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Region 9 to receive USDA loan and grant funds

The Region 9 Economic Development District of SouthWest Colorado, Inc. has been approved for a Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program loan and grant through USDA Rural Development. ...

Maria’s Bookshop hires 2 booksellers

Maria’s Bookshop has hired two new employees. Nancy Krauss will be a new bookseller. Previously, she owned a pet-boarding business in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. She also worked in real es...

LPEA hires a new lineman

Journeyman Lineman Eddie Quintana has joined the La Plata Electric Association in the Operations Department. He brings years of experience to the co-op. In the electric utility in...

HomesFund hosts upcoming home-buying classes

The HomesFund will be holding two home-buyer education classes in October. The first is Thursday, Oct. 4, in the Bayfield Town Hall building, and the second is on Saturday, Oct. ...

Small business group names 2018 ‘State Star’

The Shepherd serves as the executive director of the Southwest Colorado SBDC, hosted at Fort Lewis College. Her contributions to the Southwest region include creating 66 new jobs and helpi...

Absolute Physical Therapy turns 2

Absolute Physical Therapy & Wellness will mark its two-year anniversary from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at its clinic, 277 East Eighth Ave. in Durango. ...

Bridge scores

Durango Bridge Club Scores Sept. 20 Non-Life Master First: R. Ayers/S. McInturff Second: R. Houston/D. Sher Third: J. Mullins/M. Zempel Third: ...

9-R Shared School accepting registrations

Durango 9-R Shared School is now accepting registrations for the 2018-19 school year. Shared School is a fabulous program for home schooled students in Kindergarten - 8th grade. Elementary p...

Heart Safe La Plata to offer first-aid, CPR classes

Local nonprofit Heart Safe La Plata will offer basic first-aid and CPR trainings in October at Durango Fire and Rescue Station 1, 142 Sheppard Drive: A basic first-aid class will ...

Mesa Verde superintendent to speak to Rotary Club of Durango

The Rotary Club of Durango will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave., in Durango. Cliff Spencer, superintendent of Mesa Verde National Park, will speak to t...

9-R introduces the 9-R Community Connection

Durango 9-R is updating the Friday Folder communications to save paper, staff time and support our community partners. Starting this year, all Friday Folders (or Thursday Folders at some sch...

Rotary Club to meet Thursday at DoubleTree

Briggen Wrinkle, executive director of the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado, will speak to the Durango High Noon Rotary Club meeting at 11:45 a.m. Thursday at the Doubletree H...