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Durango Project Linus names coordinators
Community

Durango Project Linus names coordinators

February 14, 2018

Project Linus is a local nonprofit that distributes handmade blankets to children and families in need, and was established by Ro Babcock and Julie Butler in February 2001, with Regina…

February library events
Community

February library events

February 14, 2018

Ongoing events Tuesdays, 2 p.m.: Baby story time. Interactive activities with music, stories, finger-plays, counting rhymes and playtime for infants to 18-month-old children. Parents and caregivers are welcome. Thursdays, 10:30…

And the West is History
And the West is History

And the West is History

February 14, 2018

du1-i-syn 75 years ago: Hearings for an increase in electric power rates, requested by the Western Colorado Power Co., were concluded at Montrose, according to local officials of the La…

Kids invited to winter discovery walk
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Kids invited to winter discovery walk

February 13, 2018

Kids who participate, accompanied by an adult, will have the opportunity to discover animal tracks, examine plants, enjoy the outdoors and receive official Junior Snow Ranger booklets and badges. Snowshoes…

Long-stalled Vegas casino-resort gets new life
Travel

Long-stalled Vegas casino-resort gets new life

February 12, 2018

This 2009 photograph shows the stalled Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino-hotel project in Las Vegas. The hulking, bluish casino-resort, which has sat unfinished on the Las Vegas Strip since 2009 and…

Kids Rock to offer breastfeeding workshop
Health

Kids Rock to offer breastfeeding workshop

February 12, 2018

The workshop is for pregnant women and their partners and will discuss how to start breastfeeding a newborn. Snacks will be provided. For more information, call 259-9400.

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to present talk
Southwest Life

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to present talk

February 12, 2018

After a social from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and a brief business meeting, Charles Riggs, associate professor of anthropology at FLC, will present a talk called “Fort Lewis College Archaeological…

A soup with substance? Cashews to the rescue, again.
Food

A soup with substance? Cashews to the rescue, again.

February 11, 2018

Creamy Vegan Potato Chowder.Deb Lindsey/Washington Post Cashews, of course, are the answer. As I’ve rhetorically asked before, aren’t they always? Before you add them to this chowder, it’s a perfectly…

Spring runoff forecast for Lake Powell is bleak
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Spring runoff forecast for Lake Powell is bleak

February 11, 2018

A warm, dry winter across the Southwest means Lake Powell will likely collect less than half its normal spring runoff. The forecast is the seventh-worst for the reservoir in 54…

Durango resident organizes Washington, D.C. rally
Community

Durango resident organizes Washington, D.C. rally

February 11, 2018

du1-i-syn Protesters will gather at 10 a.m. at the Lincoln Memorial Plaza and march at noon to the closed portion of Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House. Durangoan Greg Simpson…

Animas Museum to host World War I French 75 party
Food

Animas Museum to host World War I French 75 party

February 10, 2018

The French 75 Cocktail was invented during World War I and was allegedly named after a powerful artillery gun.Courtesy of the Animas Museum The featured drink will be a French…

Western Colorado rock art vandals begging for attention
Southwest Life

Western Colorado rock art vandals begging for attention

February 10, 2018

Alissa Leavitt-Reynolds examines graffiti on an escarpment in the Bangs Canyon Area near Gand Junction. The Bureau of Land Management is hoping to discourage vandalism on federal lands, such as…