Community
Bridge scores
March 15 First: R. Farkouh, S. Saunders Second: N. Burpee, J. Fusco Third: L. Hawk, Swanson Third: S. Mondin, R. Norton Fifth: R. Ayers, J. Hayes Sixth: C. Bronson, P.…
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Community
Triathlon group to meet Tuesday
The club provides education, training opportunities and encouragement to allow athletes to achieve their triathlon goals. Membership is open to those 15 and older, all levels of experience, and all…
Community
Mt. Allison Grange to host Easter supper
The menu includes: ham, turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, hot rolls, tossed salad, homemade pie, coffee and punch. An Easter play will be performed after the supper.…
Community
Mancos Public Library up for national award
The national medal is awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to a museum or library that displays outstanding community service. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/2teoP34.
Community
High Noon Rotary to meet Thursday
du1-i-syn National Park superintendent Cliff Spenser will update the club about upcoming plans for Mesa Verde National Park. Community members and visitors are welcome. Lunch will be available for $17.…
Community
Daybreak Rotary to meet Wednesday
du1-i-syn Ryan Haaland, from the department of science and engineering at Fort Lewis College, will speak to the club. The meeting is free and open to all. For more information,…
Community
Library accepting nominations for award
In 2017, the Advisory Board selected Beverly Darmour and Lynne Hardy to receive the award for their commitment to the Durango Public Library. For nomination forms and more information, visit…
Religion
Presbyterian Church to observe Good Friday
The church sanctuary will open at 5 p.m. for prayer. For more information, call 247-3175.
Religion
Farmington church offering services on Easter
A sunrise resurrection service at 7 a.m., and Easter celebration services at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. will be offered. For more information, call (505) 325-2600.
Religion
First Baptist Church to hold Easter services
March 25: Palm Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:45 a.m. March 30: Good Friday, 7 p.m. April 1: Easter Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:45 a.m. at Cross Bar X Youth Ranch, 2111 County…
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Amid shortage, health education centers work to recruit rural doctors
Colorado could be short 800 primary care physicians by 2020
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Turkey hunter seminar set for April 7
The class will cover concepts for turkey hunters, including biology, bird identification, laws and regulations, equipment, scouting, hunting tactics, turkey calling, tracking, how to set up blinds, field-dressing and more.…
Health
San Juan Regional staffs pulmonologists
Reasons people seek treatment from pulmonologists commonly include: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleep apnea and lung cancer. Those seeking a pulmonologist should consult primary care providers and obtain a…
Health
Heart Safe La Plata to offer first-aid, CPR classes
A basic first-aid class will be held at 3 p.m. and an adult CPR class will be held at 6 p.m. April 4.A CPR class for health care providers will…
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Canyons Alliance plans talk on wilderness areas
Chris Barns, retired Bureau of Land Management wilderness representative at the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center from 1999-2015, will be the presenter. Barns plans to answer questions about wilderness…
Health
Are you storing your pills in the right place? A dose of reality
A weekly pill organizer from Port and Polish is $15 and about the size of a cellphone.Becca Risa Luna/Port and Polish About 82 percent of American adults take at least…
And the West is History
And the West is History
Maude and Jim pull a water wagon and sprinkle the streets to reduce dust in 1918 or 1919. The driver was not identified.Courtesy of the Animas Museum 75 years ago:…
Food
All hail kolaches, the buns of Texas (and beyond)
As yeasted baked goods go, sweet kolaches have a place at breakfast, brunch or teatime. They are impressive enough to earn oohs and ahhs when I take them to gatherings.…
Travel
Leonard Bernstein, social activist, is focus of new exhibit
Journalists walk through the Leonard Bernstein exhibit during a press preview at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. The exhibit on the acclaimed composer and conductor runs…
Food
Less of New Mexico’s famed chile crop produced in 2017
expert working to improve harvesting, processing
Health
Study finds obesity robs the tongue of taste buds in mice
Packing on pounds seems to dull people’s sense of taste, and puzzled researchers turned to mice to figure out why: Obesity, they found, can rob the tongue of taste buds.Associated…
Travel
Want to avoid the flu while flying? Try a window seat
A window seat on a commercial airplane may be the safest place to sit if you want to avoid getting sick, a new study suggests.Associated Press file That’s what some…
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Food-safety class to be held April 11
The La Plata County Extension Office and Colorado Department of Health and Environment for Food Safety have partnered to hold the training. The course will cover requirements for cottage food…
Religion
Vatican bows to pressure, releases retired pope’s letter
This photo shows a complete copy of a letter by Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI about Pope Francis that the Vatican released March 17after coming under blistering criticism for previously selectively…
Travel
Northeast snowstorms give ski areas late season powder blast
From Vermont to Maine, skiers and riders were cheering the mounds of snow. “It’s amazing,” said Tim Austin, of Brentwood, New Hampshire, as he waited Thursday to board the single…
Health
Flu, crowded shelters create perfect storm for homeless
Members of Washington’s homeless community have constructed an encampment in front of the Central Union Mission. These crowded spaces can become breeding grounds for communicable diseases, like tuberculosis and the…
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Fort Lewis College to host Bears Ears lecture
Valley of the Gods is located at the southern end of the Bears Ears National Monument.Courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management Wilkinson has written 14 books about the law,…
Health
Do my ‘social prescriptions’ help patients?
Instructor Jane Chente Wu Adams leads her class of seniors in their exercises in Burtonsville, Maryland.Bill O’Leary via Washington Post/file I quickly started giving out these prescriptions, going so far…
Travel
Several ways to save on your European vacation
People pass an arrivals sign at the new Heathrow Airport Terminal 2 in London. Airfares to Europe this summer are expected to be slightly higher than last year, but on…
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Water Seminar set for April 6
Natural resource specialist Melissa May takes samples of water from the Animas River north of the New Mexico State line.Durango Herald file Registration is $45 before April 3 and $50…