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Officials warn public about 'hot and heavy' bear activity in Colorado
The season of hyperphagia is still months away and officials are already concerned about a spike in human-bear interactions that have been taking place in southwest Colorado. “We are having to handle a lot of bears right now,” said Colorado Parks and Wildlife Area Wildlife Manager Adrian Archuleta of Durango. “It’s been hot and heavy here for the last two or three weeks, and it’s not showing signs of slowing down. ...
Southern Ute teens make a film. It will be entered into the 2025 Durango Film Festival
Inside the Ignacio High School gymnasium, two professional filmmakers and four Southern Ute teenagers set up film equipment. The film crew prepared to film a tribal sports competition. The teenagers learned how to use a DSLR camera on a tripod and a GoPro on an extension pole. The workshop was...
Bee Taylor, Brass Queens to play 19th annual Party in the Park
New Orleans based Bee Taylor will headline the 19th annual Party in the Park in Durango’s Buckley Park, sponsored by Sky Ute Casino, Bank of San Juans and Wagon Wheel Liquor. The Brass Queens will open the show. Tickets are on sale at KSUTPresents.org and are $20 in advance...
The young and the restless at Music in the Mountains
Among the many surprises in the 38th Music in the Mountains Festival, is the quiet way new music and new musicians slip into fairly conventional programming. Take “Vitality,” the shimmering opener at last Sunday’s concert by the 30-year-old American composer Gala Flagello. The 6-minute work served as a mini overture and awakened the audience with its luminous beauty.
Hallelujah! COMBO and Durango Songwriters Expo Giving Away a Free Entry to the DSE in October!
You may have noticed that we did not run a Songwriting Contest this year so we were disappointed that we would not be able to give away – as a Grand Prize – an entry to the Durango Songwriters Expo worth $450! But Jim said, “We’d be glad to offer an entry anyway!” So here’s the deal: For everyone that joins COMBO and pays their dues or a previous member who renews their dues by Saturday, September 7th , we will throw those names into a hat for a drawing for the entry at our Board Meeting on Sunday, September 8th. We will notify the winner on Monday, September 9th! Just go to https://www.coloradomusic.org and hit the “Join COMBO” button!
New scenes from an old life
In August 1977, Elvis Presley made an appearance in the Navajo Nation. His blue suede shoes stepped into an IHS hospital room to visit shicheii, my grandfather David. At least, that’s what happened in my grandfather’s vision. I’ve been thinking about my grandfather lately. Though he died long...
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