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Telluride Fire Festival to take place with safety protocols in place

The Telluride Fire Festival has a COVID-19-safe, three-day festival planned, which will be mostly outdoors to offer art and culture Dec. 4 to Dec. 6 in Telluride. Face masks will...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

Manna to host Thanksgiving feast

Manna soup kitchen will host a Thanksgiving feast from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at Manna, 1100 Avenida del Sol. The traditional Thanksgiving meal will be served grab-and-go style...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

Pine River Library expands digital offerings

Pine River Library has expanded its digital resources to include Creativebug, Prenda Code Club, Kanopy and Creativebug is a collection of arts and crafts video tutorials, providing on-dema...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

Partnerships offer grant opportunity

Three Rivers Teacher Quality Partnership and Southwest Teacher Quality Partnerships are offering a grant opportunity to complete a one-year residency while receiving a $55,000 living wage sa...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Education

Fort Lewis College Calendar

Visit Saturday Student Skateboard Deck Art exhibit, through March 12, cost: free, Center of Southwest Studies, contact: cswsmail@fortlewis.edu. Monday Drive-Thru Testing, ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

September births

These children were born at Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center in September: Rebecca Cash and Shaun Skiles, Durango, Emma Lee, 6 pounds 2 ounces, 8:38 p.m. Sept. 1. ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

Reservations required for recreation center and Chapman Hill Ice Rink

As of Friday, community members need to make reservations to use the Durango Community Recreation Center. This is to comply with new capacity limits associated with La Plata Countyâ€™s move ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Animas Museum Holiday Store moves online

Even though the Animas Museum is closed because of pandemic protocols, the Museum Store is moving online. The store offers unique books about regional historic topics. Purchases ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan College music showcase reinstated

The San Juan College Music Program Fall End-of-Semester Student Showcase will be presented, as most of the showcase events were able to be prerecorded, with the exception of the African Drum...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Report recognizes Durango as gold medal winner for recycling

The annual State of Recycling and Composting Colorado Report recognized Durango and Aspen for having the highest 2019 recycling rates outside of the Front Range. Both cities had recycling ra...

DATE: Nov 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Artisan’s Holiday Gift Show and Sale to be held online

Herald staff report The 23rd annual Artisan’s Holiday Gift Show and Sale will take place online this year, rather than at the Strater Hotel. The event will run from Nov...

DATE: Nov 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

SJBPH to host COVID-19 community testing event Friday in Bayfield

San Juan Basin Public Health and Upper Pine River Fire Protection District will provide free community drive-thru COVID-19 testing from 9 a.m. to noon Friday at the Upper Pine River Fire Pro...

DATE: Nov 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News