Briefs

Concert to benefit Wolfwood Refuge

Wolfwood Refuge’s benefit concert will take place from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 30, at Fox Fire Farms, 5513…

May 19, 2021

La Plata Open Space Conservancy to host weed mitigation workshop June 19

La Plata Open Space Conservancy will host a weed mitigation workshop as part of its Southwest Stewardship Series from 9…

May 19, 2021

Concrete repairs on U.S. Highway 160 west of Durango to run through late July

The Colorado Department of Transportation has begun concrete repair work on U.S. Highway 160. (Courtesy CDOT) Colorado Department of Transportation…

Work begins near Goulding Creek Trailhead

Special use work will begin near the Goulding Creek Trailhead this week. La Plata Electric Association has coordinated planned work…

Durango Fall Blaze Bicycle Celebration returns with in-person events

Durango Fall Blaze Bicycle Celebration will return to in-person events Sept. 25 with new rides for road, mountain bike and…

New Mexico

San Juan Regional Medical Center clarifies mask policy following CDC mask guidelines

The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance has relaxed the mask requirements for fully vaccinated people, saying they…

Health

Centura Health-Mercy nationally recognized with ’A’ grade for safety

Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center received an “A” grade for hospital safety from the Leapfrog Group. This national distinction recognizes…

The Durango Herald

Bear Smart to host online speaker series

Courtesy Bear Smart Durango/Bear Smart will host on online bear aware series beginning May 26. Bear Smart Durango will host…

May 17, 2021

City announces new holiday trash, recycling schedule

The city of Durango implemented a new holiday trash and recycling collection schedule this year. On weeks with holidays falling…

May 17, 2021

Chapman Hill roller rink opens with disco night

Roller rink opens with disco night

May 16, 2021

Southwest Colorado’s inaugural Native Entrepreneurship workshop

The Southern Ute Tribe, Fort Lewis College and The University of Colorado-Boulder Leeds School of Business Deming Center for Entrepreneurship…

May 15, 2021

Keller Williams Realty Southwest Associates volunteers help to local organizations for RED Day

Realtors and staff members of Keller Williams Realty Southwest Associates LLC were among more than 175,000 Keller Williams associates worldwide…

May 15, 2021

Comfort Keepers welcomes Vanessa Padilla Hoag

Comfort Keepers in home care announces the addition of Vanessa Padilla Hoag as its new scheduler and office operations support…

May 15, 2021

New Mexico

Farmington Fire Department ceases burn permits until further notice

Farmington Fire Department will not issue burn permits effective Saturday until further notice because of current drought conditions. Acting Farmington…

May 14, 2021

Local student graduates from Flagler College

Summer Brown of Hesperus graduated with a degree in coastal environmental science from Flagler College on May 3 at its…

May 14, 2021

Rotary Club of Durango to host author Shelby Tisdale

Rotary Club of Durango will host award-winning author Shelby Tisdale at 6 p.m. Tuesday on Zoom. Tisdale will present highlights…

May 14, 2021

New Mexico

Open burning prohibited in Bloomfield, Kirtland, unincorporated San Juan County until further notice

Because of severe fire conditions, San Juan County Fire and Rescue will not issue burn permits for residents in Bloomfield,…

Southwest Life

San Juan National Forest seeks input on grooming of Junction Creek Road

Columbine Ranger District of the San Juan National Forest is gathering input about the development of a proposal to groom…

The Payroll Department announces grant recipients

The Payroll Department has announced grant recipients for the Meet Your Match grant: Boys & Girls Club of La Plata…

Engman selected to lead Southern Ute Shared Services

Southern Ute Indian Tribe has named Jeff Engman as chief information officer for the Southern Ute Shared Services. Before joining…

Pediatric Partners of the Southwest promotes employee

Pediatric Partners of the Southwest recently promoted Tiffany Rymerson to the role of referrals and medical records. In her new…

Durango Public Library to upgrade system software

Durango Public Library will upgrade the Integrated Library System to the latest software version Sunday. The upgrade will start at…