Applications for the Animas Surgical Hospital scholarship at Fort Lewis College =are due by Wednesday. The scholarship provides money to support local students who are entering FLC in the fall…
Durango High School will hold an eighth grade parent night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the school, 2390 Main Ave. The night is an opportunity for families and…
This snow grooming machine slipped into a snow-covered Hermosa Creek in Hermosa Park at Purgatory Resort in 1999. It was not easy to extricate from the watery trap, but with…
Durango-La Plata county Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave., will hold a craft fair for Valentine’s Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 11. The fair will consist gifts, candy,…
The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade updated the list of qualifying counties for Enhanced Rural Enterprise Zone. This continues to include Archuleta, San Juan, Montezuma and Dolores…
When a 1987 Snowdown-themed rubber alligator sold in the hundreds, the Snowdown committee realized a themed product could help finance the annual event that started in 1979. For 1988, the…
Marvel Methodist Church will be holding its 52nd annual Ground Hog supper Feb. 4 at the Marvel Grange hall, 217 County Road 133A in Marvel. Dinner of ground hog sausage,…
The La Plata County Fair Board is accepting theme ideas for the 2023 county fair. Themes should reflect the family and community nature of the fair. Themes or slogans must…
Durango Botanic Gardens will host a series of presentations, “Envisioning a Changing DurangoScape: Practical approaches to adapting yards and landscapes to a changing climate,” that will be available March 1…
Applications for the Durango High Noon Rotary Club Scholarship are now open for the 2023-24 school year for academic, vo-tech and paramedic scholarships. The club expects to award nearly $30,000…
Efforts are a response to 2020 fire and subsequent flooding the following year
An impressive rooster-tail of snow is shown being thrown across the Durango train yard by a rotary snowplow in this picture from February 1916. Rotary snowplows were used on the…
The Farmer-In-Training Program 2023 is now accepting applications. The Farmer-In-Training will run from May 16 to Oct. 12. A living stipend of up to $2,500 is available for Native American…
Bear Smart Durango invites the public to a Calendar Release Party, celebrating the release of its 2023 “Happenings” calendar from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the office of San…
We are so grateful at WolfWood Refuge for the support of the Durango Community. Colorado Gives is a wonderful organization that helps many local nonprofits, and this year was the…
Amid Colorado's egg shortage, some people are foregoing grocery trips and starting their own flocks
Measure would mostly affect Congressional accounting guidelines when tracking land federal land transfers
Mountain Middle School is one of the Colorado Charter School Institute’s highest performing schools, earning a “performance with distinction” accreditation rating confirmed by the CSI board of directors and the…
In the early 1900s, many men wore a coat and tie to work, even men delivering milk. Here, Frank Connor, right, stands alongside a helper and his delivery wagon at…
Colorado Native Plant Society’s Southwest Chapter will host a lecture by Nora Ventrella at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 at Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive,…
San Juan Basin Public Health has launched a survey to gather input from La Plata and Archuleta county residents on their primary public and environmental health priorities and needs. The…
The Community Foundation serving Southwest Colorado is offering a scholarship opportunity called the MOLAS – Meaningful Opportunity through Learning and Advancement. MOLAS is needs based for low-income people, including nontraditional…
Potlucks are held at 6:30 p.m. every fourth Friday at Heartwood Cohousing, 800 Heartwood Lane, to meet people who live at Heartwood and get know the community. Guests are asked…
The Breen Grange will host a community dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the grange, 15300 Colorado Highway 140. The plates will include fried catfish and chicken. The…
Marvel Grange will have a chili cook-off at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Grange Hall, 217 County Road 133A. Contestants should bring approximately 1 gallon of chili and a…
Application packets for the Early Access program will be available beginning Feb. 1 at the Durango School District Administration Building, 201 East 12th St. Durango School District 9-R has the…
The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will host a different presentation at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, in the Lyceum at Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, 1000…
Fort Lewis College offers variety of presentations Thursdays
On Jan. 19 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the Montezuma County League of Women Voters, Larimer County League, League of Women Voters of Colorado and the News Access and…
In 1973, Purgatory started a Goliath Gelande completion at the resort. Initially held on a jump constructed on Catharsis, the venue was later moved to the 70-meter Nordic ski-jump alongside…
