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Small-business center offers open house The Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center is offering a free informational open house from 6 to 8 p.m. March 31 in Room 118 ...

DATE: Mar 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

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Dance for fitness at Bayfield library A fitness dance party will take place from 8 to 8:45 a.m. every Tuesday and Friday morning at the Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Dri...

DATE: Mar 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

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Senior Center offers computer class A computer class will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday at La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. Instructor Jon Cordalis will e...

DATE: Mar 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

All people have weaknesses, but they don’t define who we are

I cannot catch a ball. It’s my dirty, hidden secret (well, not anymore). When a spherical object comes spiraling toward me, my only reaction is to duck. The notion to catch, kick, hit with a...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Annual all-volunteer fair will help you take charge of your health

Taking charge of your health is often easier said than done. Did your New Year’s resolution to take better care of yourself, eat better, get more sleep or start to exercise fall ...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

This year, take a giant leap forward in volunteering

What are you going to do with your extra day this year? It’s Leap Year! I often hear people say that someday, when they have more time, they would like to volunteer. Leap Year is your chance...

DATE: Feb 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Kids’ dental care is keystone to a lifetime of good health

February has been coated in Cupid’s sugary sweets so long that most don’t know it is also National Children’s Dental Health Month. Hidden in heart-shaped shadows is the prevalence of poor or...

DATE: Feb 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Colorado’s United Ways take a look at community issues

Colorado has majestic mountains and fertile plains. It has inner-city places, remote locations and many types of communities in-between. Interestingly, when the 13 independent Un...

DATE: Jan 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Here’s to good things happening in new year

It’s 2016, a brand new year. It’s a time for us to honor the past and look to the future. So it is with disability trends. What’s Out: Group homes. Facilities across th...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

There’s an extra-special place in our hearts for anonymous donors

“Completely Anonymous,” that is all the detail report said about two large donations received by United Way of Southwest Colorado on Colorado Gives Day (Dec. 8). Two people gave generously a...

DATE: Dec 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Spread health, not flu, this holiday season

Flu season has officially been underway for over two months yet many residents have not received this year’s vaccine. December through February is the typical peak for influenza, and with th...

DATE: Dec 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

We could start avalanches of support, encouragement

Sometimes I think I should just stay off the Internet. It just offers incidents to shock and dismay. A recent example is this story of a Facebook post that went viral in November. ...

DATE: Dec 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Business Briefs

Local Briefs

Local Briefs

All people have weaknesses, but they don’t define who we are

Annual all-volunteer fair will help you take charge of your health

This year, take a giant leap forward in volunteering

Kids’ dental care is keystone to a lifetime of good health

Colorado’s United Ways take a look at community issues

Here’s to good things happening in new year

There’s an extra-special place in our hearts for anonymous donors

Spread health, not flu, this holiday season

We could start avalanches of support, encouragement

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