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Get a ‘Taste of Durango’
It’s time to get your taste buds ready for the SPECTACULAR annual tasting festival, ‘THE TASTE OF DURANGO’! Durango’s premier festival showcasing the fabulous fare of our fine restaurants and breweries. Mark it on your calendar for Sunday May 16th, 2010 from 11am to 3pm. Bringing locals and visitors together for the finest food and beverage tasting for the last several years, the Taste of Durango is an event...
City Continues Parks Fertilization and Weed Abatement
Image:City Continues Parks Fertilization and Weed Abatement The City of Durango has contracted with Scott’s Pro Lawn for spring turf fertilization and broad leaf weed abatement. The fertilizer used is “Pro-Lawn Liquid” and the week control is “Vessel Broad-Leaf”. This spraying is conducted to improve the quality of the City’s park system. Monday, May 10, 2010 spraying will be done for...
DMR HONORED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE
Image:DMR HONORED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE CLIF® BAR recognizes DMR’s eco-efforts with Silver Eagle Award for Wildlife Habitat Protection CLIF® BAR, the leading organic-certified energy bar, has honored Durango Mountain Resort with the 2010 Silver Eagle Award for Excellence in Fish and Wildlife Habitat Protection by a ski resort, one of the ski industry’s highest environmental honors. DMR was recognized...
NATIONAL STUDY FOCUSES ON DHS SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER
Image:NATIONAL STUDY FOCUSES ON DHS SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER Site Visit Findings to be Released to the Public in Fall 2010 The Durango High School-Based Health Center (“DHS SBHC”) was chosen by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation as one of six selected school-based health centers in the nation to participate in a research study currently being...
High Noon Rotary Announces Scholarships
Image:High Noon Rotary Announces Scholarships Durango High Noon Rotary Club has presented seven area students with scholarships totaling $9,500.00 for the upcoming school year , President Mark Prouty announced this week. Committee Co-Chairwoman Barbara Stine expressed that the decision on which of the 19 candidates to award was not an easy one to make. “The caliber of students and the amount of hard work they represent...
Annual Narrow Gauge Day Celebration Kicks off Railroad’s Summer Season and Features Special Guests
Image:Annual Narrow Gauge Day Celebration Kicks off Railroad’s Summer Season and Features Special Guests The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad will kick off the opening of summer service to Silverton with the annual Narrow Gauge Day celebration in front of the Durango depot. This free community event will be Friday, May 7, 2010 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. In addition to a complimentary picnic...
Durango Wine Experience – Scenic mountain town welcomes more than 300 wineries at fourth-annual wine festival
Pager item text :Durango Wine ExperienceImage:Summary:Known for its extreme adventures, world class biking, blue ribbon rivers and a great mountain setting; Durango, Colorado has found its place in the wine world. Multiple Wine Spectator acclaimed restaurants, enotech classes, top sommeliers and wine merchants have added to the Durango’s wine credibility and made it the perfect environment for a wine event. Tickets are now...
DHS HEAD BASKETBALL COACH INTERVIEWS ANNOUNCED
Image:DHS HEAD BASKETBALL COACH INTERVIEWS ANNOUNCED Community Invited to Participate in Selection Process Five candidates have been invited to interview for the vacant Head Boys Basketball Coach position at Durango High School, which will take place on Friday and Saturday, April 30 and May 1, 2010. Parents, players, and interested community members are invited to attend a forum that will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 1, 2010,...
La Plata Electric names college scholarship recipients
Image:La Plata Electric names college scholarship recipients Academic achievements of five area high school seniors recognized Recipients of the 2010-2011 La Plata Electric, John Voelker Memorial, Basin Electric Power Cooperative and the Tri-State Generation and Transmission scholarships have been announced by La Plata Electric Association (LPEA). Christina Spriggs, a 2010 graduate from Grace Preparatory Academy of Durango, has...
Durango Business Improvement District set to Spring it On!
Image: Durango Business Improvement District set to Spring it On! Umbrella marketing program to promote May events in and around Downtown The Durango Business Improvement District (BID) is set to “Spring it On!” the week of April 26 as it kicks off the umbrella promotion designed to market those events happening in and around Downtown Durango during the month of May 2010. “We recognized that...
