Durango Women’s Choir to take the stage with Santa Fe singers

Members of the Durango Women’s Choir and Durango Choral Society have a busy week ahead of them. On Sunday, the 17-member Women’s Choir will team up with the 17-member Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble for...

DATE: June 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

Mercy Regional Medical Center opens breast milk donation center

New moms in La Plata County may now share their excess milk with newborns in need through a new donation center at Mercy Regional Medical Center. Some of the earliest meals for sick newborns at...

DATE: June 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

Gail’s Garden Prepare your tomato plant for harvest

If you are like many of us, you are starting to plant your vegetable garden right about now. One of the most popular vegetables are homegrown tomatoes and what a summer delight they are! Rich,...

DATE: May 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

Latest National Park Mystery story a must-read

In his new National Park Mystery series, “Arches Enemy,” local author Scott Graham takes his hero to the area of Moab, Utah. Chuck Bender of Bender Archaeological has arrived in the fall. He is...

DATE: May 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

Choose a lilac for your life

Stories are found in the diaries of early settlers about transporting cuttings of lilacs across the rough, unsettled country and then planting them at the door of their newly established homesteads...

DATE: May 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

Ever thought about applying for a patent? Donna Arment can help you with that

Got an idea for an invention but not sure what to do with it? Donna Arment can help. Durango’s patent and trademark resource officer at the public library has been helping local inventors for...

DATE: May 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

Crews, volunteers install 136 smoke alarms in 51 homes

I would like to thank all of the volunteers that supported the American Red Cross, Sound the Alarm smoke alarm installation event. We had a good group of local volunteers as well as Rec Cross...

DATE: May 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

New group offers support to those caring for mentally ill

After Donna and Phil Middleton’s son was diagnosed with a mental health disorder four years ago, they were left with feelings of fear, shock, frustration and grief. Those feelings showed Donna...

DATE: May 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

Kicking up a storm at the Rochester Hotel

For Britany Rodriguez, Cinco de Mayo is great mainly because she gets to perform the tilingo lingo, a Mexican folk dance filled with swirling skirts. Britany, 8, and some two dozen other dancers...

DATE: May 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

Gail’s Garden New crab apples remove mess, keep the bloom

Our wet winter has provided us with a glorious spring and of the current show is courtesy of flowering crab apple trees. Blooming from April to June, in the past crab apples have gotten a bad rap...

DATE: May 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

Community Calendar

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: April 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

Monica Lewinsky calls for culture of bullying online to end

Monica Lewinsky called for a societal shift to eliminate the widespread culture of bullying and humiliation online during a talk Tuesday at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College....

DATE: April 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Living

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