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Festival of Trees returns to Durango

The 18th annual Festival of Trees, presented by Community Connections, will take place 12-5 p.m. Friday to Sunday, Dec. 3-5, at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Grange Hall. Th...

DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Stillwater Music welcomes two new board members

Stillwater Music, a Durango music education hub, welcomed new members Sara Olsen and Patrick Lyons to the board. Olsen is the owner of Sara Olsen and Associates, a Durango marketing firm hel...

DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

Shop with a Cop seeking donations

The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 8 is seeking donations for its Shop with a Cop event. For the event, law enforcement officers paired with La Plata and Archuleta county children in need g...

DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Music in the Mountains welcomes new board members

Music in the Mountains announced the appointment of three new board members: Liz Hogan, Meredith Madrigal and Paul Singer. Music in the Mountains is a fully integrated festival of orchestra...

DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

Ignacio nurse wins Nightingale award

Dixie Melton, family nurse practitioner and owner of Ignacio Family Medicine, won the statewide Nightingale Luminary Award presented Oct. 16. She was nominated for the statewide event after...

DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

San Juan National Forest Christmas tree permits available

Starting Nov. 12, Christmas tree permits can be purchased for $8 in Durango at Kroegers Ace Hardware, 8 Town Plaza, and the San Juan National Forest Headquarters at 15 Burnett Court, or in B...

DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Pine River Library hosts Death Cafés

Every third Tuesday of the month, Pine River Library hosts a Death Café from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, A Death Café is a gathering for people to enjoy refres...

DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Silverton seeking town attorney

The town of Silverton invites individual attorneys or firms to apply for the town attorney position. The Request for Proposals/Request for Qualifications can be found at https://bit.ly/3GuHD...

DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

Meisner named Rookie of the Year

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DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

Great Old Broads for Wilderness awarded grant

Great Old Broads for Wilderness was awarded the $10,000 Climate Action Grant from Aspiration to continue its nationwide woman-led grassroots advocacy and education. Broads was among the 10 o...

DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

Manna to host community Thanksgiving meal

Manna soup kitchen will serve a traditional Thanksgiving meal (turkey, gravy, stuffing, brown-sugar glazed carrots and pumpkin pie) Nov. 25 on the back side of its culinary building at 1100 ...

DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

San Juan Regional Medical Center asks for help

San Juan Regional Medical Center is recruiting local health care workers, both who work elsewhere in the community and those who are retired, to help meet the high demand for patient care. ...

DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business