Durango School District 9-R staff and board of education members welcome comments from the community. There are many ways to engage and participate, including: Attend and provide comments in person…
Pine River Library will host a babysitter training course from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 4 and 5. The two-day course trains teens ages 12 to 18 on basic…
The dinner bell for the Cattlemen’s Chuck Wagon Cook-off will be at 5 p.m. July 30 at La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. There will be meat, potatoes, beans,…
In a classic case of unintended consequences, at the urging of labor unions the Colorado Legislature passed a law to help workers by mandating a maximum eight-hour work day in…
Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Events: Monday 12:30 p.m.: Duplicate Bridge 1 p.m.: Bingo 1:30 p.m.: Be Fit Be Able, Pool Tuesday 9:30 a.m.: Knitting/Crochet, Zumba 10:30…
Animas High School will host tours of the “Elevated Nest” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and Aug. 3. The “Elevated Nest” is AHS’ new campus under construction at 22 Osprey Way,…
A painting by Linda Ivie available for viewing at the First Presbyterian Church until the new show opening on Aug. 13. (Courtesy of Linda Ivie) First Presbyterian Church is hosting…
Landscape diversity invites study of desert groundwater, alpine permafrost and prehistoric wildfires
Mild to Wild will host “Raft for Hope,” a raft trip fundraiser in memory of Taylor Jesse Lau at 5 p.m. July 24 beginning at the Mild to Wild shop,…
Durango Farmers Market would like to offer an enormous thank you to our 2022 sponsors that offered their support to our market. TBK Bank continues to offer both the summer…
Pine River Library will host an outdoor screening of the 1975 classic movie “Jaws” at sunset July 22 at the library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive in Bayfield. Audience members should…
Pine River Library will host “Getting Creative with Canva,” a class that will help users learn the basics of the program. Canva is a free online design tool that allows…
Durango School District students are invited to draw a prize this week during the Summer Bridge workbook checkpoint event. Prizes will be awarded to students who completed the second portion…
An image from the “Beyond Van Gogh” exhibit is projected onto a wall at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J., on July 7. Some casinos are using fine…
The Spanish Trails Fiesta started in 1935 and for decades was the major event of the year in La Plata County. In a nod to marketing, the name was changed…
La Plata County’s Stage 1 fire restrictions were lifted by Sheriff Sean Smith as of July 6 in the unincorporated areas of La Plata County and on all lands owned…
Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Events: Monday 11 a.m.: Chair Zumba w/ Toning 12:30 p.m.: Duplicate Bridge 1 p.m.: Bingo, No Name Bridge 1:30 p.m.: Be Fit…
Juvenile smallmouth bass sit at a National Park Service laboratory near Page, Ariz., on July 1. Confirming their worst fears for record-low lake levels, NPS fisheries biologists have discovered that…
Riverhouse Children’s Center, a Durango nonprofit early education center, announced the return of its annual fundraiser, Cheers for Children. The fundraiser is from 4 to 8 p.m. July 31 at…
La Plata County Humane Society kittens will be at Pine River Library for kitten yoga from noon to 1 p.m. July 16. The class is beginner friendly and hosted by…
Animas Valley Grange will host a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 16 at the Grange. Tools, small appliances, gardening gear, lamps, sports gear, books, kitchen goodies…
Pine River Library will host “Summer Blooms,” a collaborative art show by Bayfield watercolorist Veryl “Nadya” Rosenbaum and her son, Ronald “Tron” Blatt, a digital photographer. The mother and son…
Animas Museum will host its Second Saturday Seminar, “The Great Fire of 1889,” at 1 p.m. Saturday (July 9) via Zoom. Local historian Charles DiFerdinando will discuss the July fire…
This large advertising billboard sat at the open lot of 11th Street and Main Avenue in 1910. The subject matter was diverse. On the far right the fair being advertised…
Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Events: Monday Senior Center Closed for Independence Day. Tuesday 9:30 a.m.: Knitting/Crochet, Zumba 10:30 a.m.: Watch Your Step, Crafts 12:30 p.m.: Canasta…
Women’s Resource Center is hosting a scavenger hunt to celebrate its 35th anniversary in downtown Durango throughout the month of July. The self-guided scavenger hunt can be completed on a…
Alayna Latimore, a La Plata County Sheriff’s Office deputy, will compete in her first pageant at Miss Colorado USA this summer. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)cca La Plata County Sheriff’s Office deputy…
(Courtesy of Southwestern Colorado AHEC) We would like to thank the Telluride Foundation for their support of the 2022 SWCAHEC Health Careers Institute, impacting the lives of an amazing group…
On Saturday, June 25, Durango Botanic Gardens held its annual Gardens on Tour. This was our biggest year yet thanks to so many wonderful people. There were nine private gardens…
The family of Mario J. Garcia would like to express their sincere thank you for the support and sympathy we received after the sad and sudden loss of Mario. As…
