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High Noon Rotary to meet Thursday

Durango High Noon Rotary will meet at 11:45 a.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio. The club will welcome new exchange students from Germany and Argentina durin...

Public library ups its English language resources

Funds from the Colorado State Grants to Libraries recently allowed Durango Public Library to add more than 250 items to assist with English language learning. In partnership with ...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Frank Foster, son of Mrs. J.C. Foster, had been in the Navy for five months and wrote his mother from Oregon to say he was “enjoying the life immensely” and had already be...

And the West is History

100 years ago: A follow-up story about a “supposedly insane” man on the Florida Mesa resulted in the arrest of John Butcher of Denver. Butcher said that he wanted to “butcher everyone wh...

And the West is History

100 years ago: H.L. Morgan, field secretary of the State Bankers’ Association was in Durango “to grame up with local banks regarding the coming Liberty Loan campaign.” 75 y...

Astronomy fans seek approval for observatory atop Colorado’s Pikes Peak

COLORADO SPRINGS – Astronomy enthusiasts are seeking permission to build an observatory atop Colorado’s Pikes Peak. The National Space Science and Technology Institute based in Co...

Trying to get sober? NIH offers tool to help find good care

WASHINGTON – The phone calls come – from fellow scientists and desperate strangers – with a single question for the alcohol chief at the National Institutes of Health: Where can my loved one...

Can Halloween freak you out any more than the real world?

NEW YORK – In case the real world’s not scary enough, there are plenty of Halloween attractions out there designed to completely freak you out. One in New York called This Is Real promises t...

Mesa County landfill wins award for painting over trash daily

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) – A problem that started with dirt and was solved with paint has earned a landfill an award for innovation, and Mesa County has the first waste-management team in Colorad...

Failure to vaccinate is likely driver of U.S. measles outbreaks, report says

People who don’t get vaccinated are the most likely reason for the steady increase in the rate of measles and major outbreaks in the United States, according to an analysis released Tuesday....

Arkansas city hopes $100 million effort will restore glory

EL DORADO, Ark. – An oil and timber town that was Arkansas’ richest community nearly a century ago believes that building a $100 million arts district in its historic downtown will spark a “...

And the West is History

Oct. 4 50 years ago: The city of Durango issued 34 building permits in September, said Henry E. Schmier, building inspector. The total valuation was $101, 330. 25 years ago...
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