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Local Briefs

Herbalist Marija Helt will be hosting a class on reducing reactivity to coming spring allergens from 6 to 8 p.m.…

February 6, 2016

Sunday Durango Dayplanner

Local Appreciation Day, Super Bowl Fun Race and Rocky Mountain Underground Ski Demo, at Wolf Creek Ski Area. Arts and…

February 6, 2016

Dylan Redwine’s mother supports bill to add crime-fighting tool

Testimony in Denver comes days before son’s birthday

Durango Dayplanner Saturday

Free wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., The Wine Merchant, 1514 Main Ave., 375-0076. Silverton Snowscape Gold Tournament, 11 a.m., railroad depot,…

Bayfield experiences an influx of heroin

Marshal talks reality of drug use, sales

Kayaking on the icy Animas River

Nate Foster, 14, and coach, Marci Cary, of the Durango Whitewater Club break ice Friday on the Animas River north…

The Blotter

Friday 12:11 a.m. Someone could smell smoke in the 3200 block of East Fourth Avenue. Thursday 5:09 p.m. A woman…

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Durango Lions met Wednesday evening at the Strater for dinner and to enjoy the program provided by…

Local Briefs

The Garden Club of Durango will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Fort Lewis College professor Andrew Gulliford will present a…

Durango, Silverton officials, governor back Superfund listing

officials meet with governor; EPA addresses water quality

Former Durango man to fly over Super Bowl

have many options for watching Sunday’s contest

Fort Lewis College students explore gun laws

Author, Duke professor Kristin Goss speaks with psychology class via Skype

Durangoan cast on new Disney show

Joza Pearce Joza, the son of Peter Joza and Nancy Heleno, has been taking a shot at show biz for…

Flurry of legislation introduced in wake of Gold King Mine blowout

Good Samaritan Cleanup of Orphan Mines Act Proposed by: Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and Rep. Scott…

Waiting for Superfund

January deadline passed, Gov. Hickenlooper hopes for the best

Gold King owner: Future uncertain

Land-use agreement between Todd Hennis and EPA expires in March

Will the Animas River run orange again?

Environmental experts say spring runoff not a concern for dredging up sediment laced with metals from Gold King Mine spill

Time bank treats members’ work equally

this growing exchange, everyone’s labor is equal

Friday Durango Dayplanner

Ignacio High School Girls Basketball vs. Ridgway, 5:30 p.m., IHS. Ignacio High School Boys Basketball vs. Ridgway, 7 p.m., IHS.…

Managing growth key to La Plata County land-use vision

JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald file photo<br><br>This picture is made of two photos showing the Animas Valley. On Thursday, the La Plata…

Local Briefs

Durango Film will hold its 2016 Volunteer Appreciation Party at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Ska World Headquarters, 225 Girard St.…

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Several hundred rural electrification users on the lower Florida Mesa will be guests in Durango next Saturday…

The Blotter

Thursday 12:38 a.m. A drunken man passed out in a doorway in the west 100 block of 10th Street. Wednesday…