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Senior Center Calendar

Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Monday 10:30 a.m.: WYS – Marvel. 11 a.m.: Chair Zumba. 12:30 p.m.: Duplicate Bridge. 1 p.m.: Bingo, No Name Bridge. ...

DATE: Jan 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Community

Women’s Resource Center seeks Extraordinary Woman nominees

Women’s Resource Center recognizes the accomplishments and contributions of La Plata County women during Women’s History Month. It is now accepting nominations for its Extraordinary Woman Aw...

DATE: Jan 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Community

County plans maintenance for gravel roads

La Plata County’s Road and Bridge Division will begin repairing and regrading all of the gravel roads in the county road system as soon as conditions allow. District managers will identify a...

DATE: Jan 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Community

Colorado sees more avalanche deaths than any other state. A training course at this mountain park hopes to change that

At a park just outside of Minturn, now open for its third season, there are eight transmitters that people can practice finding with their beacons

DATE: Jan 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

And the West is History: Cowgirl Maude Tarr at Durango Round-Up – 1919

DATE: Dec 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

January library events

Durango Public Library 1900 East Third Ave., 375-3380, www.durangopubliclibrary.org . Ongoing Events Thursdays 10:30-11 a.m.: Family Storytime: Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, & ...

DATE: Dec 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Bridge Scores

Durango Bridge Club online and in-person play – all pairs received 50+ percent Dec. 27 – Open Pairs, 1:30 p.m. First: L. Anderson/B. Dobson Second: N. Ehrlich/C. Frush ...

DATE: Dec 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Senior Center Calendar

Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Monday Closed for holiday. Tuesday 9:30 a.m.: Zumba. 10:30 a.m.: Watch Your Step. 11:30 a.m.: BFBA. 12:30 p.m.: Canast...

DATE: Dec 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Archaeological Society to host talk

The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will host a presentation at 7 p.m. Jan. 11 in the Lyceum at Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, and on Zoom. At 6:30...

DATE: Dec 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Colorado’s paid family leave program kicking off Jan. 1

Employers are required to start collecting premiums for the new FAMLI program

DATE: Dec 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

This Colorado scientist fled the Marshall fire, then returned to study how it happened

In 2021, the devastating Marshall fire showed wildfire can strike Colorado in almost any place or season. Scientists now hope to glean lessons from it for communities across the West.

DATE: Dec 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life