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Durango looking at pot moratorium

Temporary ban on sales would run to June 2014

July 8, 2013

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County toughens fire rules

Restrictions in effect below 8,500 feet

July 8, 2013

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Sharing fruit harvest from the yard

In partnership with Jim Dyer and Healthy Community Food Systems and Bear Smart Durango, the Colorado State University Extension Office…

July 7, 2013

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Developer pleads guilty to tax evasion

agreement avoids prosecution for suspected real estate frauds

July 7, 2013

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Cat Fire in Archuleta County 40 percent contained

Fork Complex fires had quiet day

July 7, 2013

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Chopper rescue diverted in the end

Helicopter redirected to Silverton after false alarm involving drunken man

July 7, 2013

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In it for the long run

Project aims at high performance at high altitude

July 7, 2013

Regional News

For some firefighters, it’s just in their blood

19 fallen Ariz. hot shots to be honored today

July 7, 2013

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Weekend rain aids firefighters

couple of days expected to be dry

July 7, 2013

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Nomadic blacksmith

Joe “The Blacksmith” Vachon hammers a knife out of recycled steel. Vachon learned to work with steel in art school,…

July 7, 2013

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Keeping Colorado’s kids fit hard to legislate

shows ’11 law having little effect

July 6, 2013

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Budget woes loom over Upper Pine

Outside, inside forces prompt district to seek mill-levy increase

July 6, 2013

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Painstaking care, honor for 19 fallen firefighters

Prescott in silence for men who died in prime of life

July 6, 2013

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Email sent with school ‘top 10’ list

On March 27, Fuschetto sent an email entitled, “MYRA Mains School!!!” to the Colorado Department of Education’s Kristin Lortie and…

July 6, 2013

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Finding of bodies upsets Ignacio school construction

26 uncovered – some century-old remains of Native Americans

July 6, 2013

Nation & World

Colo. fuels technician tests foliage to determine fire danger, behavior

Whitworth, the lead fuels technician for Wildfire Mitigation with the Colorado Springs Fire Department, collects twigs, leaves and other fuel…

July 6, 2013

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Crime makes comeback on campaign trail

Republicans target Dems on safety issue

July 6, 2013

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Cowboy up and away

Zach Thompson and his friends visited the swingset at Fassbinder Park on an overcast Saturday afternoon. A chance of thunderstorms…

July 6, 2013

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Do beetle-killed forests burn faster?

all experts agree

July 6, 2013

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‘Music’ to our ears

27th annual classical music festival fills souls – and local businesses’ pocketbooks

July 5, 2013

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Weather limits fire on West Fork Complex

“There was not much fire activity,” said Mark De Gregorio with the Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team. “The weather has…

July 5, 2013

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Feds advance ‘solar energy zones’ in San Luis Valley

BLM: 304K acres off limits to mining claims

July 5, 2013

Regional News

Lawsuit expands the legal fight over same-sex marriage in N.M.

The lawsuit broadens the legal questions before the state’s highest court about the issue of same-sex marriage. Two Santa Fe…

July 5, 2013

Regional News

Ariz. hot shots lost escape route when fire shifted

A firefighter from the Valyermo, Calif., fire department examines notes and photos left at a make-shift memorial at the Granite…

July 5, 2013