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What Are the Signs of Cocaine Use, Abuse, and Addiction?
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), around 15% of Americans over the age of 12 have used cocaine at some point in their lives. Cocaine is classed as a stimulant that works on the central nervous system to increase energy levels, which many people come to rely on as a way of coping with a stressful lifestyle or high-powered job. While energy levels are maintained at accelerated levels when cocaine is used, it is...
What’s Involved in Holistic Drug Rehab?
“Holistic rehab” is a term that’s used to describe substance use disorder treatment that offers unique therapeutic approaches known as holistics. Holistic therapies are designed to treat an individual as a whole in terms of mind, body, and spirit. The objective of holistic rehabilitation programs is to utilize alternative practices as a supplement to traditional treatment to achieve optimal wellness in preparation for a life in...
Adult Board Game Night – Durango Library
Event Type: Adult Event Age Group(s): 17+ Date: 7/10/2018 Start Time: 6:00 PM End Time: 7:30 PM Location: Durango Public Library 1900 East Third Ave Durango, CO 81301 Description: Find your gaming people. Discover new board games. (Legos available for those who love gamers but hate gaming). Location: Program Room #1 Contact: Colleen Galvin Contact Number:...
King of the Cage
PERENNIAL KING OF THE CAGE Saturday, July 21, 2018 6:00 PM Sky Ute Casino Events Center KOTC Womens World Atomweight Title Bi Nguyen vs Jayme Hinshaw KOTC WORLD Jr Welterweight Title Jake Adams vs Sherwin Price Chris Jones • Esias Gordo Joey Trevino • Grant Hobbs Doors open at 5PM Fights start at 6PM TICKETS: $35 for General Admission $55 for Reserved $75 for Ringside 21 and over event • Card and schedule subject to change Purchase...
Dave Mensch – Three Springs – Thursday July 26th
Join us for Concerts in the Plaza at Three Springs series this summer! Thursday, July 26th, 6:00PM- 8:00PM. All concerts are FREE! Invite your friends and family, bring a picnic dinner and your favorite refreshments. Featuring: Dave Mensch His sound echoes influences of Dave Matthews, Staind, Matchbox Twenty, Bob Schneider and Daughtry, while his inspiration comes from the singers and songwriters of today and generations...
Rain falls in Animas Valley
Wow, Rain falls in Animas Valley… Monsoons are here! Wanted you to know! Hallelujah Time!!
Celebrate your FREEDOM!! Happy Fourth of JULY 2018
Happy INDEPENDENCE DAY!! Happy Fourth of JULY!!! CELEBRATE YOUR FREEDOM!! July 4th 1776 our Continental Congress declared that we are a NEW NATION! In our lovely Durango, CO there are FUN activities all day long: JOIN THE PARADE– Rotary Park to Main Avenue– 7;30 am to 9:00 pm Visit Durango.org for more info!
Cloud cover calms fire! Happy Fourth of July!!
Clouds roll in at Animas Mountain… calming the fire! This is the beginning of Monsoon season! More clouds bringing more moisture are excpected! Welcome Monsoon Season– bring the rain that washes away our pain!
Miss Margie’s Arts & Crafts Festival at Three Springs – Saturday July 21st
Date: July 21, 2018 Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm. Location: Three Springs Plaza Join us for one of the best Arts and Crafts Festivals this summer! For more information contact 970.946.8050.
Vallecito Sporting Club Teaches Kids to Fish
Learn to fish, and you can feed yourself for a lifetime . . . and have fun, too.
Farmington Adds Amenities to Water Reservoir
Farmington now has a swim beach and allows hand-powered watercraft at Lake Farmington, it’s drinking-water reservoir. And earlier this month, the city opened a new campground.
Train Starts Diesel Service to Cascade Wye
The Durango Train is improvising this summer and will offer train rides from Rockwood to the Cascade Wye using a diesel-powered engine.
Silverton Gears Up for July 4
Silverton hopes a word-of-mouth and social media campaign will turn out crowds for the annual Fourth of July Celebration next week.
The Hunts – Music in the Mountains
The Hunts are an indie-folk band from the southland of Chesapeake, Virginia. These seven siblings have a passion for creating compelling music, and have collaborated around each other’s gifts of writing, composing, and musicianship to accomplish that. Stringed instruments, surrounded by enchanting harmonies and thrilling rhythms, achieve an organic yet transcendent sound. For Special Needs seating or parking, please call the...
Rob Webster’s One Man Band – Three Springs – Thursday July 19th
Join us Concerts in the Plaza at Three Springs series this summer! Thursday, July 19th, 6:00PM-8:00PM. All concerts are FREE! Invite your friends and family, bring a picnic dinner and your favorite refreshments. Featuring: Rob Webster One Man Band Peace through music using electro, acoustic, rhythms and sounds. Singing, strumming, and warming people up to the idea of smiling because they truly feel...
Four Corners Gem & Mineral Club
65th Annual Gem and Mineral Show Vendors from across the United States and Mexico Spectacular variety of gems and minerals, meteorites, crystals, geodes, Gold, lapidary equipment, beads… The list goes on, and on. 10:00 AM | Friday Jul 6, 2018 to Sunday Jul 8, 2018 Price: $2.00 La Plata Country Fairgrounds 2500 Main Ave Durango, CO 81301
Improvisational Quilters Group Show
Improvisational Quilters from Stitch a quilt and sewing boutique in Durango are pleased to present a group exhibition of new works. Visitors can expect to experience a variety of style, size, color and technique used in the quilts. One exhibit will feature quilts with a common fabric originating from Central America and each quilt will have its own theme. For additional information contact Dee McAliney, 970-903-0986,...
Kirk James Blues Band – Three Springs – Thursday July 12th
Join us for an all-new Concerts in the Plaza at Three Springs series this summer! Thursday, July 12th, 6:00PM-8:00PM. All concerts are FREE! Invite your friends and family, bring a picnic dinner and your favorite refreshments. Featuring: Kirk James Blues Band A blues performer of 20 years, Kirk is known for his strong blues guitar style and distinctive vocals. James plays both original material and also classics from the Blues...
Monsoons coming soon? Some forecasters say yes!
Now it is hot and dry. Oh my! Is that in our extended future? Are monsoons coming soon? Some forecasters– experts at the Climate Prediction Center in Maryland– project an earlier and wetter season for the SW Colorado region. A map on the CPC website shows a green area (projected rain) over the Colorado-Utah border and extending across the western half of Colorado, most of Utah, northern Arizona and the...
