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Elks support children of veterans

They’re donating supplies to get them to school

Sliding into state

Monday Durango Dayplanner

Outdoor yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., outdoor amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Workshop to…

Man rescued from Purgatory Flats

He was taken to Mercy Regional Medical Center by helicopter, said Butch Knowlton, director of La Plata County’s Office of…

Body found near Bakers

Albuquerque man drowned in river on June 25

Gas burns coal at No. 1

It’s a first in U.S. history

Our newest ‘nuke’ bomb takes shape

in New Mexico

No place to call home

Clichés abound, but working poor, lower-middle class dominate

Misconceptions abound about the homeless

A homeless man who earlier identified himself as Lucero lays in the doorway of the former Francisco’s Restaurant & Cantina…

Rocket science

Imagine that

Hattie Miller of Imaginario! Aerial & Circus… practices her routine Saturday afternoon at Buckley Park. The local circus currently is…

Durango police respond to Buckley

Emergency personnel transfer woman to hospital

Local Briefs

A free self-help do-it-yourself class for people with back pain, sciatica and hip issues will take place from 6 to…

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),…

Car vs. bike sends cyclist to hospital

Accident backs up traffic on Florida Road

The Blotter

Saturday 2:45 a.m. A man said he was jumped and assaulted in the west 200 block of Eighth Street. Police…

Handicapped parking spaces fill fast

than 5,000 county residents use handicapped parking

Dayplanner Saturday

Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, www.durangofarmersmarket.com. Bayfield Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Bayfield Roadside Park, U.S.…

El Niño ends dry run in Southwest Colorado

may see a wet winter

Rollover reported east of Bayfield

injury reported

Local Briefs

A veterans breakfast will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday at the Elks Lodge, 901 East Second Ave.…

Car rolls onto Hillcrest Golf Course

A Mazda sedan traveling southbound Friday on Goeglein Gulch Road rolled over and came to rest at hole No. 15…

Beware: ‘Granny scam’ preys on good will

Elderly Durango couple targeted for $26,000; state issues warning

Looking good in the corner office

Joey King of Durango Glass cleans a newly installed pane of glass at the Silk Sparrow at the corner of…