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Savannah Lytle joins Goff Engineering and Surveying

Savannah Lytle has joined Goff Engineering and Surveying Inc. as the head of its newly established Planning Division. With over 15 years of extensive experience in land use planning, zoning,...

DATE: Jul 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Business

Green Drinks to be held Thursday

Green Drinks will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday at 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave. The presenting organizations will be Visit Durango, Friends of Dark Sky and La Plata Development Alliance’...

DATE: Jul 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Senior Center Calendar

Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Monday 9:30 a.m.: Tai-Chi. 10:30 a.m.: Neo Delphi Meeting, Watch Your Step – Marvel. 10:45 a.m.: Seated Yoga. 12:30...

DATE: Jul 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Bridge scores

Durango Bridge Club online and in-person play – all pairs received 50+ percent July 12 – Open Pairs First: C.L. Lappen/J. Cox Second: S. Brown/C. Campbell Third: S. McI...

DATE: Jul 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Talk about long hauler COVID-19 to be held

A talk, “New hope for long hauler COVID sufferers,” will be held at 7 a.m. Wednesday at La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. This lecture will give patients suffering from long hauler...

DATE: Jul 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Bridge scores

Durango Bridge Club online and in-person play – all pairs received 50+ percent July 5 – Open Pairs First: C.L. Lappen/J. Cox Second: W. Caplan/D. Squires Third: S. Brow...

DATE: Jul 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Vintage Bicycle Swap to be held July 20

The inaugural Durango Vintage Bicycle Swap will be held beginning at 8 a.m. July 20 at Rotary Park, 1565 East Second Ave. The event is free to attend, and there will be free vendor spaces to...

DATE: Jul 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Pine River Library hosts outdoor movie

Pine River Library will host a free outdoor showing of the 2023 film “Wonka” starting around sunset July 19. Bring a own blanket or chair and enjoy a night at the movies under the stars. For...

DATE: Jul 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Back Country Horsemen to host presentation

Four Corners Back Country Horsemen will sponsor “Hoof Biomechanics and Orthotics for Performance and Longevity” at 3 p.m. July 27 at Durango Cowboy Church, 1867 State Highway 172. Live polym...

DATE: Jul 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Animas Valley Grange to host talk by Eva Montane

The Animas Valley Grange will host “Simple steps to maximize the benefits of rain in your home landscape,” by Eva Montane, president of Columbine Landscape Co., at 6:30 p.m. July 15. This ta...

DATE: Jul 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Animas Valley Grange to hold yard sale

A community yard sale will be held at the Animas Valley Grange from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 13 at 7271 County Road 203 about a mile north of Trimble. Tools, small appliances, gardening gear, ...

DATE: Jul 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Marvel Grange to host ice cream social

Marvel Grange will host a homemade ice cream social at 3 p.m. July 21 at 8097 County Road 100 in Hesperus. Participants should bring a chair. Volunteers to bring Ice cream are appreciated. T...

DATE: Jul 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

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Photos: ‘Mini Takes the States’ tour stops in DurangoHundreds of Mini Cooper vehicles occupy Fort Lewis College on Sunday; Participants began the journey in Albuquerque and will finish in Seattle

Hundreds of Mini Cooper vehicles occupy Fort Lewis College on Sunday; Participants began the journey in Albuquerque and will finish in Seattle

Photos: Boxing returns to DurangoAnimus on the Animas: 1st Annual Durango Boxing Classic at the Durango Main Mall on Saturday

Animus on the Animas: 1st Annual Durango Boxing Classic at the Durango Main Mall on Saturday

Photos and video: Going for the gold by devouring piesContestants try their best to win the Oscar’s Pie Eating Contest on Friday in Durango

Contestants try their best to win the Oscar’s Pie Eating Contest on Friday in Durango

Photo: Fireworks light the sky in DurangoDurango celebrates Independence Day on Thursday night

Durango celebrates Independence Day on Thursday night

Photos: Working with woodLocal craftsman uses wood joinery, rather than nails or screws to construct homes and other structures

Local craftsman uses wood joinery, rather than nails or screws to construct homes and other structures

2024 Fourth of July Parade draws crowd Thursday in downtown Durango

Photos: Downtown Durango hosts Fourth of July ParadeDowntown sidewalks were full for Thursday’s celebration

Downtown sidewalks were full for Thursday’s celebration

Durango Rotary Club, Parks and Recreation department host Independence Day events

Law enforcement conducts active threat training at Park Elementary SchoolResidents may see and hear police activity Thursday and Friday

Law enforcement agencies across Southwest Colorado sent officers to participate in active threat training this week at Park Elementary School in Durango. Those in the neighborhood can expect police vehicles parked on the premises, officers in tactical gear conducting exercises inside and outside the school, and signs advising that training is in progress. The sounds of shouting, airsoft weapons and the popping of a starter pistol will also be audible near the school, said Karla Sluis, spokeswoman for Durango School District 9-R.Sluis said that members of the school district’s safety department have gone door-to-door with flyers notifying residents around Park Elementary School about the training.

Hosted by the Durango Police Department and the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, this week’s voluntary training invited officers from law enforcement agencies across a five-county region of Southwest Colorado encompassing La Plata, Archuleta, San Juan, Montezuma and Dolores counties.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office deputy Mike Latham, lead instructor for this week's training, said Wednesday and the first half of Thursday were mostly preparatory, teaching officers the school’s layout and devising scenarios, whereas the latter half of Thursday and Friday residents should anticipate some noise as active threat scenarios play out.

Latham said active threat training teaches officers proper protocol during active threat scenarios, especially in densely populated areas where they have become increasingly common.Park Elementary School is not the only Durango School District facility law enforcement has conducted active threat training. Latham said schools lend themselves well to this sort of training because, “It gives us all kinds of doors to work on, different rooms, different scenarios we can run. We can pretend it’s a mall with nice big corridors, we can even pretend it’s an outdoor area in the gymnasium.”Latham has participated in active threat training multiple times in the past and described the drills as exhilarating and nerve-wracking. He said one of the training’s main goals is teaching officers how to manage stress and remain calm with lives on the line.

“I take a pulse oximeter in the morning and get a baseline on their heart rates,” Latham said. “And sometimes, just before they’re about to engage a threat, I say ‘Timeout.’ Put it (the oximeter) on there, and their heart rate’s skyrocketed to 140, 150, 160 just in training.”

Latham said throughout his career active threat training has evolved to become safer for officers and fall in line with increasingly professional police standards.“When I first started we were just running into halls and rooms hoping for the best,” Latham said. “Now the tactic is still to get there, still stop the taking of lives, but tactics are much better than they were 20 years ago.”

Residents may see and hear police activity Thursday and Friday

Photos: Flower powerDurango Botanic Gardens holds 11th annual ‘Gardens on Tour’ on Saturday

Durango Botanic Gardens holds 11th annual ‘Gardens on Tour’ on Saturday

Savannah Lytle joins Goff Engineering and Surveying

Green Drinks to be held Thursday

Senior Center Calendar

Bridge scores

Talk about long hauler COVID-19 to be held

Bridge scores

Vintage Bicycle Swap to be held July 20

Pine River Library hosts outdoor movie

Back Country Horsemen to host presentation

Animas Valley Grange to host talk by Eva Montane

Animas Valley Grange to hold yard sale

Marvel Grange to host ice cream social

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