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County Habitat for Humanity seeks help

Hands-on and sales workers needed

Brand inspection fees increasing

Brand inspection fees levied by the Colorado State Department of Agriculture will be higher this year, according to an announcement from the agency. The fee increase includes cattle, horse, ...

County Habitat for Humanity seeks help

Hands-on and sales workers needed

Catholic Daughter’s Education Contest

The 2015 National Catholic Daughter’s Education Contest contest is underway for Catholic and non-Catholic students in grades four through 12. This year’s themes are “Love Your Nei...

Brand inspection fees increasing

Brand inspection fees levied by the Colorado State Department of Agriculture will be higher this year, according to an announcement from the agency. The fee increase includes cattle, horse, ...

SW Memorial sleep center receives accreditation

Southwest Memorial Hospital Sleep Center in Cortez recently received accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). “The American Academy of Sleep Medicine cong...

SW Memorial earns accreditation for safety

Southwest Memorial is the first hospital in the state to earn a new type of health accreditation. Southwest Health System has demonstrated it meets or exceeds patient safety stan...

January is Cervical Health Awareness month

DENVER – Deaths from cervical cancer, once a leading cause of cancer death among women in the U.S., have dropped dramatically in the past several decades, but more can be done to prevent the...

Tickets go on sale for Chamber’s casino night

Tickets are now on sale for the Cortez-area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Casino Night fundraiser on Jan. 24. This year, the event will have a James Bond theme – Casino Royale the...

Back Country Horsemen to meet Jan. 8 at the county fairgrounds in Durango

The Four Corners Back Country Horsemen will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m. at the La Plata County Fairgrounds in Durango. Guests are encouraged to attend. ...

Magazine rates Durango the Top Western Town

They did it again. Durango took the No. 1 spot in True West Magazine’s 2015 Top Western Towns, according to a Durango Area Tourism Office news release. “Durango has mo...

Dolores store pops up in Cortez

Sideshow Emporium and Gallery, of Dolores, will establish its Pop-Up Shop in Cortez on Friday, Dec. 5 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Collaborative, 25 N. Beech St. The Pop-Up Shop i...