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Sunday 3:34 a.m. Several people were swimming in Roger’s Reservoir near Jenkins Drive. 7:59 p.m. Three kids, including a toddler, were running back and forth across a road in the…
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Local businesses recognized for welcoming tourists
Dan James, left; his father, David James, right, both with James Ranch; along with Kirk Komack, center, with the Rochester Hotel; and Carley Snider, owner of Animas Chocolates, accept awards…
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Powerhouse terminates executive director
Search for new leader won’t begin until sustainability reached
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Rainstorms settle in
A pedestrian rushes through the intersection at College Drive and Main Avenue as rainstorms move in Monday afternoon. The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for the area. Forecasters…
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Cemetery fire being investigated
Firefighters responded about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, but they were unable to save the small shed, which was destroyed, said Karola Hanks, fire marshal with the Durango Fire Protection District. “Luckily,…
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Local Briefs
The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. Fred Moeller will present his experiences taking part…
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Dayplanner Tuesday
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…
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Rockslide leads to local train delays
A rockslide four miles from Silverton delayed the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad trains on Friday.Courtesy of Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad The rockslide happened about four miles…
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Local Brief
4CORE is hosting a free building energy-code training session from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 23 at Pine River Valley Bank, 1701 Main Ave. The training will highlight changes…
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Dayplanner Monday
Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR 91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org. Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., yoga and a pint of beer for $10, www.skabrewing.com.…
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Water conservationists target millennials
New website aims at educating Coloradans on the value of H²0
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Durango, calling all small-business entrepreneurs
Zalneraitis Durango had a natural disadvantage because it is so far from Denver, but a high average revenue, at $723,278, and low unemployment rate, at 4.1 percent, helped the town…
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Center of Southwest Studies continues its 2015 summer lecture series, “Imagining the West,” with longtime Fort Lewis College music faculty (retired) Linda Mack Berven’s talk, “Music about the West: Broadway…
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Dayplanner Sunday
Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com. Jazz church (experienced musician drop-in session), 6 p.m., Derailed Pour House, 725 Main Ave., 247-5440, www.derailedpourhouse.com.…
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Bayfield band writes song about Dylan Redwine
Dylan Redwine The band’s lead singer and Bayfield resident, Michelle Martin, said that when she started writing the song with her husband, they wanted to address an issue that was…
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Colorado ranks 3rd for patriotism
Colorado was ranked third most patriotic state in the U.S. in a WalletHub study, in part because of displays like this when members of the Bayfield American Legion Post 143…
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Dayplanner Saturday
Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, www.durangofarmersmarket.org. Bayfield Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Bayfield Roadside Park, U.S. Highway 160. Durango Nature Studies’ Nature Center open, 10 a.m.-3…