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The Blotter

Monday 6:55 a.m. Two people were arrested for sleeping outside Albertons, 311 West College Drive. Tuesday 7:54 a.m. A man…

Montezuma County farms plan hemp tests

Mancos, Yellow Jacket selected sites

Expressions of art or vandalism?

bathroom graffiti is hard to find, it’s around

Dayplanner Thursday

Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango…

Lost but not forgotten

celebrates homecoming of Cannonball artifacts

Pot shots

critiques city’s proposed regulations for retail marijuana

Repairs start on Fort Lewis athletic fields

games until at least the fall on 15 acres leased by city of Durango

Judge finalists selected

Nominees Anthony D. Edwards and Melodee A. Horton, both of Silverton, were selected in a meeting Monday in Durango. The…

County praised for open process

“Rasta Stevie” Smith’s enthusiastic comment was one of three that La Plata County commissioners heard about the county’s proposed ordinance…

Dayplanner Wednesday

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.…

Durango Fire seats announced

Zink, Morris, Barger elected

If you haven’t seen them, here are city’s new bike racks

$53 each, local bidders wanted 2½ times as much

The Blotter

Tuesday 12:09 a.m. A man was arrested for harassing employees at Denny’s, 666 Camino del Rio. Monday 4:41 p.m. A…

Diggin’ the river

Construction at the Whitewater Park can’t deter a kayaker looking to take full advantage of high spring runoff Tuesday on…

Local Briefs

The Old Fort Farm Stand will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday in the Student Union Building at…

Snake on a trail

A rattlesnake was seen soaking up rays about 3:45 p.m. Sunday on Rocky Road, a connector trail between Raider Ridge…

Gas prices are forecast to decline

Cheaper fuel may help Durango for Memorial Day weekend

Herald to stream today’s meeting about city pot rules

The county hearing is scheduled to begin after its 10 a.m. planning meeting. The city will hold its hearing during…

Training is FUN-damental

Durango loses big, but how fair was it?

In online voting that ended Sunday, Cottage Grove Bike Park near St. Paul, Minnesota, won among four central region applicants…

Dayplanner Tuesday

Tuesdays Traveling Yard/Gardening Support, 10 a.m., April-October, rotating locations, [email protected]. La Plata County Board of County Commissioners meeting regarding retail…

Effort to protect ski-area water rights dies

Sen. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango, wasn’t expecting much when she brought her water-rights bill to the Senate State Affairs Committee on…

County salaries: Legislature will set commissioners’, elected officials’ raises

Senators killed a bill to ask voters to let county commissioners set salaries for themselves and other officials, like the…

New rules on uranium processing pass House

Measure aims to keep groundwater safe, clean