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FLC Theatre presenting “Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812”
Broadway hit adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s, ‘War and Peace’ will be first performed April 3
Local Briefs
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Great Old Broads to host film screening
Great Old Broads for Wilderness will host a special screening of “Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” at 5:30 p.m. March 25 at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. The screening is…
Community
Engage Durango Forum to be held March 26
The city of Durango invites residents to provide feedback directly to the executive leaders during the “Engage Durango Forum” to be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. March 26 at…
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First public meeting for ‘Downtown’s Next Step Project’
The city of Durango is considering updating its logo. (Courtesy city of Durango) The City will host the first public meeting for the preliminary engineering design of Downtown’s Next Step…
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Public invited to school exhibition
Seventh grade humanities students from Mountain Middle School invite the public to an exhibition of learning from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. March 28 at the school, 108 W. 31st St.…
Community
Jasper Zastrocky named to dean’s list at Biola University
Durangoan Jasper Zastrocky was named to Biola University’s dean’s list for academic excellence. Zastrocky, a Cinema and Media Arts major, was one of about 1,600 students who were named to…
Community
‘Citizens Survey’ open through April
The Southwest Colorado Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, is a new Colorado Outdoor Regional Partnerships Initiative for Archuleta, La Plata, San Juan and southern Hinsdale counties. This new coalition will…
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Mock plane-crash training exercise seeks volunteers
Volunteers are needed to act and dramatize faux injuries for an emergency training exercise at Durango-La Plata County Airport, 1000 Airport Road, from 7 to 11:30 a.m. April 17. Up…
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Building inspections to be limited March 4 to 8
The La Plata County Building Department staff will attend the 2024 Colorado Chapter Educational Institute for continuing education from Monday to Friday. The department will be open for business, but…
Community
County Road 141 road maintenance starts March 11
The work will be performed from the C.R. 125 intersection south to the C.R. 136 intersection. La Plata County courtesy photo La Plata County Road & Bridge crews will begin…
Business
First Southwest Bank appoints Eric Guttormson to senior lending officer
Eric Guttormson newly appointed First Southwest Bank Sr. Lending Officer. First Southwest Bank Courtesy Photo. According to a Feb. 20 news release, First Southwest Bank a locally owned, independent community…
Community
Prescribed pile burns in Dolores and Montezuma counties
The Bureau of Land Management Southwest District plans to burn slash piles on public lands managed by the BLM Tres Rios Field Office beginning Feb. 27 if conditions allow, according…
Community
Lifeguard shortages reduce Cortez Recreation Center pool hours
Unfortunately, we get the short straw this time of year
Community
Mountain Middle School to hold exhibition
Eighth grade students from Mountain Middle School will present a public exhibition of aerospace engineering from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. and 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Mountain Middle School,…
Community
School board meetings to move location
Beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Durango School District Board of Education plans to hold all regular meetings at the Impact Career Innovation Center, 2410 Main Ave., on the northwest…
Community
Local residents named to RIT dean’s list
Three Durango-area students were named to the dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology for the fall semester. Sydney Pritchard of Durango, who is in the computer science program.Dylan Pegg…
Community
Durangoan named to dean’s list at Tufts University
Josephine Willman, Class of 2025, of Durango, was named to the dean’s list at Tufts University for the Fall 2023 semester. Dean’s list honors at Tufts University require a semester…
Community
‘Restoring the Balance’ topic of Rotary meeting
The Rotary Club of Durango will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. The meeting’s topic will be a new local initiative called “Restore the…
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DHS Music gala to be held at Miller Middle School
A benefit concert gala will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Miller Middle School auditorium, 2608 Junction St. The evening will begin with a concert by Durango High…
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Weminuche Audubon Society scholarship opportunity available
The Weminuche Audubon Society in Pagosa Springs is offering an opportunity for an area students to attend a weeklong camp June 23-30. Camp Colorado is based at Highlands Camp and…
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Pueblo Community College offers free forestry wildfire mitigation program
Registration will open March 11; space limited
Community
County residents can apply for scholarship
One qualified La Plata County resident can receive a $4,000 scholarship over the course of two years. The La Plata Conservation District will grant the full-time student $2,000, which is…
Community
Conservation district will host annual landowner meeting
The La Plata Conservation District will host its annual landowner meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds Extension Building, in the Lightner Room, 2500…
Business
Solar Market Development Tax Credit application cap met
As of Feb. 7, the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department is no longer accepting New Solar Market Development Tax Credit applications for the 2023 Tax Year. The annual funding…
Community
San Juan College AstroFriday
San Juan College Planetarium director David Mayeux sets up a telescope during the annular eclipse in October at San Juan College.cca The San Juan College Planetarium’s AstroFriday presentation “One Sky…
Community
CPW caucus to be held Feb. 13
The Southwest Region of Colorado Parks and Wildlife invites hunters and anglers to its next sports ehtusiasts’ meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 13. The meeting will be held…
Community
Garden Club of Durango hosts Bears Ears presentation
The Garden Club of Durango will host Fort Lewis College professor Andrew Gulliford, who will present his book, “Bears Ears National Monument: Landscape of Refuge and Resistance,” from 1 to…
Arts and Entertainment
Studio & to host Soggy Studio Sale
Studio &’s Tim Kapustka will hold a Soggy Studio Sale from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 17 at Studio &, 1027 Main Ave. Initially set as a studio sale…