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FLC applications up 50 percent
Overall, freshmen applications were up 50 percent as of Feb. 24, according to an email from Andrew Burns, FLC’s director of admission. Applications from American Indian students were up 70…
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Rain today, snow tomorrow
Tom Brewer was able to find a dry spot underneath a pine tree while providing security on a rainy Thursday afternoon at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad &…
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Local Briefs
The La Plata County Treasurer’s Office will be closed to the public Wednesday to allow employees to participate in a workshop. The office employees will be working to make the…
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Trees on fire being monitored
“We believe it’s a lightning strike, our first of the year,” said Fire Marshal Karola Hanks, with Durango Fire Protection District. “It’s raining extremely hard right now in a very…
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Dayplanner Friday
Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Durango Early Bird Toastmasters meeting, improve communication, presentation and leadership…
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Walmart bus stop changing
The Durango Transit bus stop in front of Walmart is scheduled to move April 1. The move will ease the congested situation pictured here from 2014.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file photo…
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Swinging into spring
Without a care in the world except for maybe a passing rain shower, kids swing Thursday at Santa Rita Park. From left, David Keitz of Bayfield pushes his 2-year old…
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Beer and wine in grocery stores?
Several are hesitant to raise a glass to just such an effort
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Durango Nordic Center closes for the season
Lyra Parker powers up a hill while skate skiing at The Nordic Center at Purgatory Resort in 2011. The center offers 21 kilometers of groomed trails for classic skiing and…
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State lawmakers urge opening of Lake Nighthorse
U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Cory Gardner, R-Colo.; and Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, recently penned a letter to Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan López requesting open access to Lake…
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Iron Horse Inn accounts differ
Shooting suspects recount fatal encounter to Durango police
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Construction-defect bill clears panel
Measure aims to curb lawsuits, spur affordable housing
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Family in crash is ID’d
Durango Fire Protection District firefighters work to free a child who is pinned after a Chevrolet Tahoe slammed into a traffic light pole at U.S. Highway 160/550 and River Road…
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LPEA’s ties to trade group questioned
member: National co-op relies too heavily on coal power
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Ag Day in Legislature features local food
Cortez, Expo underway at Montezuma County Fairgrounds
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Local sales-tax revenues are up
January sales-tax revenues were even stronger, showing a 7.5 percent gain, compared with January 2014. The Business Improvement District had particularly good news. The Central Business District in January brought…
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Dayplanner Thursday
Durango High Noon Rotary Club meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Kinship meeting, a…
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Local Briefs
Native Roots Garden Center will host a free soil and soil-amendments class at noon Saturday at 26266 U.S. Highway 160. Participants will learn about local soils, soil science and soil…
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A blooming artist
Amaya Winn, 3, celebrates her creation of a painted egg carton that will be used as part of a seedling kit for a fundraiser for her school, River Mist Preschool…
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The Blotter
Wednesday 12:55 a.m. Police issued a warning to an older man who was camping in truck parked at a motel in the 21000 block of U.S. Highway 160, west of…