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The Powerhouse to host Observing Earth presentation

The Powerhouse Science Center will host the Apollo 14 Virtual Speaker Series from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Participants can tune into @powscicenter Facebook stream to hear speak...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Animas Valley Grange to host cooking talk

Animas Valley Grange will host a virtual presentation, “Cooking with Karma,” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday on Zoom. Karma Bhotia, executive chef and owner of the Himalayan Kitchen,...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Summit Church to host Native Hope food and supply drive

Summit Church will host a food and supply drive for Native Hope Ministries from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 17 at Summit Church, 2917 Aspen Drive. The drive-thru collection will accep...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community Voices

Heart Safe La Plata offers classes

Heart Safe La Plata, a local nonprofit organization, will offer community CPR, AED and basic first aid/basic life support classes with COVID-19 precautions from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays at ...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community Voices

City offers community classes

Durango Fire Protection District and Durango Parks and Recreation have partnered to offer free classes for community members interested in learning about safe practices for outdoor adventure...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Education

American Legion Post 28 open to members, guests

American Legion Post 28 is open for business to members and guests from 1 to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday. State-approved COVID-19 safety measures are in place. Cmdr. Robert Jones re...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

In-river maintenance at 29th Street to begin Monday

The city of Durango will conduct in-river maintenance near the Animas River access at 29th Street at the south end of Memorial Park starting Monday. The work will repair erosion ...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

La Plata County Commissioner Marsh Porter-Norton will hold office hours by telephone from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, instead of in-person, in an effort to follow public health guidelines about s...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society to host talk about Aztec Ruins

San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will host a talk called “Methodology and Documentation of Historic Names at Aztec Ruins” by Fred Blackburn at 7 p.m. Wednesday on Zoom. Blac...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

City of Farmington and San Juan County, N.M. to host free dumpster day

City of Farmington and San Juan County, New Mexico, will host free dumpster day Saturday. Participating county transfer stations include: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cedar Hill...

DATE: Apr 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico announces vaccine self-scheduling for people 60 and older

New Mexico Department of Health on Thursday announced that To do so, log in to www.vaccineNM.org using a confirmation code and date of birth, choose a location and then select from availab...

DATE: Apr 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Durango Muffler and Brake announces rebranding

Durango Muffler and Brake announced a rebranding to reflect the company’s evolution into an all-encompassing, auto repair business. The new company name is now Durango Automotive Repair, to ...

DATE: Apr 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business