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November 25, 2014

The La Plata Electric Association Board of Directors has approved Board Policy 215, AMI Opt-out Program, which delineates the specifics of people eligible to “opt out” of the Advanced Metering…

Fun by the numbers
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Fun by the numbers

November 25, 2014

Finding fun for school kids on holiday break is not higher math. Water plus kids equals fun, regardless of the season. Durango Aquatic Center Life Guards, Mariah Ganey and Paul…

FLC prof wins book awards
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FLC prof wins book awards

November 25, 2014

Gulliford Gulliford’s new Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology published this year by the University of Oklahoma Press won in two categories. The edited anthology won in the Nature/Environment…

Dayplanner Wednesday
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Dayplanner Wednesday

November 24, 2014

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. Bird walk organized by For the Birds, 9 a.m., Rotary…

Dump truck causes Bayfield power outage
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Dump truck causes Bayfield power outage

November 24, 2014

The dump truck was doing construction work and backed into a pole causing the power lines to get tangled together, said Justin Talbot manager of lines and services. While the…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

November 24, 2014

The Kiwanis Club of Durango is joining with Kiwanis members across the world in an effort to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus, a disease that kills one baby every 9…

Daddy’s got you covered
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Daddy’s got you covered

November 24, 2014

With a little help from dad, 5-year-old Bryn Colvin learns to ice skate Monday afternoon during an open-skate period at Chapman Hill’s ice rink. Bryn was at the ice rink…

Dayplanner Tuesday
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Dayplanner Tuesday

November 23, 2014

Terry Rickard, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Super Ted’s Super Trivia Night, 6:12 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St., 247-5792. Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Moe’s,…