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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

Deadly extreme weather year for U.S. as carbon emissions soar

The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021, while the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions last year jump...

DATE: Jan 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

In 1st, surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient

In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life and a Maryland hospital said Monday that he's doing well three days after the high...

DATE: Jan 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health

Phoenix among those voluntarily losing Colorado River water

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The city of Phoenix this week outlined how it will voluntarily contribute water to a regional plan to shore up the country’s largest reservoir that delivers Colorado River...

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Knowledge is power: Understanding how to access college early and save money

I am still thankful for accidentally being scheduled into an English Composition concurrent enrollment class as a junior in high school. Being a first generation college student and attendin...

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Senior Center Calendar

Durango/La Plata Senior Center 2424 Main Ave., 382-6445 Events: Monday 12:30 p.m.: Duplicate Bridge 1 p.m.: Bingo, No Name Bridge 1:30 p.m.: MS/Be Fit Be Able, Pool Tuesday 8...

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Fort Lewis College calendar

Visit www.fortlewis.edu, click the “Quick Links” menu, choose “News & Events,” then click “Events” to view the complete calendar. Wednesday Graduate School Info Session, 4-5 p.m., via Zo...

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Bridge Scores

Durango Bridge Club online and in-person play – all pairs received 50+ percent Jan. 2 – Open Pairs First: M. Thorpe/C.L. Lappen Second: J. Edmondson/J. Edmondson Third:...

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

And the West is History: Skating on Animas River – ca. 1920

DATE: Jan 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

Environmental justice in spotlight as White House official departs

The White House’s top official on environmental justice is stepping down a year after President Joe Biden took office with an ambitious plan to help disadvantaged communities and overhaul po...

DATE: Jan 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

La Plata County Humane Society seeks donations for animal medical care

La Plata County Human Society said in a press release Tuesday that it recently received an 11-week old puppy with a heart murmur. The puppy is one of many animals that require extensive medi...

DATE: Jan 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community