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High Noon Rotary to meet Thursday

Durango High Noon Rotary will meet at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio. The speaker will be Mike Smedley, who writes the Action Line column...

Input sought on San Luis Valley big-game management

In response to public meetings held earlier this month, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is seeking public comments about big-game management in the San Luis Valley and south San Juan Mountains (...

Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees to hold retreat

The Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College will participate in a planning retreat from 9:30 a.m. Aug. 3 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 4 at Haskell House, 5 Kennebec Court. No action or publ...

Old Fort at Hesperus offers online auction

The Old Fort at Hesperus recently launched an online silent auction to benefit its Farmer in Training Program. The program allows prospective farmers to co-manage a plot of land with assista...

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

Heart Safe La Plata, a local nonprofit, will hold a basic first-aid class at 3 p.m. and an adult CPR class at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, at Durango Fire and Rescue Station 1, 142 Sheppard Dri...

Durango Parks and Recreation Triathlon opens registration

Registration is open for the 14th annual Durango Parks and Recreation Triathlon, which will be held at 8 a.m. Aug. 5. The race will start and finish at the Durango Community Recre...

State parks to offer free access on Colorado Day

In celebration of Colorado Day, Colorado Parks and Wildlife will offer free entrance to all 42 state parks Aug. 7. Colorado Day was created by the Legislature to celebrate Colora...

Ignacio added to teacher-shortage town meetings

To help create a strategic action plan, Colorado Department of Higher Education and Colorado Department of Education will hold a series of town hall meetings to gather public comment about t...

Rotary Club to hear about Uzbekistan

The Rotary Club of Durango will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. Nigora Usmanova, a young woman from Uzbekistan, will speak about her native country. Usm...

Durango student makes dean’s list

Emma Greenberg of Durango was named to the dean’s list at University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, for the spring 2017 semester. To be added to the Universit...

Two Durango students earn degrees

Daniel Bergman and Samuel DuCharme, two students from Durango, recently graduated from Governors University in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bergman earned a nursing degree, and DuCharme ...

Student from Durango earns Master of Social Work

Aaron Belson of Durango recently earned a Master of Social Work degree from Simmons College in Boston. ...