The League of Women Voters of La Plata County Healthcare committee is issuing a health care needs survey for residents. A 5-minute online survey is available at https://sofcorp.com/lwv-health/. The survey…
The Durango DeColores Club will host a food drive throughout April to benefit the Durango Food Bank. Donations can be dropped off at Bank of Colorado, 1199 Main Ave., or…
The Colorado Department of Transportation will resume work on the Camino del Rio improvement project. Crews and equipment were mobilized April 4. Trench work will also require a lane closure…
The Columbine Ranger District is planning to burn about 1,500 acres in the Beaver Meadows and the First Notch areas this spring. The area is located about 10 miles northeast…
Brady Leonard, Sydney Rey and Lance Mazur won Bayfield High School Business and Marketing Program’s Invention Convention. (Courtesy of Bayfield High School) Bayfield High School Business and Marketing Program hosted…
A wildlife team covers a young buck's head with a cloth to help calm it before testing the deer for the coronavirus and taking other biological samples in Grand Portage,…
A student walks down a hallway between classes at a high school in Kansas City, Kan., on the first day of in-person learning Wednesday, March 30, 2021. According to a…
Side street parking difficulties downtown are not a new phenomenon. Here, parties survey the situation, whether a minor fender bender or a creative attempt to safely park on a hill,…
Pond Skim 2019 (Courtesy)Ryan Nott Purgatory Resort will host its annual pond skim competition from 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday. Prizes will be awarded for the best skim (male and female), best…
La Plata County is revising its five-year strategic plan. County staff members will hold three public input meetings in April to hear from county residents, business owners and the nonprofit…
The Southwest La Plata Library District will host “Try VR” events at Sunnyside and Fort Lewis Mesa libraries. The events are at 5:30 p.m. April 13 at the Fort Lewis…
Visit www.fortlewis.edu, click the “Quick Links” menu, choose “News & Events,” then click “Events” to view the complete calendar. Sunday “ Sweeney Todd,” 2-4 p.m., Community Concert Hall, free for…
Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Events: Monday 12:30 p.m.: Duplicate Bridge 1 p.m.: Bingo 1:30 p.m.: Be Fit Be Able, Pool Tuesday 8:30 a.m.: Knitting/Crocheting 9:30 a.m.:…
Ryan McGee will speak to the Rotary Club of Durango about the regional politics, cultural factors and economic elements that are driving the ongoing war and what the possible long-term…
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4031, Durango Elks Lodge and American Legion Post 28 will host a fish fry fundraiser to benefit the Veterans Relief Committee at 5 p.m. April…
This very early picture shows Animas City in its heyday. It was still the dominant community in the area, but the writing was on the wall for its demotion to…
Visit www.fortlewis.edu, click the “Quick Links” menu, choose “News & Events,” then click “Events” to view the complete calendar. Sunday Wilderness First Responder, 7 a.m.-6 .pm., Jones Hall 160, contact:…
Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Events: Monday 12:30 p.m.: Duplicate Bridge 1 p.m.: Bingo, No Name Bridge 1:30 p.m.: Pool Tuesday 8:30 a.m.: Knitting/Crochet 9:30 a.m.: Zumba…
Great Decisions Durango will host a discussion about President Joe Biden’s agenda at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Moderator Laurie Meininger will…
Colorado Native Plant Society Southwest Chapter will host “Growing Native Plants in Southwest Colorado” by John Wickman, as part of its winter lecture series. The presentation will take place from…
Ture Nycum, who joined Durango’s Parks and Recreation Department as director last August, will speak to the Rotary Club of Durango on Tuesday, March 29. Nycum will provide background about…
The horse stalls (at right) along Main Avenue between 25th and 27th streets were part of a 1930s Works Progress Administration project to improve the fairgrounds. This photo was taken…
Visit www.fortlewis.edu, click the “Quick Links” menu, choose “News & Events,” then click “Events” to view the complete calendar. Sunday Wilderness First Responder, 7 a.m.-6 .pm., Jones Hall 160, contact:…
Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Events: Monday 12:30 p.m.: Duplicate Bridge 1 p.m.: Bingo 1:30 p.m.: MS/Be Fit Be Able, Pool Tuesday 8:30 a.m.: Knitting/Crocheting 9:30 a.m.:…
Applications for the Food Tax Rebate Program and the Utility Refund Program will be available starting March 14. City residents with a total household income no greater than 50% of…
Joel Priest accepts Character Counts Person of the Month award. (Courtesy of Ignacio School District) The Multi-Cultural Committee of Ignacio School District awarded Joel Priest as February’s Character Counts Person…
A retired official from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Donald Gonneville, will speak at the Rotary Club of Durango meeting on March 22. Gonneville will speak…
Pine River Library will host a workshop guiding participants through writing their own obituaries so that their grieving loved ones don’t have to. The workshop will be held from 10…
The Durango-La Plata Emergency Communications Center installed the RapidSOS program to help reduce emergency response time. The program, which went live March 9, allows dispatchers to locate a caller immediately…
Alternative Horizons is seeking volunteer advocates, including those who are bilingual, to staff its 24-hour hotline. Alternative Horizons supports and empowers survivors of domestic violence. Free volunteer training will be…
