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Thursday Durango Dayplanner
Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. “Wise Spending: From worry to joy, healthy budgeting and money management practices” with Matt Kelly, noon-1 p.m.,…
Finding work in a budding industry
jobs similar to other careers, but hold certain allure
New LEDs for this tree
La Plata Electric Association installed about 3,000 light-emitting diode lights Wednesday on a tree next to the Gaslight Twin Cinema. Randy Thrower, with Jackson and Jackson, owner of the property,…
9-R mill levy rate won’t increase
The mill levy was set at 19.09, the same as the current rate. A mill is one one-thousandth of a dollar. In order to calculate what the mill levy will…
Local Briefs
The Old Fort Farm Stand will be on the Fort Lewis College campus from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday. The farm stand will have potatoes, yellow onions, delicata squash, hop…
Water, it’s not just for fighting
First-of-its-kind draft plan looks at projected future shortage
Business seminar to be held
The Durango Public Library program room will host members of the business community who are looking to start their own business. The seminar will take place starting at 8 a.m.…
Water outage planned on College Drive
Crews working on sidewalks discuss the breakage of a waterline in the 1200 block of Main Avenue in 2013. The city will be repairing another line Thursday along College Drive.JOSH…
The Blotter
Monday 4:28 p.m. An intoxicated man was yelling and throwing rocks near the Durango Fish Hatchery and Wildlife Museum, 151 E. 16th Street. He was arrested for obscene conduct.
From a doodle to QVC
The Durango-produced Zymbol and the company’s chief executive officer, Dane Short, will be featured on QVC early Thursday morning. “They only gave us five days notice, so we’ve really been…
Local Briefs
Friends of the Durango Public Library is offering Christmas gift books, as well as the Book Lover’s Calendar for 2015. Each calendar page highlights a different author or book and…
How would you like to pay under $2 a gallon for your gasoline?
some places, Durango comes in at $2.76
Mountain Middle School announces strong test results
STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald file photo<br><br>Students observe the 200 trout eggs kept last year in Dave Farkas’ seventh grade life science class at Mountain Middle School. The school scored well in…
32nd St. water main break repaired
City crews work on a water main break at the intersection of 32nd Street and Main Avenue last week in front of north City Market.Josh Stephenson/Durango Herald file photo The…
DHS marching band to perform at bowl game
Dennis Costella, 16, plays the mellophone, followed by Triston Dye, 16, playing the trombone, as the Durango High School marching band plays during the DHS Homecoming Parade on Main Avenue.…
Steady as she goes
East Second Avenue is expected to be closed during daylight hours through Wednesday for work at an expansion at Ecosphere Environmental Services at Eighth Street. Kelly Gessele, owner of Western…
3 options offered to expand airport
Business leaders hear solutions, but nothing is cheap