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VFW Post 4031 to host youth fishing derby

Youth must be accompanied by an adult during derby

DATE: Aug 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Senior Center Calendar

Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Events: Monday Noon SJBPH Vaccine Clinic 12:30 p.m. Duplicate Bridge 1 p.m. No Name Bridge 1:30 p.m. S...

DATE: Aug 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

San Juan College updates mask requirement

As a response to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s public health order, San Juan College is requiring that masks be worn by all people at all indoor locations, regardless of vaccinati...

DATE: Aug 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

La Plata County Commissioner Marsha Porter-Norton to offer community office hours

La Plata County Commissioner Marsha Porter-Norton will hold in-person community office hours from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday Aug/ 24 at Breen Community Building, 15300 Highway 140, Hesperus. Member...

DATE: Aug 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Improv group to perform summer finale

Devise and Conquer Improv will perform its summer finale, “3 on a Match,” at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 27 at Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave. Doors will open at 7 p.m., and the show will run f...

DATE: Aug 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

SJBPH to host school supply drive at local COVID-19 vaccine clinics

In recognition of National Back to School Month, San Juan Basin Public Health will host a school supply drive at select vaccine clinics in August. Through collaboration with area schools an...

DATE: Aug 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Create Art and Tea celebrates new space

Create Art and Tea will join the Chamber of Commerce for a ribbon-cutting at 5 p.m. Wednesday at its new location at 1015 Main Ave. There will be live music and home-baked goods. The new lo...

DATE: Aug 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Street repair at Florida Road and Colorado Avenue starts Friday

Street repair on Florida Road at the intersection of Colorado Avenue is expected to begin Friday Aug. 20. Lane shifts will be present Friday to Monday while repair work on an underground st...

DATE: Aug 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute Mountain Casino Hotel’s powwow canceled

After closely monitoring the surge in delta variant COVID-19 cases, Ute Mountain Casino Hotel and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council announced the powwow scheduled for this weekend is cance...

DATE: Aug 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan College Educational Services Center offers extended hours

San Juan College Educational Services Center (the Clocktower building) will open from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday Aug. 21 in preparation for the fall semester. Extended hours include advising, f...

DATE: Aug 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Merely Players season tickets on sale now

Merely Players is now selling tickets for its 2021-22 theater season: “Together Again.” The show lineup includes: “Men on Boats,” the retelling of John Wesley Powell’s Grand Canyon expeditio...

DATE: Aug 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango Arts Center seeks actors

The Durango Arts Center is calling all local thespians to audition for its October shows. The Ten-Minute Play Festival is looking for actors older than 16 to audition. There is no need to pr...

DATE: Aug 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment