🌱 What’s next for Compañeros after its outspoken leader departs Durango?

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• What’s next for Compañeros after its outspoken leader departs Durango?
• Durango man gets six years for terrifying motel hatchet threat
• How Durango residents can actually help starving bears this fall

Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 84 and low of 52 degrees.
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 84, low: 55.
• Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 81 and low of 54 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Compañeros says goodbye to executive director (durangoherald.com) — Durango’s immigrant community is preparing for a major transition as Compañeros’ executive director Enrique Orozco-Perez leaves at the end of the month after years of outspoken advocacy and program growth. He reflects on expanding legal services, cultural events, and pushing Durango to confront immigration issues, while urging future leaders to stay bold with city council, law enforcement, and allies.
   

• Man sentenced for felony menacing after wielding a hatchet in a threatening manner in Durango (durangoherald.com) — A man who threatened a stranger with a hatchet at a Durango motel has been sentenced to six years in prison, concurrent with a separate drug case. The judge and prosecutors detailed the frightening standoff with Durango police and emphasized the lasting trauma for the victim, while urging the defendant to use his prison time to change his behavior.
   

• Want to help starving bears survive? Don't feed them (durangoherald.com) — With bears especially hungry this year, Durango-area residents are urged to secure trash and never feed bears, even out of compassion. Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Bear Smart Durango stress that human food and unsecured attractants make bears more dangerous, increase conflicts in neighborhoods, and often lead to bears being killed rather than helped.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• An all ages tribute to Dolly Parton 7 pm Friday 9/11/26 at the Durango Arts Center.
  Tickets at www.durangoarts.org Dress up, come as Kenny Rogers, Jolene, Dolly or any of her song characters. (Nextdoor Downtown Durango)
• This is such an important article.
  "It is important to understand that even in such challenging years, there is still natural food available. As omnivores, bears find natural forage… (Nextdoor North Durango)

• SPECTRUM posted a job opening for Retail Sales Specialist - Part-Time in Durango. Apply here.
• Government Jobs posted a job opening for Custodian in Durango. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Durango here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Bayfield

• Demons volleyball sweeps Pagosa Springs to remain unbeaten (durangoherald.com)

Ignacio

• Cult Movie Night: King Kong (ksut.org)
• CPW Commission Rejects Public Comment Restrictions in Narrow 6-to-5 Vote (rockymountainvoice.com)
• Volleyball Recap: Tough Loss for Olathe (maxpreps.com)

Mancos

• Volleyball Recap: Vail Mountain Breaks into the Win Column (maxpreps.com)

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