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Bridge Scores

Durango Bridge Club Online Play – All Pairs received 50+ percent Dec. 27 – Open Pairs North-South First: W. Voss/J. Phillips Second: W. Caplan/D. Squires Thir...

DATE: Jan 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Four Corners Prostate Cancer Support Group to meet

Four Corners Prostate Cancer Support Group will meet Tuesday evening by Zoom. The group consists or survivors and men who have been recently diagnosed with prostate issues. Membe...

DATE: Jan 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Lumien Apartments community grateful to community partners

Our team at the Lumien apartments wanted to share our heartfelt gratitude for the numerous community partners that have supported us in our first year of operations at Lumien 2. ...

DATE: Jan 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Community Connections grateful for community support

Community Connections’ Board of Directors and staff members offer our deepest gratitude for the incredible support we received this giving season from our generous community. From...

DATE: Jan 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Rotary Club of Durango to meet

Breeah Kinsella, executive director of Celebrating Healthy Communities, will speak at 6 p.m. Tuesday at a virtual meeting of the Rotary Club of Durango. Celebrating Healthy Commu...

DATE: Jan 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Community

Five environmental issues to watch in 2021

Drought, overuse of public lands, mine cleanup top list in Southwest Colorado

DATE: Dec 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Shackleton expedition artifacts to be donated to UK museums

LONDON – A sled and flag used in one of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s famed expeditions to the South Pole have been bought by a British government-funded body to keep the treasured artifacts ...

DATE: Dec 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Looking back at 2020: The year in pictures

The pandemic and social protests gave us indelible images – but the year unfolded in other ways, too

DATE: Dec 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

The autopsy, a fading practice, revealed secrets of COVID-19

NEW YORK – The COVID-19 pandemic has helped revive the autopsy. When the virus first arrived in U.S. hospitals, doctors could only guess what was causing its strange constellation...

DATE: Dec 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

Durango Public Library reveals Best Books of 2020

Durango Public Library staff members have released their Best Books of 2020 list. The list includes expert librariansâ€™ favorite titles published this year for adults, teens and children. ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Community

How did the warm fall impact the natural world?

Weather affects river levels, animal behavior, bird migrations, plant life

DATE: Dec 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Scientists urge concern, not alarm over new virus strains

Does it spread more easily? Make people sicker? Mean that treatments and vaccines won’t work? Questions are multiplying as fast as new strains of the coronavirus, especially the one now movi...

DATE: Dec 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health