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City Council looks at tweaking water rates

Councilors examine heavy levies placed on La Plata County users

March 23, 2015

Dayplanner Tuesday

Master’s Men Ministries of Colorado meeting, 6:30 a.m., DoubleTree Hotel Lounge, 501 Camino del Rio, 749-2888. DeColores Civitan Club meeting,…

March 23, 2015

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How should minimum-wage be increased?

committees pass 2 proposals; business community quite irked

March 23, 2015

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LGBT group changes name

Balaguer After 15 years under the same flag, the board felt it was time to rebrand the organization. “The name…

March 23, 2015

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Rainwater collection prohibition may end

allow Coloradans to collect, store water from their own roofs

March 23, 2015

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Durango teenager, Aleashea Prescott, 17, honored by Boys & Girls Club

Prescott Monday and Tuesday, Prescott joins 14 other teens from Boys & Girls Clubs across the state in a competition…

March 23, 2015

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Durango becomes federal hub As a result, county courthouse will get a significant upgrade

The La Plata County Courthouse soon will house federal courtroom operations, the federal court system recently announced in a news…

March 22, 2015

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It’s 2015, do you know where your livestock are?

U.S. Forest Service is analyzing the declining numbers

March 22, 2015

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Tickling the ivories

The third annual Ragtime & Early Jazz Festival took place over the weekend at the Strater Hotel. The event featured…

March 22, 2015

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Montoyas recovering from tragic Colo. 140 accident

Plata County residents released from the hospital

March 22, 2015

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Sign up for Todd and Ned’s ride Monday

Registration for the inaugural Todd and Ned’s Durango Dirt Fondo opens Monday. This group ride of 50 or 30 miles,…

March 22, 2015

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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, 225 Girard St.,…

March 22, 2015

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Local Briefs

Durango Parks and Recreation will present the Easter Egg Scramble at 9:45 a.m. April 4 at Santa Rita Park. This…

March 22, 2015

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Marijuana DUIs: Hard to identify, prosecute

Numbers are up, but enforcement is rare for driving while high

March 21, 2015

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Insanity ruling angers Cortez family

Charles Chavez, 62, was murdered inside his home Sept. 19, 2013. He was stabbed seven times with a butcher’s knife.…

March 21, 2015

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Bayfield 160 to have work done

The $5.2 million highway project, which was awarded to contractor Old Castle, also involves the installation of a new guardrail.…

March 21, 2015

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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. Informal tango practice, by donation, 5-7…

March 21, 2015

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Local Briefs

The Durango High School class of 1970 is looking for classmates. The class is looking for all classmates who graduated…

March 21, 2015

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Why must adjunct professors teach for adverse pay?

Colorado community colleges rely on poverty-level workforce

March 21, 2015

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Durangoan dies in rollover on Highway 140

crashes, sets off multi-acre blaze

March 21, 2015

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‘My dad wasn’t perfect. But he was innocent’

the children try to cope with their father’s death, it appears he was just in the wrong place at the…

March 20, 2015

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Shooting suspects’ stories emerge

played football at Fort Lewis College

March 20, 2015

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Fort Lewis College and the Wall Street Journal

The article is headlined “Freshmen are picking their majors earlier: Weak job market and high debt loads prompt broad shift…

March 20, 2015

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Beware, Durango, of the IRS tax-season scam

Jennifer Sadowski of Durango drops off her taxes in the drive-thru at the Durango post office in a previous tax…

March 20, 2015