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Bennet selected to committee overhauling K-12 education bill

House-Senate conference committee working to reconcile legislative differences

November 18, 2015

Dayplanner Thursday

Tim Sullivan, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Joseph Rael: Question-and-answer session and singing of being &…

November 18, 2015

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11-year-old Durango girl hit by car on way to school

Accident occurred Wednesday morning near Miller Middle School

November 18, 2015

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Presidential candidate Ben Carson leads Hillary Clinton in Colorado

Rubio, Cruz and Trump also ahead of Dem frontrunner

November 18, 2015

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La Plata County labor shortage ripples across industries

1,000 people are unemployed in county

November 17, 2015

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Mine tailings a longtime Silverton-Durango issue

“Ranchers and farmers who want to use water for irrigation in the lower valley have always attempted to force the…

November 17, 2015

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The Blotter

Monday 4:36 p.m. A man was carrying a rock and appeared to be trying to get into cars in the…

November 17, 2015

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Colorado Sen. Gardner: State has felt the burn of wildfires

“We’ve experienced significant wildfires over the past 15 years,” Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., who serves on the committee, said, citing…

November 17, 2015

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School days

Matt Sheldon, a new member of the Durango School District 9-R board, left, talks with educator Gretchen Wilson after he…

November 17, 2015

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Oxbow Preserve in north Durango will temporarily close Dec. 1 amid damage concerns

councilors will weigh in on opening park

November 17, 2015

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Some artistic good cheer

David R. Battaglia, in appropriate Santa headwear, crafts holiday paintings on Tuesday on the window of Surya on Main Avenue.…

November 17, 2015

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La Plata County raises concerns with Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission rules

Plata County deputy attorney: Rules will not satisfy citizens’ concerns

November 17, 2015

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Local Briefs

M. Brent Williams, violin, and Marilyn Mangold Garst, piano, will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship…

November 17, 2015

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Dayplanner Wednesday

Kiwanis of the Narrow Gauge meeting, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave., 375-0079. Sunrise Yoga adult classes, 7-8…

November 17, 2015

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Durango school bus rolls over; minor injuries reported

Patrol captain: It’s mostly just cuts and bruises from what I saw

November 17, 2015

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Finding the stories behind the skeletons

Basketmaker sites to crime sites, Fort Lewis College’s Mulhern and students use bones to probe the past

November 17, 2015

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Effort to allow ATVs on La Plata County roads moves again

Rep. J. Paul Brown will introduce bill when state Legislature convenes

November 17, 2015

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Phoenix Recycling to expand operations in La Plata County

Commissioners approve request for processing center in La Plata

November 17, 2015

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Health care costs spike on Western Slope

Despite enrollment gains, rates rise across Colorado

November 17, 2015

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Montezuma County DA pursuing criminal charges against former Mancos marshal

Cox offers his resignation to Town Board

November 17, 2015

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Showing your colors

Tom Eskew is lighting up his spruce tree on East Second Avenue and 14th Street with the colors of the…

November 16, 2015

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Fort Lewis College students call for end to racism on campuses

group seeks better representation for African-Americans

November 16, 2015

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The Blotter

Friday 11:47 a.m. A woman wearing all denim was refusing to leave Southwest Appliance. 4:11 p.m. A man was swinging…

November 16, 2015

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Tipton: Stop admitting Syrian refugees

wake of Paris attacks, calls come for closing borders to Syrians

November 16, 2015