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Ugandan journalist working with The Durango Herald
Nakaweesidu1-i-syn Nakaweesi is a reporter at the Daily Monitor, which is privately owned by the Nation Media, East Africa’s largest media organization. She writes about business and economic affairs. During…
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Weber Canyon burn area to get a bit more green
Colo. Bar Association to sponsor tree-planting project
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Baby on board
“I’m really good at this or I wouldn’t do it,” said Melia Adair, after taking her nephew Elijah Stephenson, 1, for a skateboard ride in the parking lot at Manna…
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Fire agencies work kinks out of their operating plan
mutual-aid agreement’s chief concern: Cost sharing
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Deputy charged with child porn
Sutterdu1-i-syn Jason Sutter, 32, was arrested April 9 after turning himself in and is suspected of having 89 photos of child pornography involving boys on his personal computer, according to…
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Bennet’s bill seeks to treat damaged forests
Measure would force U.S. Forest Service to manage insect-damaged areas more intensely
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County clerk on receiving end of elections-reform attack mailing
Flier’s return address is Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s former law firm
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Blaze contained near Bayfield
No structures were threatened, and the landowner won’t be cited, he said. “The climate (change) and drought are changing the dynamics” of how fires act, Evans said from the fire…
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Garden to honor ex-FLC chairman
Owen, who became chairman of the FLC division of biological sciences during his 24 years at the college, long wanted an arboretum on the campus. “Herbert Owen was a visionary,”…
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Heavy drinking blurs Colo. health
18 percent say they exceed moderation; 21 percent in La Plata
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Cold snap helps rafters
Zach Butler helps prepare for the coming season at Mild to Wild Rafting & Jeep Trail Tours. Alex Mickel, co-owner of Mild to Wild, said trips on the Animas River…
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Yogurt-hauling semi flips near Hesperus
The truck’s driver, Wade Mellon, 64, of Texas, received minor injuries and was cited for an unspecified violation, public information officer Trooper Josh Lewis said. The accident occurred at mile…
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Durangoans run for Earth Day
“This is the best one so far,” said Sally Shuffield, DNS executive director. She said about 25 percent of those running were taking part in the family event. About 60…
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U.S., allies seek to boost Syrian opposition forces
The United States prepared a major boost in nonlethal military aid while European nations considered changes to an arms embargo that would allow arms transfers to the Syrian opposition. But…
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Raising awareness
Members of Feminist Voice, a student organization at Fort Lewis College, and supporters were at the corner of Main Avenue and College Drive on Friday to bring awareness to Sexual…
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Lawmakers on elections: Mail in the ballots
The House also passed bills on gas and oil regulation, workplace discrimination and firefighter unions during a busy day at the end of a busy week at the Legislature. Republicans…
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Woman found dead
The woman was identified as Barbara Rose Calzado. She was found about 5 a.m. hanging in her apartment in the east 100 block of 29th Street, said Joe Farmer, detective…
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Durango man gets six months in jail for sexual assault
marijuana to teenage boys in exchange for sex