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U.S. to screen airline passengers from China for new illness

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials say they will begin taking temperatures and asking about symptoms of passengers at…

U.S. drinking more now than just before Prohibition

According to federal health statistics, Americans are drinking more now than when Prohibition was enacted a century earlier. What’s more,…

Womenade to meet Monday

Donations will help La Plata County women who are normally self-sufficient and are experiencing an unexpected financial hardship. All are…

Snowdown event coordinators party to be held

This will be the only opportunity available for event coordinators to receive their requested event prizes and volunteer caps. Appetizers…

Indivisible Durango to hold general meeting

The focus is to explain the upcoming residential primary and caucuses and who can vote for which candidates in March.…

DeColores Civitan to host public social

The Durango Civitan club will raise a pint their recently departed member, Lon Erwin. This public social is free and…

Durango Adult Education Center starts session three ESL and GED classes Tuesday

On-site child care will be available for evening classes. Preregistration is required for classes. For more information about programs and…

Women’s Wellness Connection offers free cervical cancer screenings

A Pap test is the first line of defense against cervical cancer. When cervical cancer is found early, more than…

Stillwater Music thanks supporters of Winter Wonder Bands event

Thanks to event sponsors First Southwest Bank and LPEA; Stella Dickson, Jana Leslie, Nancy Shanks, Lissa Howe, Shari and Daniel…

Thank you to the Library Advisory Board and the Friends of the Library

DBS is an all-volunteer organization that designs and builds public gardens providing education, inspiration and tranquility. We maintain our current…

Thank you to the Community Foundation

We maintain our current gardens around the public library and develop new gardens on memberships, donations and grants alone. This…

Thank you from Clint Jacobsen

I’ve been around skiing for 30-odd years, and last weekend’s race had a lot in common with a few that…

DeColores Civitan Club thanks local clergy

Clergy Appreciation Week is held to recognize the heroism of four U.S. army chaplains during World War II who were…

Gustavus Adolphus College names Benjamin Mickel to fall semester dean’s list

The list includes students who have earned a 3.7 grade point average or higher for the semester ending in December…

Photo: Standard Smelter 1894

Not to be confused with the better-known, longer-operated Durango Smelter, the Standard Smelter was built in 1892 about a half-mile…

Patients push limits for clues to chronic fatigue syndrome

Zach Ault of Paducah, Ky., is connected to medical monitors during an exercise test at the National Institutes of Health’s…

Senior Center to host performance

Life-long Learning series to begin

Lewis College offers variety of programs on Thursdays

TOPS to meet at senior center

The topic of the meeting will be the Mediterranean diet. Nicole Clark, RD, from La Plata County Extension, will lead…

Axis Health System to host dance and learn event

This event is free and open to anyone older than 65. Axis representative Karla Sluis will offer information about the…

Professor Don May to speak to the Rotary Club of Durango

All three of Durangos’ Rotary clubs are supporting this project. In 2005, May started VAP at FLC, which originally was…

Marvel Grange to host annual chili cook-off and dessert auction

To enter the chili cook-off, participants must bring 1 gallon of ready-to-serve chili and a $10 entry fee. Depending on…

San Juan Basin Public Health to provide radon workshops and test kits

About half of Colorado homes have radon gas levels that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s action level. In Colorado, radon…