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Durango Connect film to debut Wednesday
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Durango Connect film to debut Wednesday

May 8, 2013

A documentary about Durango Connect will premiere at 4:30, 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Miller Middle School auditorium, 2608 Junction St. Admission is free. The 10-minute documentary narrated…

Commerce Dept. to audit broadband provider
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Commerce Dept. to audit broadband provider

May 8, 2013

Eagle-Net, which received $100 million in stimulus money to provide broadband service to unserved areas in Colorado, is under fire for having reached only half the schools it agreed to…

Staff walks off job forcing two-day Cosmo closure
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Staff walks off job forcing two-day Cosmo closure

May 8, 2013

Twenty-five bartenders, servers and other employees quit and walked out after executive chef Chris Crowl and dining room manager James Allred were fired. “We were not planning on doing this,”…

Stoop to conquer
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Stoop to conquer

May 8, 2013

Associates of Keller Williams Realty’s Durango office brave Thursday’s rain and passing traffic to clean the shoulder of U.S. Highway 160 in Grandview as part of the company’s National Day…

Park upgrade gets the thumb’s up
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Park upgrade gets the thumb’s up

May 7, 2013

“We’re only a couple of blocks away, so we’re super excited,” said Ken Armstrong, who was out at Fassbinder Park on Wednesday afternoon with his wife, Brenda, and son, Isaac,…

Police seeking suspect in city sex assault
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Police seeking suspect in city sex assault

May 7, 2013

The victim, 26, left a downtown bar Friday night and decided to walk home by herself, she told police. Two men approached her about walking her home, and they stopped…

Man accused in motel choking nabbed
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Man accused in motel choking nabbed

May 7, 2013

Hernandezdu1-i-syn Bryan Hernandez, 35, is suspected of choking his 23-year-old pregnant girlfriend at Days End, 2202 Main Ave., on Monday afternoon. Hernandez fled the motel on foot when authorities arrived…

Family outing
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Family outing

May 7, 2013

A family of geese walked into Camino del Rio about noon Sunday into traffic on the east side of the street. “As I stopped to photograph them, a young woman…

Passing the test
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Passing the test

May 6, 2013

High School prepares to graduate first class

Prepping the links
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Prepping the links

May 6, 2013

Groundskeepers Young Ghun, front, and Dave McMahon were spreading sand on Hillcrest Golf Club greens Wednesday afternoon. McMahon said they were adding sand after aerating the greens to prevent mud…

A rainy week and even …
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A rainy week and even …

May 5, 2013

A pedestrian races along Main Avenue through a heavy downpour Monday afternoon as widely scattered rain showers moved through the Southwest Colorado. The National Weather Service expects a chance of…

Radio ewe
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Radio ewe

May 5, 2013

Bighorn sheep graze on a exposed slope near Coal Bank Pass on Friday. The radio-transmitter collar on the ewe allows wildlife biologists to monitor the herd’s health and movement. The…