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Dayplanner Sunday
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Dayplanner Sunday

September 26, 2015

Parade of Homes, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Durango and surrounding areas, durangopoh.com. Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com. RENT, Broadway musical, 2 p.m.,…

Mountain Meltdown
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Mountain Meltdown

September 26, 2015

A crowd of a hundred or so bluegrass fans showed up for the inaugural Meltdown on the Mesa, a fundraiser for the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown, on Saturday at Ewing Mesa.…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

September 26, 2015

Applications are being accepted for upcoming vacancies on 17 Judicial District Nominating Commissions. Judicial nominating commissioners are volunteers and serve six-year terms, interviewing and nominating applicants for judicial vacancies. Non-attorneys…

‘A good time for a fall bike ride’
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‘A good time for a fall bike ride’

September 26, 2015

Joel Bratsch and around 250 other riders take off from the FLC clock tower early Saturday morning. “It’s just a good time for a fall bike ride,” said Dave Hagen,…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

September 25, 2015

Friday 3:31 a.m. A man was walking around a parking lot looking into cars at Holiday Inn, 21636 U.S. Highway 160. 6:55 a.m. A moose was running southbound on East…

Raising suicide-prevention awareness
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Raising suicide-prevention awareness

September 25, 2015

Dianne Roberson of Yass New South Whales, Australia, arrives Friday in Durango with the Black Dog Ride. The ride began in 2009 as one Australian man’s motorcycle journey to raise…

Dayplanner Saturday
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Dayplanner Saturday

September 25, 2015

Eat Local Celebration, 8 a.m.-noon, Local First booth at the Durango Farmers Market, in the First National Bank parking lot, 259 W. Ninth St., www.local-first.org. Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon,…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

September 25, 2015

In preparation for the visit by Dr. Temple Grandin, the featured guest author for Fort Lewis College’s Community Common Reading Experience, there will be a showing of the HBO film…

Two people die in plane crash south of Pagosa
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Two people die in plane crash south of Pagosa

September 25, 2015

It went down around 11:30 a.m. near U.S. Highway 84 south of Pagosa Springs. “We received the report almost immediately,” said Undersheriff Tonya M. Hamilton. The two people in the…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

September 24, 2015

Wednesday 9:22 a.m. A man with a red beard and a rolling suitcase was smoking marijuana on the sidewalk in the 800 block of Main Avenue. Police made an arrest.…

Dayplanner Friday
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Dayplanner Friday

September 24, 2015

Parade of Homes, opens 3 p.m., various Durango-area homes; “Homes Under the Stars” event, 5-9 p.m., 2167 Deer Valley Road, durangopoh.com. Opening reception: “The Up and Down of It” work…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

September 24, 2015

Mesa Verde National Park will offer free admittance Saturday for National Public Lands Day. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. Seven federal…