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Mars digger bites the dust after 2 years on red planet

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA declared the Mars digger dead Thursday after failing to burrow deep into the red planet to take its temperature. Scientists in Germany spent two years ...

DATE: Jan 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump impeached after Capitol riot in historic second charge

House votes 232-197 to impeach president

DATE: Jan 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Woman believed to be last Civil War widow dies

O’FALLON, Mo. – Helen Viola Jackson’s 1936 marriage to James Bolin was unusual to say the least: He was 93 and in declining health, and she was a 17-year-old schoolgirl. Bolin was...

DATE: Jan 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Congress validates Biden’s election victory; Trump promises ‘orderly transition’

Twitter locks president’s account

DATE: Jan 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Chaos, violence, mockery as pro-Trump mob occupies Congress

Hallowed spaces of American democracy yield to a mob

DATE: Jan 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

Here’s a look at false and misleading claims circulating as the United States rolled out the newly authorized Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to some health care workers and others. None of...

DATE: Dec 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

A look at false and misleading claims circulating as the United States moves closer to approving a COVID-19 vaccine and distribution is underway in the United Kingdom. None of these are legi...

DATE: Dec 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Puppy pipeline runs from Georgia to new homes

MACON, Ga. – Packed in a dog crate, a 3-year-old boxer mix named Sky took a flight earlier this month. She was one of a half-dozen dogs who got the ride of their lives flying from...

DATE: Nov 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Navajo Nation reports 197 additional virus cases, no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation is reporting 197 additional COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the virus as of Monday evening. A day earlier, officials had reported 383 case...

DATE: Nov 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Astronauts discuss sleeping quarters and Baby Yoda

He had flown on the Space Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz. And now after flying the SpaceX Dragon capsule, Soichi Noguchi is the third person, after John Young and Wally Schirra, to travel to ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘This isn’t over!’: Trump supporters refuse to accept defeat

Chanting “This isn’t over!” and “Stop the steal,” supporters of President Donald Trump protested at state capitols across the country Saturday, refusing to accept defeat and echoing Trump’s ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.

WASHINGTON – Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by the historic pa...

DATE: Nov 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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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

Mars digger bites the dust after 2 years on red planet

Trump impeached after Capitol riot in historic second charge

Woman believed to be last Civil War widow dies

Congress validates Biden’s election victory; Trump promises ‘orderly transition’

Chaos, violence, mockery as pro-Trump mob occupies Congress

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

Puppy pipeline runs from Georgia to new homes

Navajo Nation reports 197 additional virus cases, no deaths

Astronauts discuss sleeping quarters and Baby Yoda

‘This isn’t over!’: Trump supporters refuse to accept defeat

Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.

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