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‘Packed for Success’ helps needy students The Elks Lodge Veterans Committee will provide school supplies and backpacks to children of veterans for the 2016-17 school year through its “Packed...

Ned Overend tells AARP readers how to disrupt aging

Ned Overend has astonished people for years as he continues winning cycling titles at the age of 60. He is featured in the June/July issue of AARP magazine in a story about defyin...

Arts & Entertainment Briefs

Chamber singers seek tenors, basses The Durango Chamber Singers are currently auditioning for tenors and basses for their 2016/2017 season beginning Aug. 22. Rehearsals are 5:30...

Good Earth Briefs

Hike to feature environmental art Allison Andersen will lead a free hike to explore environmental trail art by Mary Ellen Long from 8:20 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Participants will meet at Ed...

Local Briefs

Unitarians to hear from eco-theologist Rev. Michael Dowd, bestselling evolutionary evangelist, eco-theologian, and a modern-day, pro-science prophet, will speak at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Uni...

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Trails, Backyard Mountain Bike Race Series planned Developing Urban Single track Trail and Teams (DUST2) is raising funds to hire renowned trail builder Tony Boone for its proposed urban sin...

Education Briefs

Durango district schools to host ‘Meet Your Teacher’ All elementary schools in Durango School District 9-R will host “Meet Your Teacher” from 8 to 9 a.m. Aug. 22. Students and th...

Local Briefs

Artist to teach acrylic painting for seniors The Durango/La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave., will feature six classes on acrylic painting from 9 a.m. to noon each Thursday from Aug. 18 t...

Marc Witkes scholarship grows after half-marathon

Nearly 10 years after the death of Marc Witkes, the memorial scholarship in his name at Fort Lewis College continues to grow thanks to the Steamworks-Animas Valley Half-Marathon. ...

Henderson done in by dessert round

Chef Tyler Henderson of Plate in Durango ended up chopped, but not until he made it to the final round of Sunday’s “You’ve Been Chopped” episode, dubbed “Fried Chicken Time,” on the Food Net...

Local Briefs

Prehispanic clothing is talk’s theme A San Juan Basin Archaeological Society meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Lyceum at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College. ...

Local Briefs

ColoradoCare on agenda at Rotary The Rotary Club of Durango will hold a meeting and host a guest speaker at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. Guinn Unger, volunt...