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Last-minute heroics
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Last-minute heroics

October 14, 2014

Daijiro Suzuki, a sophomore history major at Fort Lewis College, scores on the last play of an ultimate frisbee game on Tuesday afternoon at the Fort. The National Weather Service…

Dayplanner Wednesday
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Dayplanner Wednesday

October 14, 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, 8 a.m., Rotary…

Stable budget for library, senior center
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Stable budget for library, senior center

October 14, 2014

The directors for the two organizations presented their budgets and future plans Tuesday night to the La Plata County Commissioners and Durango City Council. In September, the La Plata County…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

October 14, 2014

La Plata County candidates for treasurer Bobby Lieb and Allison Morrissey will visit the Kiwanis Club of Durango’s meeting at noon Thursday at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main…

Alternative Horizons lands grant
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Alternative Horizons lands grant

October 14, 2014

Verizon this year has given $141,000 to similar organizations in the Rocky Mountains, consisting of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. One in three people in the United States is…

Fall festival planned for Three Springs
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Fall festival planned for Three Springs

October 14, 2014

Visitors may feel free to wear a costume. On the agenda will be trick or treating, face painting, cupcake decorating, a pumpkin patch and coloring contest. There will be live…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

October 13, 2014

Monday 11:14 a.m. A man in a large dump truck was seen making sexual gestures towards an elementary school, 3067 Main Ave. 11:39 a.m. An intoxicated woman was falling in…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

October 13, 2014

Sunday 4:21 p.m. Someone reported that a man was playing drums loudly and disturbing the peace at Island Cove (Mobile Home) Park, 485 Florida Road. Saturday 1:42 p.m. Someone reported…

Nursing comes home
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Nursing comes home

October 13, 2014

Navigating health-care bureaucracy poses challenges

Kicking it
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Kicking it

October 13, 2014

A skateboarder performs aerial tricks, casting long shadows across the Durango Skate Park on Monday afternoon. After dipping below freezing for a few nights, the National Weather Service expects low…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

October 13, 2014

Mancos Public Library, 211 E. First St. in Mancos, will screen the film “GMO OMG” at 6 p.m. Oct. 23. A community discussion will be held afterward about the film.…

Dayplanner Tuesday
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Dayplanner Tuesday

October 13, 2014

Tuesdays Traveling Yard/Gardening Support, 10 a.m., April-October, rotating locations, [email protected]. Rotary Club of Durango meeting, 6 p.m., Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave., 385-7899. “Education Matters: A Candidates’ Forum,” featuring Colorado…

Arrr! LPEA has pirate-themed Halloween for kids
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Arrr! LPEA has pirate-themed Halloween for kids

October 13, 2014

The addresses of the offices are 45 Stewart St. in Durango and 603 S. 8th St. in Pagosa Springs. Suggested age for kids is infant to 12-year-olds. Children must be…

Getting cold? Warming trend starts today
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Getting cold? Warming trend starts today

October 13, 2014

The official low, at the Durango-La Plata County Airport, was 28 degrees, said Jim Pringle, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Junction. An official cooperative weather…

Dayplanner Monday
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Dayplanner Monday

October 12, 2014

“Doing your own divorce and/or custody in Colorado” seminar, 5:30 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., 247-0266. La Plata County Board of County Commissioners “On the Road” meeting,…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

October 12, 2014

Applications are being accepted for upcoming vacancies on five Judicial District Nominating Commissions and on the Supreme Court Nominating Commission. Judicial nominating commissioners are volunteers and serve six-year terms, interviewing…