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DAR announces Good Citizens Award winners

The Sarah Platt Decker Chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution announced this years winners of the DAR Good Citizens Award for local high school graduating seniors. The winners ar...

DATE: Jan 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Durango nonprofits win Colorado Humanities awards

Colorado Humanities announced Tuesday that Durango Independent Film Festival and La Plata County Historical Society won the Colorado Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Pla...

DATE: Jan 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

CDC encourages more Americans to consider N95 masks

NEW YORK – U.S. health officials on Friday encouraged more Americans to wear the kind of N95 or KN95 masks used by health-care workers to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Those kinds of m...

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health

5 reasons why ‘shoulder season’ is the best time to travel

In many ways, travel in 2021 was more challenging than it was in 2020. While demand for travel returned, sufficient hospitality staffing often did not, leading to long waits at airports, hot...

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Travel

Durango Dharma Center to host meditation class

The Durango Dharma Center will host a hybrid (in-person and online) insight meditation class from 6 to 7:45 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 1. The six-week course will include short guided med...

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Citizen science takes flight with annual bird counts

Christmas tallies boost research and conservation

DATE: Jan 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

And the West is History: Wetter Mercantile – ca. 1905

DATE: Jan 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

Senior Center Calendar

Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Events: Monday Senior Center Closed Tuesday 8:30 a.m.: Knitting/Crocheting 9:30 a.m.: Zumba 10 a.m.: Senior Yoga 10:30...

DATE: Jan 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Bridge Scores

Durango Bridge Club online and in-person Play – all pairs received 50+ percent Jan. 6 – Open Pairs First: B. Dobson/L. Anderson Second: S. Helie-Bisson/N.R. Muriby Thir...

DATE: Jan 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Women’s Resource Center accepting nominations

The Women’s Resource Center is now accepting nominations for its Extraordinary Women Award. The award is part of the center’s tradition of recognizing the accomplishments and contributions o...

DATE: Jan 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Snowdown Prize Patrol requests donations

Snowdown Prize Patrol is requesting prize donations from local businesses. All prize donations are used for Snowdown events that are sponsored by organizations that cannot provide their own ...

DATE: Jan 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Radon workshops and test kits available

San Juan Basin Public Health will provide free radon workshops and test kits in honor of Radon Awareness Month. Radon gas can be deadly. It has no odor or taste, is not visible and occurs na...

DATE: Jan 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community