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Chimney Rock Interpretive Association offers volunteer opportunity at Chimney Rock

For more than 20 years, the nonprofit association and its volunteers have shared the story of the ancestral Puebloan people…

Trails 2000 offers crew leader training

Trails 2000 is working with Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado’s Outdoor Stewardship Institute to offer the training program that introduces trail…

Electric vehicles and clean transportation summit to take place

Participants will learn about the latest transportation developments in Colorado, infrastructure, electric vehicles and funding opportunities for fleet conversion. Vehicle…

La Plata Quilters Guild to hold general meeting

Social time will begin at 5:30 p.m., and the meeting will start at 6 p.m. Marilyn O’Donnell will present quilts…

County Commissioners seek Planning Commission members

This commission acts in an advisory capacity to the Board of County Commissioners with respect to land-use planning. The Planning…

Wolfwood Refuge to visit Purgatory

This is a free event where participants will be able to interact with Ambassador Wolves. An educational talk will be…

League of Women Voters to host Durango City Council candidate, ballot issue forum

Candidates Kim Baxter, Jaime McMillan, Barbara Noseworthy, Marcos Wisner and issue 1A – sales tax increase for city streets –…

Corvette Club will meet Thursday

For more information, call 259-5881.

Durango Botanical Society announces a ‘Tree Tips’ workshop

The workshop will help attendees jump-start spring chores for bushes and trees. Subjects will include plant selection and placement for…

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to hold meeting

Andrew Carroll will give a talk called “Throwing the Baby Out With the Bathwater: Infant Mortality at Poggio Civitate, Murlo.”…

Learn to cast at the women’s fly-casting clinic

The San Juan Angler Fly Shop and Guide Service in Durango will host the event along with Braided Fly Fish,…

St. Mark’s to host film about race

The film traces a journey by Katrina Browne, the filmmaker, and nine of her cousins into the dark past of…

Hospice of Mercy to host Soup for the Soul benefit

Soup for the Soul provides nourishment for both the body and the soul, giving guests an opportunity to taste soups,…

Hunter education course March 17 at Florida Mesa Grange

The course includes a classroom portion, which runs for three evenings, and a shooting range portion, which will take place…

Grief Center of Southwest Colorado offers class for youth

The afternoon program is for bereaved children ages 8-12. Cost is $25 per child, and needs-based scholarships are available. Space…

Durango High Noon Rotary hosts casino night

Tickets are $55 and include heavy hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, silent auction and live table games – blackjack, poker, roulette…

Rosa Sabido marks 600 days in sanctuary with vigil

Participants are invited to bring poems, stories, and music to share around the theme of women who have struggled, survived…

Durango Public Library will host Great Decisions discussion

Mass migration, and the problems associated with it, have directly abetted the rise of populist parties in Europe. Discuss how…

Garden Club of Durango to meet

John Wickman will give a program about organic pest control. For more information, call Marsha Schuetz at 247-1098.

Durango 9-R to hold Title VI PAC meeting

AAUW to host annual book and author event

Guest speakers at this year’s event includes Kathy Fine-Care, professor emeritus of anthropology and gender and women’s studies, and Dexter…

Durango 9-R seeks Finance Advisory Committee volunteer

The committee consists of volunteer community members, charged with assisting the school board in monitoring the financial condition of the…

Durango Public Library hosts spring book sale

For more information, call 375-4879.

Animas High School to hold information session

Families and students interested in learning more about how Animas High School uses project-based learning in a small school setting…