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Music in the Mountains offers student scholarships

Music in the Mountains Goes to School is offering Shining Star Scholarships to student musicians in the Durango area. These scholarships, sponsored by Bank of Colorado, are design...

Big Picture High School senior to host fundraiser Friday

Mai Funk, a senior at Durango Big Picture High School, will host a silent auction and benefit for her senior thesis project. Money raised will go toward sponsoring a child’s he...

Columbine Christian School to host fall harvest event

Columbine Christian School will hold its Fall Harvest Hot Dog Roast and Bonfire at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the school, 1775 Florida Road. The school will provide all the fixings and ...

Former Fort Lewis College provost creates scholarship for future teachers

Stephen Roderick wants to help student-athletes

Stephanie Moran receives Adult Education Leader of the Year award

The Durango Adult Education Center announces that Stephanie Moran, coordinator of the High School Equivalency Program, was awarded the 2016 Adult Education Leader of the Year award. ...

Ballot Issue 3B: Bayfield seeks tax hike to build schools

Request for $28.6 million would go for new elementary, other projects

District 9-R requests $1.7 million mill levy override

At the end of a long ballot for the Nov. 8 election, voters residing within Durango School District 9-R’s boundaries will be asked to approve a tax increase for the district. A “Y...

Nation’s high school graduation rate hits record 83.2%

National rise comes as student test scores decline

Escalante students to host voter education night

Students from Escalante Middle School will host a voter education night from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 26 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. There will be speakers and non...

Longtime FLC administrator endows scholarship for teachers

Stephen Roderick has announced the endowment of his scholarship fund, the Stephen A. Roderick Endowed Scholarship Fund, at Fort Lewis College. Roderick spent 30 years as a teache...

District 9-R schools will be closed Oct. 31

Durango School District 9-R schools will be closed Oct. 31 for a professional development day for teachers. School will resume Nov. 1. ...

Report ranks region’s education, child care

Education & Early Childhood Care of the Southwest Colorado Index provides an update on the statues region’s education and early childhood care. The index takes a comprehensive lo...