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Mississippi blues man to play Telluride
Blues and Brews Festival tickets go on sale tomorrow
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Six rafters unharmed after scary flip and swim
A raft with six people aboard flipped just downstream from Smelter Rapid on Sunday afternoon. After a long search, all rafters were rescued and were uninjured.Chuck Slothower/Durango Herald A raft…
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Woman gets probation for mail theft
Stacey Jepson, a former janitorial contractor at the Bayfield Post Office, was sentenced to five years of probation Monday after she pleaded guilty in February to one count of mail…
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Three years added to life sentence after escape attempt
Serving life behind bars, a convicted murder had three years added to his sentence last week after he pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a failed jailbreak. A public defense…
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Local law enforcement asks residents to sign up for emergency alerts
Area public safety agencies have partnered with Nixle to implement its Community Notification System to alert residents in real-time for localized emergency situations and relevant community advisories. Once registered, residents…
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Court briefs
Plea deal entered in robbery at knifepoint A New Mexico man pleaded guilty to menacing last week after he was charged with robbing a teen at knifepoint. Jorge Dominguez, 34,…
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Workers may be fired for pot use
State high court rules off-duty user can’t get his job back
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Politics burn through wildfire discussion
Tipton: Unwieldy federal bureaucracy prevents proper forest management
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Colo. links people with outdoor recreation
Trails 2000 puts Durango among tops in state in map offerings
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Wet walk
Margaret O’Brien and John Mumaw walk to the Cortez Library in the rain Wednesday morning. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for river and creeks in the…
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City, Empire Electric propose streetlights near new M-CHS
Archibeque concerned about lack of sidewalks
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Bennet helped draft measure Bill would protect Lower Dolores
Bennet A proposal to create national conservation and wilderness areas on the Lower Dolores River received assistance from U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Denver), and will be reviewed by David Robbins,…