Durango Transit Offers Free Shuttle for Snowdown Parade
Image:Durango Transit Offers Free Shuttle for Snowdown Parade Durango, CO: On Friday, February 3rd, Durango Transit will offer a free special shuttle service for the Snowdown parade. The shuttle will run from the Fairgrounds to the Transit Center every 15 minutes, beginning at 5:00 p.m. through the start of the parade. After the parade ends, the shuttle service will return parade-goers to the Fairgrounds, running every 15 minutes...
County Commissioners to Host Zoning Presentation
Image:County Commissioners to Host Zoning Presentation Durango, CO: Don Elliot, author of “A Better Way to Zone” will be making an informational presentation on zoning principles to the La Plata County Board of County Commissioners on Thursday, February 2, 2012 from 12:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. in the Commissioner’s Meeting Room in the La Plata County Courthouse, 1060 E 2nd Avenue, Durango. The public is welcome and...
Closures at Twin Buttes Open Space
Image:Closures at Twin Buttes Open Space Durango, CO: To protect critical wildlife habitat, the annual winter closure of the Twin Buttes Open Space, lands managed by the City of Durango, will go into effect on Tuesday, January 31. This closure will remain in place until at least March 1, 2012, but no later than April 15, 2012. The City of Durango works collaboratively with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to use a...
Durango Public Library, Sunnyside Branch presents: Kindle Cafe
Image:Durango Public Library, Sunnyside Branch presents: Kindle Cafe Durango, CO: The Sunnyside Branch of the Durango Public Library (inside Sunnyside Elementary School) will host a host a Kindle Café on Wednesday, February 8th from 3 to 4:30 pm. Learn how to download free books to your new e-reader! Bring your nook, Kindle or I-pad and your public library card. Instruction will include downloading procedures for all three...
Durango Police Looking for Car Theft Suspects
Image:Durango Police Looking for Car Theft Suspects Durango, CO: Residents throughout the Durango area have experienced a rash of car break-ins as well as two stolen vehicles in the month of January. The Durango Police Department responded to 12 incidents where cars were broken into and items were stolen from inside the vehicles as well as 2 incidents where vehicles were stolen. In all instances the vehicles were left unlocked. These...
La Plata Electric college scholarship application deadline Mar. 1, 2012
Image:La Plata Electric college scholarship application deadline Mar. 1, 2012 Electric cooperative to host scholarship Q&A Open Houses Feb. 8 and 9 Durango, CO: The deadline for high school seniors to apply for scholarships and awards available through La Plata Electric Association (LPEA) is Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012. Applications are available for download at www.lpea.coop. To assist students and their parents with the application...
Library’s Spoken Word Series to Explore “The Course Of True Love”
Image:Library’s Spoken Word Series to Explore “The Course Of True Love” Durango, CO: The Durango Public Library’s Spoken Word Series returns on Wednesday, February 14 at 7:00 p.m. with “The Course of True Love Never Did Run True.” Headliners will be Dinah and Terry Swan, reading play selections from Our Town, Private Lives, The Taming of the Shrew, School for Scandal, and The Importance of Being...
Library’s Film Noir Series to Feature “Split Second”
Image:Library’s Film Noir Series to Feature “Split Second” Durango, CO: The Durango Public Library continues its film series “Death on the Cheap: The Killer B’s of Film Noir” on Wednesday, February 8 at 6:00 p.m. with a screening of “Split Second.” This film could just as well have been named “The Atomic Noir”, capitalizing on the Sci-Fi craze of the 1950s. Sadly, while there...
Basics of Acupuncture Lecture Offered at the Library
Image:Basics of Acupuncture Lecture Offered at the Library Durango, CO: The Durango Public Library will host a free lecture entitled “Acupuncture: Basics of the Basics” on Monday, February 6 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. This is your chance to explore the tools and skills of this nature-based eastern medicine with Tyler Van Gemert, licensed acupuncturist and oriental medical practitioner. A question-and-answer style discussion will...
The State of La Plata County Address
Image:The State of La Plata County Address Durango, CO: On behalf of the La Plata County Board of County Commissioners, Board Chairman Bobby Lieb delivered this year’s “State of the County” address at today’s business meeting. (A copy of the State of the County is attached and available on the County’s website at www.co.laplata.co.us.) For additional information, please contact the La Plata County...
