Colorado consumers may soon have the option to belly up to the marijuana bar. A bill introduced Monday in the State Legislature would legalize cannabis tasting rooms. House Bill 1258, aka the “Tasting Rooms” bill, would allow retail cannabis businesses to add onsite consumption beginning next January.
Add “Outstanding Environmental Educator” to Fort Lewis College’s list of accolades. This Sat., March 3, FLC Associate Professor of Teacher Education Kay Phelps will be recognized, along with about a dozen others across the state, by the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE.) Each year, the nonprofit organization honors exemplary educators and programs that help set a new standard for learning.
Mother Nature has been fashionably late to Southwest Colorado this season, but that’s no reason to cancel the party. After 13 inches of snow this week, and more in the forecast, the powers that be at Purgatory Resort fired up the bull wheel at its little sister ski area, Hesperus, on Wednesday
Creating housing for the homeless will be the topic of a daylong forum this Sat., Feb. 17, at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. Sponsored by Durango Christian Church, the event will feature Donald Burnes, author and founder of the University of Denver’s Center on Poverty and Homelessness, as well as architect Stuart Ohlson, founder of Humanitarian House International.
Durango is rallying around one of its own once again. This Saturday, friends and family of Andy Albosta will be hosting a fund-raiser for the 46-year-old, who fell 50 feet while ice climbing in Cascade Canyon on Jan. 20. The event, which includes appetizers and a silent auction, takes place from 3 – 6 p.m. at the Balcony Backstage.
