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The Durango FFA Chapter will have a fundraiser from 6 p.m. to midnight Feb. 14 at the Breen Community Building…

February 5, 2015

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Dayplanner Friday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

February 5, 2015

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The Blotter

Thursday 1:28 a.m. Someone reportedly knocked over several metal trash cans onto parked cars at the Irish Embassy Pub, 900…

February 5, 2015

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Grants to help area students study local air pollution

Marci Demming-Bidwell, director of Mountain Studies Institute, plants plugs of grass near Ophir Pass. The institute recently received a grant…

February 5, 2015

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Effort to reduce background check wait times fails

Democrats say Republicans are restricting access to firearms

February 5, 2015

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Steamworks Half nearing cap

Runners take off at the start of the 2014 Steamworks Half Marathon on East Animas Road (County Road 250).JERRY McBRIDE/Durango…

February 5, 2015

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Weather made for walking with mom

Ezekeil Rojas, 2, enjoys a stroll across the pedestrian bridge over the Animas River on Thursday afternoon with his mother,…

February 5, 2015

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Mercy ER reopens after gun scare

A woman looks out of the door from Mercy Regional Medical Center’s emergency room on Thursday afternoon as law enforcement…

February 5, 2015

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Gift cards to be given out as ‘acts of kindness’

Anthony Smalls received a surprise gift card from Tim Walsworth, executive director of the Durango Business Improvement District, last year.…

February 5, 2015

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Disaster designation issued for S.W. Colo. counties

Farmers and ranchers have eight months to file

February 4, 2015

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Kinder Morgan wins $2M tax case

Montezuma County considers appeal to state Supreme Court

February 4, 2015

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Will that be cash, credit or love?

Cars move through the drive-thru window at a McDonald’s in Springfield, Ill. The fast-food chain is offering random customers a…

February 4, 2015

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Transgender bill shot down

Republican joins Democrats to kill measure

February 4, 2015

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Vets greet new VA director, express concerns

medical record exchange irks many

February 4, 2015

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Whitewater Park stretch to close

Two-week maintenance effort begins Tuesday

February 4, 2015

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Hillcrest plans March opening

Hillcrest plans to open March 2, weather permitting.STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald file photo “This date will give time for the snow…

February 4, 2015

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Sunnyside teacher wins $25K award

2,600 educators noted for excellence

February 4, 2015

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Falling gas production may force a tax hike

Plata County is looking at property, sales rate increases

February 4, 2015

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The Durango Knights of Columbus Council No. 1408 will host the annual Sweetheart Dance on Feb. 14 in the St.…

February 4, 2015

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Dayplanner Thursday

A is for Art. B is for Bernini, an art history series with Judith Reynolds, “Introduction & A is for…

February 4, 2015

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The Blotter

Tuesday 8:54 a.m. A person was reportedly found sleeping inside an elevator located at the Cornerstone Building, 3473 Main Ave.…

February 4, 2015

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Tourism official floats higher lodgers taxation

Kunkel “By its nature, the tourism industry is fragmented. Where there’s fragmentation, there’s usually a leadership void, a mission void,”…

February 4, 2015

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Red Ball Express rolls Saturday

used for Rotary’s projects, nonprofits

February 3, 2015

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Can there ever be too much solar?

Systems sometimes can generate too much electricity

February 3, 2015