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County poll: Safety needs spur support for tax hikes
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County poll: Safety needs spur support for tax hikes

June 1, 2015

County residents say they will support raising taxes to purchase water in a poll completed in May. La Plata County’s Water Advisory Commission examined whether the county should purchase water…

Website ranks Durango No. 3 small town in U.S.
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Website ranks Durango No. 3 small town in U.S.

June 1, 2015

A bluebird day earlier this year at Purgatory Resort, one of many nearby attractions that no doubt helped Durango be named one of the “Top 100 Best Small Towns” in…

Dayplanner Tuesday
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Dayplanner Tuesday

June 1, 2015

DeColores Civitan Club meeting, noon, call Lon Erwin at 247-1019 for location. Trails 2000 will host Build Days on Medicine Trail, 4:30-7 p.m., park or ride at Horse Gulch trailhead,…

Blasting into spring cleaning
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Blasting into spring cleaning

June 1, 2015

The week’s weather should be ideal for outdoor projects with highs in the high 70s to low 80s and no chance of rain. Michael Richardson and Erika Tyson, both with…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

May 31, 2015

Mercy Regional Medical Center will offer free education to people with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday in Suite 140 of the medical office building at the hospital. People…

Dayplanner Monday
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Dayplanner Monday

May 31, 2015

Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR 91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org. Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St., yoga and a pint of beer for $10, www.skabrewing.com. Chad…

Outdoor Expo continues through Sunday in Ignacio
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Outdoor Expo continues through Sunday in Ignacio

May 30, 2015

The inaugural expo, sponsored by the Ignacio Chamber of Commerce, highlights gear, boats, vehicles and everything for the outdoors. The expo is in the Sky Ute Fairgrounds off Highay 172…

Where you grow up matters
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Where you grow up matters

May 30, 2015

Study: La Plata County kids have higher chance at upward mobility because they grew up here

Duck, duck, Canada goose
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Duck, duck, Canada goose

May 30, 2015

A Canada goose and her goslings ply the waters in an offshoot of the Animas River on Saturday morning at Santa Rita Park, braving the Animas River Days chaos that…

Dayplanner Sunday
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Dayplanner Sunday

May 30, 2015

Women’s Ride Day event, 10 a.m., Mountain Bike Specialists, 949 Main Ave., 247-4066, [email protected]. Arts and Entertainment Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200,…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

May 30, 2015

The city of Durango will work with Pavement Restoration Inc. to perform street surface treatments from Tuesday to June 7. Street parking during the project will be restricted for 48…

Helter Smelter
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Helter Smelter

May 30, 2015

Animas River Days’ 2015 festival makes a big splash

Dayplanner Saturday
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Dayplanner Saturday

May 29, 2015

Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, www.durangofarmersmarket.org. Mulch Mania, free mulch give-away, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., old Van Dal landfill, located about three-quarters of a mile past…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

May 29, 2015

Friday 2:24 a.m. A man in a maroon T-shirt was following a woman in the 700 block of East Second Avenue. 6:37 a.m. A 40-year-old woman in the 100 block…

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Local Briefs

May 29, 2015

The Friends of the Pine River Valley Public Library will hold its annual Book Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 6 in the Community Room of the Pine…