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Local Briefs

The Kiwanis Club of Durango will hear from Pat Senecal from Celebrating Healthy Communities Coalition at noon Thursday at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Senecal will discuss…

Wednesday Durango Dayplanner

Durango Daybreak Rotary Club meeting, 6:45-8 a.m., Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Kiwanis of the Narrow Gauge meeting, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave., 375-0079. Outdoor…

State, federal officials clash over health of Animas River

EPA asks Hickenlooper to curb remarks about river’s health

Durango woman dies in car crash

Identification awaiting victim’s dental records

Hickenlooper: Threat lessens on Animas River

pH at pre-mine blowout levels

Outdoor pot growers face ban in Cortez

Cultivators would risk a $499 fine

Some shops already hurt by river pollution

Many more take wait-and-see approach

S. Ute council recall started

Elders: A ‘revolution’ to preserve way of life

Local Briefs

Durango City Council has adopted a Sustainability Action Plan for Internal Operations. Council adopted the plan at the July 21 meeting. The plan is intended to elevate the city’s internal…

VIDEO: Community meeting with the EPA Aug. 9, 2014

Navajo president plans lawsuit over mine blowout

Begaye: Warnings there, but no one did anything

EPA: Decision to reopen Animas River a week off

From well testing to enhanced ground response, healing the Animas River will be complex

Tuesday Durango Dayplanner

DeColores Civitan Club meeting, noon, call Lon Erwin at 247-1019 for location. Rotary Club of Durango meeting, 6 p.m., Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave., 385-7899. Master’s Men Ministries of Colorado…

The Blotter

Sunday 12:04 a.m. A man urinated on the sidewalk in the west 100 block of Eighth Street. 8:20 p.m. A woman pulled a knife on another woman in the 2400…

Goodbye fair, hello EPA command central?

Guv ‘disappointed’ with EPA spill response

Hickenlooper plans Tuesday visit to Durango

EPA faces criticism, praise at Silverton meeting

Residents gather to hear latest about Gold King Mine blowout

Sleeping Ute crews advance on Sunday

Wildfire 90 percent contained

Catch it if you can

A Farmington woman thrown from vehicle in 1-car rollover

Accident occurred near Breen; she was flown to the hospital

Dayplanner Monday

Outdoor Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Free “Doing Your Own Divorce and/or Custody in Colorado” seminar, 5:30 p.m., Durango…

No major species dieoffs from Animas River contamination a cause for optimism

Like a comet, the 3 million gallons of toxic water accidentally released from the Gold King Mine in Silverton brought intense but hopefully passing effects. The fact that the river…

3 million, not 1 million, gallons of contaminated water rushed from mine, EPA says

City, county declare state of local emergency

Thousands of mines with toxic water under the West

Though the spill into the Animas River in Southwest Colorado is unusual for its size, it’s only the latest instance of the region grappling with the legacy of a centuries-old…

Bennet, Gardner tell EPA to set an example for Animas River cleanup

Colorado senators visit Durango to assess damage

Durango kayaker reacts to Animas River photo that went viral

The boating trio said they were caught unaware

California man dies on Colorado Trail

53-year-old was with group at beginning of mountain-biking trip

Mine pollution changed river chemistry

Early pH levels show water is as acidic as coffee

In role reversal, EPA causes damage

Agency says it is well-equipped to deal with cleanup