymnasium.”Latham has participated in active threat training multiple times in the past and described the drills as exhilarating and nerve-wracking. He said one of the training’s main goals is teaching officers how to manage stress and remain calm with lives on the line.

“I take a pulse oximeter in the morning and get a baseline on their heart rates,” Latham said. “And sometimes, just before they’re about to engage a threat, I say ‘Timeout.’ Put it (the oximeter) on there, and their heart rate’s skyrocketed to 140, 150, 160 just in training.”

Latham said throughout his career active threat training has evolved to become safer for officers and fall in line with increasingly professional police standards.“When I first started we were just running into halls and rooms hoping for the best,” Latham said. “Now the tactic is still to get there, still stop the taking of lives, but tactics are much better than they were 20 years ago.”

Residents may see and hear police activity Thursday and Friday

From California to Durango, Olympian Savilia Blunk has always embraced change

Women’s Olympic mountain biking preview: Blunk long shot according to oddsmakers

Durango mountain bikers Amos, Blevins and Blunk not attending Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Christopher Blevins looks for first Olympic medal in second Olympic appearance

Pommeret and Dauwalter win Hardrock 100 races, Durango’s Schlarb finishes third

Catching up with Colby Simmons

Durango’s Eagen finishes 13th in Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder stage race, Thompson retires

Savilia Blunk qualifies for Olympics with World Cup podium in Araxá

Numerous Durangoans compete in Sea Otter Classic

Christopher Blevins wins World Cup Cross-Country Men’s Elite race in Brazil

Colby Simmons wins youth class in Slovakia

Sepp Kuss wins the Vuelta a España

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