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Thank you from KDUR

KDUR’s largest fundraising event, over 30-artists donate their time and talent to making unique, one-of-a-kind pieces that go up for…

La Plata County receives $110,000 GOCO grant for school playground improvements

All schoolyards must be designed, in part, by students. Funded schools are also eligible to become part of Colorado Parks…

Travel insurance can help, but it has its limits

Basic policies generally don’t cover pandemics

Cancer, heart surgeries delayed as coronavirus alters care

A surgeon directs a special camera to be able to view his patient’s cancer tumor on monitors while performing surgery…

Sick staff fueled outbreak in Seattle-area care centers

A member of a cleaning crew wheels a cart toward a vehicle at the Life Care Center, where at least…

Hospitals fear shortage of ventilators for virus patients

Lovely R. Suanino, a respiratory therapist at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, N.J., demonstrates setting up a ventilator…

Photo: JFK at the Strater Hotel – 1960

In June 1960, the Colorado Democratic Party held its state convention in Durango. Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy attended the…

Nepal cancels spring mountain climbing season due to virus

A long queue of mountain climbers line a path in 2019 on Mount Everest just below camp four, in Nepal.…

Braided postpones spring social and silent auction

Braided is a community of women coming together to learn, travel and fish together. They seek to explore wild places,…

AP Exclusive: Coronavirus vaccine test opens with 1st doses

A pharmacist gives Jennifer Haller, left, the first shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine…

Why your next vacation should be in Canada

In any season, our neighbor has its draws

U.S. hospitals brace for ‘tremendous strain’ from new virus

Steve Moody, director of nursing at Central Maine Medical Center, mops the floor of a tent outside the emergency entrance…

Wolfwood Refuge to visit Purgatory

Wolfwood’s well-known ambassadors Oakley and Ra are expected to retire after the 2020 season because of their advancing years. They…

Mercy to host Soup for the Soul

Tickets are $75 and may be purchased by calling 764-2800. For more information, visit www.mercydurango.org/foundation.

Tickets on sale for fourth annual John W. Sanders lecture

The lecture will be presented by Trenton W. Holliday, Department of Anthropology, Tulane University. Holliday will discuss the Neandertals (Homo…

Rotary St. Patrick’s Day to be all about Ireland

Martin is an expert on Irish early medieval history and will discuss the history versus the legends/myths about St. Patrick;…

Senior Center to host new group

Gazak is a retired urologist/pediatric urologist who spent the last seven to eight years doing work with two different hospice…

Thank you to Durango residents

Sincerely, Russell Smith

Women’s Resource Center to postpone Extraordinary Women Award dinner and Girls Night Out

Vitalant reminds public giving blood is safe

The blood collection process is safe. In addition to the vigorous Food and Drug Administration-mandated testing of all blood components…

Airlines slash flights, freeze hiring as virus cuts travel

A Delta Air Lines passenger jet plane, a Boeing 737-900 model, approaches Logan Airport in Boston. Airlines are seeing a…

Tests show new virus lives on some surfaces for up to 3 days

An employee disinfects the glass cover of a butcher counter to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in a…

Flu and coronavirus: Similar symptoms, different fears

A 73-year-old man places a cold compress on his forehead while battling the flu at a hospital in Georgia. Doctors…

H.E.L.P. to host potluck

Everyone is welcome. For more information, call Eric at 884-9330.