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Marvel Grange to host community breakfast

Marvel Grange will host a community breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. May 29 at the grange hall, 217 County Road 133 A, Hesperus. Pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, orange juice and coffee will be a...

DATE: May 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Nurse recognized at Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center

Lisa Eason, intensive care unit registered nurse, of Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center was recently honored with the Daisy Award For Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of th...

DATE: May 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health

Boom in volunteers crucial to La Plata County vaccination effort

Medical Reserve Corps grows by hundreds to tackle COVID-19 testing, vaccines

DATE: May 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Concert to benefit Wolfwood Refuge

Wolfwood Refuge’s benefit concert will take place from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 30, at Fox Fire Farms, 5513 County Road 321, Ignacio. The concert will feature music by Zia Chicks. Ticket...

DATE: May 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Durango Fall Blaze Bicycle Celebration returns with in-person events

Durango Fall Blaze Bicycle Celebration will return to in-person events Sept. 25 with new rides for road, mountain bike and gravel riders. Rides will start at the clock tower on the Fort Lewi...

DATE: May 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Centura Health-Mercy nationally recognized with ’A’ grade for safety

Centura Health-Mercy Regional Medical Center received an “A” grade for hospital safety from the Leapfrog Group. This national distinction recognizes achievements protecting patients from er...

DATE: May 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health

And the West is History: Velma’s Supper Club/ Sundowner – 1993

DATE: May 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

Heart study: Low- and regular-dose aspirin safe, effective

An unusual study that had thousands of heart disease patients enroll themselves and track their health online as they took low- or regular-strength aspirin concludes that both doses seem equ...

DATE: May 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health

Detroit tourism seeks rebound after year lost to pandemic

DETROIT – Timothy Tharp has owned businesses in Detroit long enough to remember when parts of downtown resembled a ghost town. He’s also seen its resurgence with new restaurants, hotels and ...

DATE: May 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

FLC calendar

Visit www.fortlewis.edu, click the “Quick Links” menu, choose “News & Events,” the click “FLC Events” to view the complete calendar. Friday Admitted Student Day activity, 10 a.m., Chemistry ...

DATE: May 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Local student graduates from Flagler College

Summer Brown of Hesperus graduated with a degree in coastal environmental science from Flagler College on May 3 at its spring commencement exercises. ...

DATE: May 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Rotary Club of Durango to host author Shelby Tisdale

Rotary Club of Durango will host award-winning author Shelby Tisdale at 6 p.m. Tuesday May 25on Zoom. Tisdale will present highlights from “Federico: One Man’s Remarkable Journey from Tutu...

DATE: May 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community