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‘Love From Afar’: Durango nonprofit effort aims to bolster community overseas
Artists Giving Back founder says international support helps refugees from conflict areas feel loved
Nonprofits
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Durango City Council sets Sept. 4 public hearing for Head Start proposal
Residents opposing city’s handling of project process assured they’ve been heard
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Longtime Durango Trails executive director steps down after 19 years
Monroe Brown helped develop 50 miles of trail system during tenure
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Colorado Housing and Finance Authority donates $125K to Southwest Colorado nonprofits
HomesFund, Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County among organizations that received funding
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Cats in need of home after Cortez school closes doors
fed a stray cat colony for months before shutting down in late June
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Kick off the summer with 11th annual Gardens on Tour
private residences, Durango Hot Springs and library greenspace to be featured
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Colorado nonprofit helps working single moms keep their vehicles running
The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office is reminding residents to lock their cars after three cars were stolen from a subdivision west of Durango.Durango Herald For many, having a reliable…
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The Hive inches closer to finding a new home in Durango
of youth program has been in doubt since running into lease problems
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Bayfield music director reinstated after nonprofit’s internal investigation
Usinowicz, founder of the Be FRANK Foundation, was placed on paid leave in December
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of SW Colorado celebrates 40 years of helping local children
Executive director says the organization has evolved over time
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Director of Bayfield music nonprofit tries to move past domestic violence conviction
Usinowicz, founder of the Be FRANK Foundation, sentenced to probation in January
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Youth hub in downtown Durango to lose its space
Hive must be out of its building by June 30
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Durango kennel-free cattery brings 12 cats displaced by Lahaina fire back to mainland
Care Durango a sanctuary, shelter and rescue all rolled into one
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Durango DEVO hosts annual bike swap event at Chapman Hill
Swap features wide variety of new and used biking gear and equipment
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Durango native named new executive director of 4CORE
Hill says her primary goal is to build organization’s workforce
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Durango’s Creative Economy Commission to sunset in June
State-certified creative district to take over most responsibilities
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How a nonprofit’s Snowdown float became a vehicle for crafts, collaboration and creativity
Durango Makerlab makes tools available 24/7 to its members
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Interpreter training program helping break language barriers in La Plata County
Interpretation service network building equity and opportunity
Arts and Entertainment
Unchain my HeART fundraiser returns for 10th year
Plata Youth Services event promotes protective factors, director says
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Grief awareness spreading in post-pandemic world, says director at Grief Center of Southwest Colorado
Nonprofit to celebrate 15th anniversary in 2024
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Durango nonprofit a financial boon to municipal books and media center
Friends of the Library earmarks $65,000 in contributions for 2024
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Durango approves $1.88 million DOLA block grant for mortgage assistance
161 people housed in over 76 homes during 2019-23 grant contract period
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Durango travelers recount stories of Middle Eastern, African refugees
Artists Giving Back nonprofit finishes second trip to Lesvos, Greece
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Former director of Southwest Colorado nonprofit suspected of embezzlement
Hein allegedly spent more than $21,000 on personal items
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Food Equity Coalition wraps first Spanish language Community Empowerment Program
Leadership, community focus of nine-session work group
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What happens when you don’t make enough to qualify for affordable housing in Durango?
Man’s application for assisted living denied, even though he makes enough to cover rent
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La Plata County Humane Society’s new executive director looks to address ‘pandemic pet boom’
Dreyfuss said agency had almost 50 puppies as of Tuesday
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Durango builder establishes vocational school in Guatemalan town
Fundación San Mateo enrolls 220 middle and high school students in 2023
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Volunteers the ‘backbone’ of Durango Trails, director says
awareness, stewardship education efforts increased since 2020
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Four Corners Rainbow Youth Center bids farewell to co-founder after eight years
Jennifer Stucka-Benally says departure is ‘bittersweet,’ but nonprofit is in good hands