City Offers Public Workshop on Community Character and Land Use
Image:City Offers Public Workshop on Community Character and Land Use The community character and land use public workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, March 3rd, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Durango Public Library. The workshop will be presented primarily using posters to convey general information and ideas about land use and its relationship to community character; the “community character continuum” as it...
Durango Police Arrest Bank Robber
Image:Durango Police Arrest Bank Robber Today the Durango Police Department and the Durango office of the Federal Bureau of Investigations arrested Chase B. Gardner, a 19-year-old Fort LewisCollege student, for a series of local bank robberies and attempted bank robberies that have occurred since last December: December 7, 2009 – main branch of the First National Bank of Durango, located at 259 W 9th Street...
Computer and Electronics Recycling Event
Pager item text : Electronics Recycling Image: Computer and Electronics Recycling Event In celebration of Earth Day, the City of Durango and San Juan Basin Recycling Association will collect unwanted electronics for recycling on Friday, April 23rd and Saturday, April 24th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Durango Recycling Center, located at 710 Tech Center Drive. Residents, businesses, government agencies and schools are invited...
Get “Back to Bacharach” as “Jazz on the Hill” presents vocalist Steve Tyrell April 18 at the Community Concert Hall
Pager item text :Steve TyrellImage:Summary:Composer Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David documented countless emotions with their songs, and on Sunday, April 18, 2009, Grammy award winner and their long-time friend and producer-turned-vocalist Steve Tyrell brings that musical magic to Durango at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College.Get “Back to Bacharach” as “Jazz on the Hill” presents vocalist...
“Groundbreaking” music comes to the Community Concert Hall
Pager item text :LYNX & JanoverImage:Summary:A unique evening of groundbreaking music is set for Thursday, April 22, as the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College welcomes the eclectic duo LYNX and Janover, with special guest Youssoupha Sidibe and the Mystic Rivers Band. “Groundbreaking” music comes to the Community Concert Hall April 22 with LYNX and Janover, and special guest Youssoupha Sidibe A unique...
9-R NEWS BRIEFS – April 9, 2010
Image:9-R NEWS BRIEFS – April 9, 2010 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION The next regular Board Meeting is scheduled for April 20, 2010, at 5:00 p.m., in the 9-R Board Room in the Administration Building. All are welcome. – – – – – – – – – – – – – Pre-school and Kindergarten Spring Registration is here! Registration will take place on: · April 12th —...
Mesa Verde National Park Announces Fee-Free Specials to Celebrate National Park Week and Earth Week
Image:Mesa Verde National Park Announces Fee-Free Specials to Celebrate National Park Week and Earth Week Durango, CO – April 9, 2010 – A scenic 35 mile drive from Durango, lies the archeological center of America, Mesa Verde National Park. Through the end of April, Mesa Verde National Park celebrates National Park Week and 40th anniversary of Earth Day with a Fee-Free entrance and other deals. Entrance to this...
4CORE Kicks off Community Energy Coordination with Zero Waste Workshop
Image:4CORE Kicks off Community Energy Coordination with Zero Waste Workshop GARY LISS FACILITATES A SESSION ON THE BENEFITS OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT The Four Corners Office for Resource Efficiency (4CORE) signed a contract today with the Governor’s Energy Office (the GEO) to develop a local strategy for saving energy and creating jobs in rural, agricultural and mountainous regions of southwest Colorado. The grant, totaling...
The best in student research to be on display at Undergraduate Research Symposium at Fort Lewis College
Slide text :The best in student research to be on display at Undergraduate Research Symposium at Fort Lewis College DURANGO – On Thursday, April 22, 2010, one of the largest research showcases in the region will be held as part of Academic Excellence Month at Fort Lewis College. For a fifth year, the School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium will display some of the best student research...
Fort Lewis College hosting TEDx conference aimed at “ideas worth spreading”
Image:Fort Lewis College hosting TEDx conference aimed at “ideas worth spreading” DURANGO, CO – In the spirit of sharing “ideas worth spreading,” Fort Lewis College will be hosting a TEDx conference on Saturday, April 3, 2010. The conference will feature presentations from students, professors and professionals on a variety of topics, from the war in Iraq to health issues to poetry. The...
