Children - The Journal

Construction starts on new Head Start site near Durango Public Library

Building expected to open for child care in summer 2026

DATE: Jul 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Child care center in Durango seeks new space after landlord refuses lease renewal

14 families scramble in search of alternative options

DATE: Nov 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango announces partnership to relocate Tri-County Head Start

La Plata Economic Development Alliance receives $55,000 for child care needs assessment

DATE: Jul 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Former Durango couple are changing lives in Ugandan orphanage

Facility for special needs children houses 49 kids, reunites 14 with their families

DATE: Jun 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico governor seeks revamp of child-protection agency

Lujan Grisham calls agency ‘antiquated’ and ‘siloed’

DATE: Feb 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Oak Tree youth group expands outreach in Southwest Colorado

Nonprofit has helped 58 youths get off the streets and meet their basic needs

DATE: Jan 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Community-led program asks what can be done for local youths struggling

Team UP for Students seeks to use programs already in place for La Plata County youths

DATE: Nov 7, 2022 | CATEGORY:

Abortion advocates, opponents look to a post-Roe future in Durango and Colorado

State likely to see more women traveling from Texas, Utah and Arizona for procedure

DATE: Jul 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

A look into the alternative teachings of Mancos early childhood school

Dragonfly School is in its third academic year and will add a first grade in the 2022-2023 school year

DATE: Mar 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado lawmakers want to spell it out: It’s legal for kids to play outside alone

A bipartisan measure would clarify that it isn’t child abuse for children to play outside or stay home without parents

DATE: Feb 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local author draws attention to foster crisis with new book

‘Kokoon on a Hill’ details author’s experience of being a foster parent in Montezuma County

DATE: Dec 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Social Services hosts meeting on becoming a foster parent

Shortage in Montezuma County forces kids to move farther away from home

DATE: Nov 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News