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Eighth-graders prepare for higher education
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Eighth-graders prepare for higher education

May 7, 2015

Furyu Nancy Schroeder, a Zen Buddhist priest from Green Gulch Farm Zen Center near Muir Beach, California, delivered the keynote address to eighth-grade girls Thursday at an orientation to prepare…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

May 7, 2015

The Durango/La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave., is offering Chair Yoga from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays. Participants will learn balance and mind-body connection. Class includes stretching and chair…

Feel free to pray
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Feel free to pray

May 7, 2015

The Rev. Kevin Novack of St. Columba Catholic Church delivers the Prayer for Education on Thursday to an audience of about 75 worshippers. Residents gathered at the La Plata County…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

May 7, 2015

Thursday 2:49 a.m. An intoxicated man – one of the regulars, according to an employee – showed up at the minimart in the 600 block of Camino del Rio. 6:06…

Dayplanner Friday
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Dayplanner Friday

May 7, 2015

Community Health Action Coalition meeting, 8-9:30 a.m., Sunlight Room, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., 799-0218. “Memoirs” writing group meeting, 1:15 p.m., Durango-La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave,…

School gets a scare
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School gets a scare

May 7, 2015

Gas leak temporarily shuts down Bayfield Primary School

Axis Health gains a $541,000 grant
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Axis Health gains a $541,000 grant

May 6, 2015

Heath On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced more than $101 million in grants to health centers, including more than $541,000 to Southwest Colorado Mental Health…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

May 6, 2015

A free “Doing Your Own Divorce and/or Custody in Colorado” seminar will take place at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. The seminar will be…

Dayplanner Thursday
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Dayplanner Thursday

May 6, 2015

Animas-La Plata Project negotiation meeting, 8 a.m., Western Colorado Area Office, 185 Suttle St., Suite 2, www.usbr.gov/uc/wcao/index.html, (970) 248-0652, [email protected]. La Plata County Commissioner Julie Westendorff will hold office hours,…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

May 6, 2015

Wednesday 12:10 a.m. Laughter and banging woke a woman in the 500 block of East Seventh Avenue. 4:59 a.m. A woman at a west Durango motel in the 21000 block…

Email virus making its rounds
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Email virus making its rounds

May 6, 2015

Several people in the La Plata County email system became infected with a computer virus Tuesday after opening an email from [email protected]. The virus spread to a number of businesses…

Time to clean up, baby
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Time to clean up, baby

May 6, 2015

A baby doll is among the household waste piled up Wednesday morning along the curb of New Mexico Avenue awaiting pickup by the city of Durango as part of the…

Raindrops keep falling
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Raindrops keep falling

May 5, 2015

Wraps and umbrellas were the rule Tuesday in Durango as occasional rain showers moved through the area. More rain is expected in Durango through the week, with Wednesday’s chance for…