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Durango resident Loretta Meushaw was volunteering at her first Rainbow Family Gathering in 1998 when she was struck by the homeless teenagers who attended. “I just didn’t have an idea about the...
DATE: July 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
Post announcements to SpinGo.com and email announcements to news@the-journal.com and include “Community Calendar” in the subject field. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be less...
DATE: July 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
Editor’s note: This is the second of three columns about fire-wise homes. During the fires of 2002, I spent a day in Durango, at the site of the Missionary Ridge Fire, and as emotionally draining...
DATE: July 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
Michele Pitts spent her childhood in Durango. When she had an opportunity to return to the Four Corners four years ago, she jumped at it. Pitts and her husband, Jim, founded Pitts Family Ranch four...
DATE: July 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
In the past year, Durango’s farmers market scene has exploded, growing from one to four markets in the city. Joining the Durango, Animas City and Three Springs markets is a new market at the Smiley...
DATE: July 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
Alongside the parking lot at Animas Valley Elementary School, where the 416 Fire Incident Command Post is located, a merchant is selling T-shirts. At large wildfires, selling T-shirts to...
DATE: June 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
Silver Wave Seafood Co. is now taking pre-orders for its second annual summer harvest. The boat-to-table business offers Southwest Colorado residents wild-caught salmon from their fishing vessel,...
DATE: June 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
In December 1942, Secretary of War Henry Stimson ordered the director of the remote Los Alamos Ranch School in northern New Mexico to shut down the elite school. Stimson wrote in a letter that the...
DATE: June 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
The Journal The first annual Taste of the San Luis Valley, which highlights several local restaurants and food producers, is scheduled for Saturday, June 30, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Monte Vista’s...
DATE: June 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
Improvisational quilters from Stitch, a local quilt and sewing boutique, will hold a group exhibition of new works from July 2 to July 31 at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Unlike...
DATE: June 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
San Juan Basin Public Health works to prevent teen pregnancy through its Sexual Health Clinic. The clinic provides annual exams, sexually transmitted infection screenings, pregnancy tests, all...
DATE: June 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
KSUT Public Radio has about three months to finish raising money for its three-phase capital campaign, which will include a new studio with improved programming and an endowment fund. KSUT must...
DATE: June 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Living
