“Lose Your Soul” to Chocolate for Women’s Advocacy

The Woman’s Resource Center invites community members to enjoy chocolate and wine at its annual fundraiser. A four Corners resident shared her opinion about rural public radio stations with the Washington Post and the City of Durango seeks volunteers to count, bicyclists and pedestrians. Your watching the local news Roundup, brought to you by Sky U Casino in San Juan Regional Medical Center. I’m Sadie Smith. The Woman’s Resource Center will host its 2025 chocolate and Wine tasting from five 30 to 7:00 PM on Wednesday, September 17th at the Animus Chocolate and Coffee Company. General Admission tickets are $65 and are available online proceeds, benefit, emergency services, advocacy, and resources. The evening also will include tasting samples from farm to Fingers. The Woman’s Resource Center promotes economic self-sufficiency and assist more than 1400 women in their families each year. Visit the Women’s Resource Center website for tickets. The Washington Post published an opinion piece by four coroners resident Maddie Butcher on Monday, August 25th. The story titled A Reality Check for NPR stations in Trump Country explains how KS jds affiliation with NPR has made it difficult to reach conservative leaning listeners and sponsors. KSJD is expected to lose 30% of its support from federal funding cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Butcher says Rural public radio stations conserve a broader audience and generate more bipartisan support by expanding its programs with segments like Farm News in views or additional conservative programming. To read the full story, visit the Washington Post website. The City of Durango seeks volunteers to count bicyclists and pedestrians. The city uses the semi-annual count to apply for grants and funding infrastructure and transportation projects and durango’s bicycle friendly community status. Volunteers may sign up for a two hour slot to collect data to report to the city’s multimodal division. Volunteers will receive a clean Kaine water bottle as a thank you volunteer through the City of Durango website. Learn more about these and other stories online at Durango Local News. Thank you for watching this edition of the Local News Roundup. I’m Sadie Smith.