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Local Briefs

The city of Durango Streets Department will begin construction of 89 ramps to meet requirements of the Americans with Disabilities…

Liberty School students lose their leader

O’Flanagan heading East for new position

Dayplanner Tuesday

Terry Rickard, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Informal tango practice, 6:30-9 p.m., Rotary Park gazebo, 15th Street…

The Blotter

Monday 4:31 a.m. Someone reported two pit bulls locked inside a car in the 100 block of Sawyer Drive. Sunday…

1 arrest, warrants issued in assault case

seek suspects in April beating

$5,000 in prize money handed out at Durango Arts Center jewelry show

Colorado winners in national competition

Visiting Marine charged with felonies

estimated at more than $10,000

Public transit plateaus

Durango ridership shot up since 2008; now holding steady

Libya: Islamist militias called to face general

Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter is leading a revolt that threatens to pit rival militia groups against each other in the…

Cyber-spying on companies raise U.S., China tension

countries deny it spies on the other

Regional News

Colorado Briefs

DENVER – The Bureau of Land Management’s acting state director for Colorado will be hired as the new permanent director.…

Pot tourism in Durango?

expect sustained jump in visitor numbers

Regional News

Utah ordered to recognize over 1,000 gay marriages

ruling stands after 21 days, freeze would have to lift

Coffee fungus raising prices for high-end blends

Small coffee producer Hector Perez show coffee beans damaged by the roya fungus in San Gaspar Vivar, Guatemala. The U.S.…

What was that up in the air Sunday?

Two CV-22 Ospreys buzzed downtown Durango on Sunday during Taste of Durango. The plane’s two giant propellers attached to 6,200-horsepower…

Food, fun and fancy footwork

A crowd gathered Sunday afternoon to dance to the sounds from Costa Rican band Ojo de Buey on Main Avenue…

Sunday power blip

According to a LPEA news release, the outage occurred sometime before 2:50 p.m. around the Junction Creek and West 32nd…

Thank your local emergency medical practitioner

Established by President Gerald Ford in 1973, EMS week is a gesture of gratitude for those on the frontline of…

Emergency responders tell why they love their job

advances in treatment focus of FLC conference

Local Briefs

The city of Durango Parks Department, in collaboration with local fire experts is conducting a fuels-reduction program at Dalla Mountain…

Dayplanner Monday

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.…

May 17, 2014

Hit-and-run sentences vary for offenders

drivers who collide with people avoid prison

May 17, 2014