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Seniors Outdoors will host these upcoming events: A group climb to Rio Grande Pyramid (13,821 feet) and The Window (12,857 feet) will begin at 7:30 a.m. Monday. This is an…
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Geologist Christian J. Heine will speak to the The event will occur during the Rotary Club’s dinner meeting at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. With more than 34 years…
Nation & World
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ABOARD THE HDMS THETIS, Greenland – Sailing through fields of large icebergs aboard a Danish naval vessel, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry brought his tour of the Arctic to…
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. – As early as third grade, the Florida nightclub shooter talked frequently about sex and violence, and before finishing high school was suspended for a total of…
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The Durango Arts Center would like to remind the public that tickets for “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” (opening July 1) are available for purchase. Tickets are on sale…
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Geologist Christian J. Heine will speak to the The event will occur during the Rotary Club’s dinner meeting at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. With more than 34 years…
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The San Juan National Forest Dolores Ranger District is extending the public comment period on the draft environmental analysis for the Rico-West Dolores Roads and Trails Travel Management Project. The…
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Marco Rubio confirmed Wednesday that he may reconsider his plans to leave the Senate at the end of this year and run for re-election instead. Rubio told…
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The The closure aims to prevent more trail damage, as well as the creation of unauthorized new routes around the trail in surrounding delicate meadows. A voluntary closure last year…
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WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton brought a close to the presidential primary season with a win Tuesday in the nation’s capital and a meeting with dispatched rival Bernie Sanders, hoping to…
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Pine River Library in Bayfield is offering Self-Defense 101 from 1-3 p.m. June 25. The course will be taught by Shiann Swapp, a purple belt and kickboxing and Brazilian jiu…
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Four Corners Eye Clinic, 575 Rivergate Lane, Suite 212, will host Business After Hours from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Catering will be done by Hot Tomatoes Catering and door…
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A group of fifth-graders from Riverview Elementary School competed in the 2016 Destination Imagination Global Finals in May in Knoxville, Tennessee. The team, named “The Chronicles of Nikki Narwhal,” finished…
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“Michael Bryant Jr.,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said from the Supreme Court bench Monday, “is a man given to abusing women.” A member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana,…
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The city of Durango is promoting Clean Commute Week from Saturday through June 23. There will be daily events, such as free bicycle micro-tunes from San Juan Cycles and free…
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PALO ALTO, Calif. – Stanford University graduating students and women’s rights advocates used the school’s commencement ceremony to again express their anger over the six-month jail sentence given to a…
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All donations made to the Durango Food Bank at www.centurylink.com/fooddrive will be matched dollar for dollar through June 17. The food bank needs to raise money for a building with…
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The Three Springs Neighborhood and Mercy Regional Medical Center will celebrate their 10-year anniversary with a music festival from 1-7 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, at Three Springs Plaza in…
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NEW YORK – The pilots of a solar-powered airplane on a globe-circling voyage that began more than a year ago said their flight over the Statue of Liberty before landing…
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The Four Corners Beekeepers Association, also known as “The Buzz Club,” will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Florida Baptist Church near Elmore’s Corner, 30296 U.S.…
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Four area churches will join forces this weekend for Live Out Loud, an opportunity to worship with hearts and hands. Volunteers from Christ the King Lutheran, First United Methodist Church,…
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Fujimori BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed Friday she hopes that Britain will vote to remain in the European Union in a June 23 referendum that her finance minister…
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DALLAS – A police officer shot and wounded a man Friday outside baggage claim at a Dallas airport after the man attacked a woman believed to be the mother of…
Arts and Entertainment
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The town of Bayfield and the Pine River Library will be hosting a series of community block parties this summer. The events will take place from 6-9 p.m. Thursdays throughout…
Outdoors
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There will be a hike at 8 a.m. Saturday at Cascade Creek. Park by the flume on Cascade Creek and hike to the big waterfall. Group size limit is 15.…
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SAN FRANCISCO – Dealing a blow to gun supporters, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Americans do not have a constitutional right to carry concealed weapons in public. In…
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Common Grounds Café coffee cart will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays through summer at the Durango Public Library. Common Grounds Café runs on the belief that through…
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A meditation-in-nature workshop will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 25 at the Durango Nature Center. The workshop will provide exercises to bring focus, clarity and calm…
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Modi WASHINGTON – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the U.S. Congress on Wednesday that the world’s two largest democracies can anchor stability and prosperity from the Indian Ocean to…
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MADRID – Spanish lawmakers have voted to ban the spearing to death of bulls at one of the country’s goriest spectacles. Wednesday’s decision by lawmakers in the Castile and Leon…