Southwest Life

Community

Bocce ball tournament registrations opens

The tournament will take place at 1 p.m. June 8 at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Teams…

May 7, 2019

Community

Historic Preservation Commission to host Historic Driving Tour

The Murder, Mystery and Mining tour of Hesperus and Mayday will feature nine stops. The walking tour of Hesperus will…

May 7, 2019

Community

Garden Club to host plant sale

The event will be held rain or shine. Proceeds are used to maintain the gardens at Santa Rita Park.

May 7, 2019

Community

Marvel Grange to host pressure canner testing

Nicole Clark, La Plata County Extension Family and Consumer Science agent, will test the pressure canners. There will be a…

May 7, 2019

Community

Durango Farmers Market to accept SNAP, Double Up Food Bucks

The Double Up Food Bucks program will match SNAP funds dollar per dollar up to $20 each market day. These…

May 7, 2019

Community

Old Fort to host Farm Field Day

The Field Day will offer agricultural seminars, demonstrations of equipment used for seeding, planting, weeding and cultivating along with exhibits…

May 7, 2019

Community

Local men’s group to meet Thursday

This group promotes connecting men more deeply to themselves and their relationships. All men are welcome. Enter the building on…

May 6, 2019

Travel

Big Boy steam locomotive chugs to post-restoration debut

Big Boy No. 4014 rolled out of a Union Pacific restoration shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Saturday morning as hundreds…

May 6, 2019

Community

Durango Bird Club to meet

The topic of discussion will be “Birding El Triunfo, Chiapas, Mexico,” and will be given by Kristi Streiffert. Streiffert will…

May 5, 2019

Travel

Blame social media for parking fee at river overlook

Arizona spot grows exponentially in its popularity

May 5, 2019

Travel

Waikiki flood concerns spur push for Hawaii shore protection

forecasts 3-foot rise in sea level by end of century

May 4, 2019

Community

Marvel Grange to host queso workshop

Elanna Simmons will share and demonstrate how she makes queso cheese dip. Line dancing will also be held while the…

May 3, 2019

And the West is History

Photo: Relay runners

It is unlikely that everyone pictured ran in the relay race that led to the awarding of this banner 105…

May 3, 2019

Community

Durango Adult Education Center to offer intermediate Spanish class

The class is an interactive, conversation class to improve Spanish-language skills. Students will learn new vocabulary and phrases to continue…

May 3, 2019

Community

Senior Center to host Mother’s Day lunch

For more information or to make a reservation, call 382-6445.

May 3, 2019

Community

Sunnyside, Durango Public Library serve up edible books

This yearâ€™s challenge is to create representations using healthy foods. For more information, visit www.sunnyside.durangoschools.org.

May 3, 2019

Community

Lopez-Whiteskunk to talk about Bears Ears

Lopez-Whiteskunk, of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, will speak about her experience on the Intertribal Coalition that helped form Bears…

May 3, 2019

Community

Bear Smart to host mountain lion talk, workshop

Neils will give a presentation Thursday night and a workshop Friday. Attendees are required to register before the event and…

May 3, 2019

Community

Great Decisions group to meet Tuesday

The theme of the discussion will be “Cyber Conflicts and Geopolitics.” Facilitator Gail Harris, U.S. Navy (retired), will present background…

May 3, 2019

Community

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to meet

Laurie Webster and Chuck LaRue will discuss new research from the Cedar Mesa Perishables Project. There will be a social…

May 3, 2019

Community

Rotary Club of Durango to meet

Visitors are welcome. For more information, contact Bruce Rodman at 385-7899.

May 3, 2019

Community

DeColores Civitan to meet

The meeting is free and open to all. For more information, contact Christine Phillips at 385-5316 or visit www.decolorescivitan.org.

May 3, 2019

Community

High Noon Rotary to meet

Yui Nakagawa, an exchange student from Japan, will present information about her country, family and her experiences from living in…

May 3, 2019

Community

TOPS to host open house

This free event will begin with weigh-in at 8:30 a.m., followed by a meeting from 9 to 10 a.m. TOPS…

May 3, 2019