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Animas Museum to host webinar

Animas Museum’s Second Saturday Seminar Series will resume at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 11 online. Participants will learn about photographer Frank Gonner and see early Durango through his eyes. The ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Genealogical Society to meet

Southwest Colorado Genealogical Society will meet virtually at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 11 on Zoom. After a brief business meeting, the society will host Patricia Wells Stamm, who will present “Ridi...

DATE: Sep 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

TOPS to host open house

Durango Chapter of TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) will host an open house from 9 to10 a.m. Wednesday Sept. 8 at Durango/La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave. All past, present and prospect...

DATE: Sep 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Senior center announces dining change

Because of the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in La Plata County, the Durango/La Plata Senior Center announced it has suspended its indoor dining program. The indoor dining program has also b...

DATE: Sep 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Birds of prey face global decline from habitat loss, poisons

WASHINGTON – Despite a few high-profile conservation success stories – like the dramatic comeback of bald eagle populations in North America – birds of prey are in decline worldwide. A new ...

DATE: Sep 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Homeless campers in Colorado’s national forests increase during pandemic

Ranger sees illegal sites proliferate in the Pike National Forest

DATE: Sep 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Fossil leaves may reveal climate in last era of dinosaurs

WASHINGTON – Richard Barclay opens a metal drawer in archives of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum containing fossils that are nearly 100 million years old. Despite their age, these roc...

DATE: Aug 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

San Juan National Forest continues construction on the Cutthroat Trail

San Juan National Forest, volunteers and partners, including Southwest Conservation Corps and Durango Trails, resumed trail construction on the new Cutthroat Trail, a 5.5-mile trail above th...

DATE: Aug 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Wild horses and ancient fishing presentations featured in September

The public is invited to learn about the topics of wild horses and Ancestral Puebloan fishing strategies from the Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum and the Four Corners Lectu...

DATE: Aug 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Booming Colorado town asks, ‘Where will water come from?’

Greeley looks to secure water for future growth, but it’s far away and contaminated with uranium

DATE: Aug 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Fort Lewis College calendar

Visit www.fortlewis.edu, click the “Quick Links” menu, choose “News & Events,” the click “FLC Events” to view the complete calendar. Saturday Fall Orientation, 8 a.m., cost: free, contac...

DATE: Aug 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

September library events

Durango Public Library 1900 East Third Ave. Contact: 375-3380, www.durangopubliclibrary.org. Ongoing Programs Events by date Sept. 1, 4 p.m.: Outside Teen Time - Game Café. Games an...

DATE: Aug 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community