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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...
S&P Upgrades La Plata County’s Credit Rating to A+
Image:S&P Upgrades La Plata County’s Credit Rating to A+ Durango, CO: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services raised its underlying rating on La Plata County’s certificates of participation (COPs) from “A” to “A+” based on the county’s good financial management and continued increases of surplus money into its general fund. The rating reflects the Standard & Poor’s (S&P)...
LPEA announces Unclaimed Capital Credits available to members
Image:LPEA announces Unclaimed Capital Credits available to members Legal notices to be published, posted on LPEA web site Durango, CO: La Plata Electric Association (LPEA) is seeking members, or former members, who are due to receive Capital Credits refund monies. To that end LPEA will publish in local newspapers, and post on its web site, www.lpea.coop, a legal notice naming those individuals or businesses whose Capital Credit money...
“Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway” seeking local talent for up-coming Community Concert Hall show
Image:”Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway” seeking local talent for up-coming Community Concert Hall show Durango, CO: The producers of “Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway,” coming to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, are seeking local vocalists to perform in the show alongside the Broadway stars.One winner and five runners-up will be selected. “Neil...
Job Fair at Fort Lewis College
Image:Job Fair at Fort Lewis College Durango, CO: Community members are invited to the free annual Fort Lewis College Job Fair on Wednesday, February 1 from noon to 4 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. This event is designed to help connect employers and job seekers with positions of all types, from full-time positions to internships. In attendance at the Fair will be local, regional and national employers from a variety of fields....
Starting Your Business Workshop
Image:Starting Your Business Workshop Durango, CO: The Small Business Development Center at Fort Lewis College is once again offering the Starting Your Business Workshop. Open to everyone, this half-day seminar will be held Thursday, February 9, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Durango Public Library. Starting a business is risky. Understanding the risks and reducing them through careful planning improves the chances for business success....
Mountain Middle School Has Opened Enrollment Lottery for the 2012-2013 school Year.
Image:Mountain Middle School Has Opened Enrollment Lottery for the 2012-2013 school Year. Mountain Middle School, a free public charter school for grades 6-8 in Durango has opened its enrollment lottery for the 2012-2013 school year. Enrollment demand may exceed available seats at the school. The lottery closes on February 10th with the drawing on March 7th. Complete details, forms and state mandates can be found on-line at...
Durango Independent Film Festival to announce Festival Details and Unveil 2012 Official Beer
Image:Durango Independent Film Festival to announce Festival Details and Unveil 2012 Official Beer Durango, CO: The Durango Independent Film Festival will unveil the 2012 Official Beer of the Festival at a party held at SKA World Headquarters in Durango, Colorado on Friday, January 27th from 5 – 7pm. SKA, DIFF’s Official Brewer for many years, has created a unique Orange Cream Stout called SKA WORK ORANGE. The name, a...
Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College welcomes, direct from Ireland, Celtic Nights Journey of Hope
Image:Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College welcomes, direct from Ireland, Celtic Nights Journey of Hope Durango, CO: Direct from Ireland comes a celebration of song – a new show in the tradition of theatrical events such as Drum! and RiverDance: Celtic Nights Journey of Hope. The unique show comes to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, 7 p.m. Celtic Nights Journey of Hope is...
Jeannette Simpson named La Plata Electric Association billing clerk
Image:Jeannette Simpson named La Plata Electric Association billing clerk Former accounts payable clerk fills position vacated by retiring Brad Pulver Durango, CO: Jeannette Simpson has been named billing clerk at La Plata Electric Association (LPEA), assuming the duties of Brad Pulver, who will retire from the cooperative in March 2012. Simpson served formerly as accounts payable clerk. In her new position, Simpson oversees meter...
Fort Lewis College grad’s science research fellowship a “rare” honor
Image:Fort Lewis College grad’s science research fellowship a “rare” honor Fort Collins, CO: Earning a degree from the Fort Lewis College Biology program is a challenge, but the opportunities it opens up for a student is worth the hard work. Just ask FLC alumna Sara Bombaci. Sara, currently a graduate student at Colorado State University, was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in...
