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Durango Botanical Society thanks the ‘Rosie team’

Sadly, the roses did not make it through the harsh, dry winter Durango saw this past season. Recently, the “Rosie”…

June 19, 2020

Community

VFW to host breakfast

The post will host a veterans breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday.

June 19, 2020

Community

Mercy grateful for support of volunteers, community

Mercy has benefited from the tireless efforts of many volunteers, including those at the Durango PowerHouse Science Center’s Maker Lab.…

June 19, 2020

Community

Durango Botanic Gardens open

Walk through the Durango Botanic Gardens along the Animas River Trail. The garden has plants from every continent, except Antarctica.…

June 19, 2020

Community

How Bayfield schools moved to virtual learning

Coronavirus pandemic forced district to move quickly to get set up

June 19, 2020

Health

Cheap drug is first shown to improve COVID-19 survival

Medical workers attend to a COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit June 14 at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen.…

June 17, 2020

And the West is History

Photo: Rio Grande Southern Excursion â€“ 1951

On Sept. 2, 1951, the Rio Grande Southern railroad hosted 129 members of the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club for a…

June 15, 2020

Travel

As business trickles back, hotels compete on cleanliness

A Marriott employee uses an electrostatic sprayer to clean public areas at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott in New York. Marriott,…

June 13, 2020

Health

CDC posts long-awaited tips for minimizing everyday risk for COVID-19

Andrea Castaneda cleans the railings at Universal CityWalk on Thursday near Universal City, Calif. On Friday, June 12, 2020, the…

June 12, 2020

Community

Womenade grateful to donors

The Women’s Resource Center continues to provide our community with assistance on many levels. Thanks to them, they have adapted…

June 12, 2020

Community

Durango Rotary club to host virtual meeting

Wallach specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation, providing nonsurgical treatment of spine, muscle, nerve and joint problems. He will speak…

June 12, 2020

Health

More Coloradans qualify for health insurance in special enrollment period

To qualify, people must have been enrolled in an insurance plan that qualifies as minimum essential coverage at least one…

June 10, 2020

Health

Can tear gas and pepper spray increase virus spread?

A protester tries to talk the police back amid tear gas May 31 in downtown Atlanta, as protests continued across…

June 8, 2020

Health

Malaria drug didn’t help virus patients, big UK study finds

An arrangement of hydroxychloroquine pills. On Friday, June 5, 2020, leaders of a large study in the United Kingdom that…

June 8, 2020

Travel

Tourist rescued after being trapped 6 days in well in Bali

In this photo released by Indonesian National Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers carry Ukrainian man Roberts Jacob Matthews on…

June 8, 2020

And the West is History

Photo: Electra Lake big fish

This picture shows Judge William Norton Searcy sitting on the shore of Electra Lake. Based on two notes accompanying this…

June 8, 2020

Travel

French Quarter sans tourists: ‘An old neighborhood again’

A bar is boarded-up May 20 at a Bourbon Street intersection in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Bars have been closed…

June 6, 2020

Community

Karen Sheek elected president of state league

For almost 20 years, she and her business partner operated Seasâ€™nings Catering, providing off-site catering services. Chosen to fill a…

June 5, 2020

Community

San Ignacio Fiesta canceled

The committee agreed canceling the event was in the best interest of the community and festival supporters. This year would…

June 5, 2020

Community

Rotary Club of Durango to discuss Animas River water quality

Sparks will discuss issues surrounding the acid drainage and dissolved metals loading in the Animas River as the result of…

June 5, 2020

Community

Durango Public Library’s summer reading programs begin Wednesday

The Summer Reading Program encourages children to read or have someone read to them all summer. Reading together builds pre-reading…

June 5, 2020

Community

Powerhouse reopens Monday with Camp Discovery

Class will be held with smaller-sized camp groups engaged in STEM activities. Camps are for youths ages 5 to 18.…

June 5, 2020

Community

La Plata County Humane Society receives grant

The Petco Foundation investment will help to provide veterinary care, such as spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations and microchipping. The grant is…

June 5, 2020

Community

Durango Nature Center to host clean up

Volunteers are invited to get out outdoors, volunteer and participate in some self-guided stewardship of the Nature Center. Volunteers may…

June 5, 2020