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Lawmakers aim to track drugged-driving arrests

Risberg: Data on offenses would allow for better problem-solving

Wednesday Durango Dayplanner

Kiwanis of the Narrow Gauge meeting, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave., 375-0079. Outdoor Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.,…

Road repair snarls morning commute

Traffic backed up after a southbound lane of Main Avenue was closed near the Camino del Rio and 14th Street intersection to repair a water-main break. Crews will excavate, repair…

Colorado schools help improve air quality for the children

The Clean Air for Schools: Engines Off! program, focused on reducing emissions from idling of cars of parents who are picking up children after school. It lowered emissions from idling…

29 cases of livestock disease reported in state

Infection found in La Plata, Montezuma counties

Montezuma County man battles Sinclair

Given 30 days for counterclaim

Upper Pine pulls car out of wet landing

A crew from the Upper Pine Fire Protection District tows a car out of a pond early Sunday in the 19000 block of County Road 501, near Vallecito. The driver…

San Ignacio Fiesta brightens weekend

Someone in a gorilla suit walked the parade route Saturday in Ignacio.Carole McWilliams/Pine River Times This year’s Fiesta queen is Christyanne Valdez. Lainey Espinoza is the first attendant, and Reyna…

Shooting suspect is out on bail

Attempted second-degree murder charges a chance

Starving artists in Colorado no more?

Durango creatives could get housing

Here comes the harvest

Tremaine Ebeid, right, tries a scarlet nectarine Monday afternoon at MLS Fruit in the Durango High School parking lot. Matt Hauser, left, said among the fruits for sale are yellow…

Dayplanner Tuesday

Master’s Men Ministries of Colorado meeting, 6:30 a.m., lounge, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, 749-2888. DeColores Civitan Club meeting, noon, call Lon Erwin at 247-1019 for location. Second annual…

Local Briefs

Roberta Eickman of the New In Town Welcome Service will speak to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. Her company’s…

Burns scheduled north of Cortez

The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office said controlled burns may start as early as Wednesday at five locations – all about five miles east of Egnar on…

When relationships go bad: Legal intervention

Temporary restraining orders offer space and protection

Rifle shots result in police search, arrest

Man may have fired into Hillcrest home

A dog’s final days

Durango’s pet owners lift the rules when saying goodbye

Fiesta Days royalty crowned

While the contestants sparkle, with their styled curls, they are also tough competitors. The junior princess this year, Natalie Larabee, an 11-year-old from Aztec, competes in pole bending, barrel racing…

Montezuma County, Forest Service at odds

Dolores-Norwood Road is hot point

Fun in the sun

Andrea Gensini plays with her kids, Luciana, 4, left, and Bruno, 3, on Saturday at Santa Rita Park. Monday’s forecast in Durango calls for clouds and sun, with a high…

Moore’s slightly smaller Strater Hotel

FLC gets $1.1 million science education grant

Focus is toward first-generation, low-income, disabled students

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. Arts and Entertainment Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR 91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org.…

Has the Durango housing market recovered?

Median hits $440,000; number sold hits a peak, as well

Meeting turns ugly

Management, members trade barbs for 3 hours

‘Doggies’ on Fiesta Days Parade

Battle over heli-skiing plan divides Silverton community

Sitting and standing shoulder-to-shoulder inside a small room in the county courthouse in Silverton, surrounded by historic wood-framed windows and doors, an energetic audience discussed a proposal by the owners…

Dayplanner Sunday

Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com. The Assortment, 1-3 p.m., Trimble Hot Springs, 6475 County Road 203, 247-0111. Jazz church (experienced musician…

Local Briefs

Four Corners Materials will continue street reconstruction and paving work from Monday to Friday. Work is scheduled for: Conejo Drive; Molas Drive; West Third Avenue (between Weston Drive and 23rd…

The Blotter

Friday 2:43 a.m. A woman was stocking shelves who does not work at Walmart. Thursday 9:20 a.m. Smoke was coming from a dumpster in the 800 block of South Camino…