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Stillhouse Junkies will play a two-night event at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Animas Theatre City, 128 E. College Drive. The first night will feature special guest band Golden Shoals. The...

DATE: Oct 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Can the arts help you live forever?

If you were lucky enough to have a television in the 1980s, and you’ve been taking your ginkgo, then you may remember the show “Fame,” now streaming online. Set in NYC’s High School for Perf...

DATE: Oct 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango’s 20MOONS dance theater opens season

'Dances in Real Time’ a fundraiser

DATE: Oct 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Burt Young, Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie in 'Rocky' films, dies at 83

LOS ANGELES – Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” ...

DATE: Oct 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Playwrights explore romance and its rituals

Durango Arts Center hosts its 13th annual 10-Minute Play Festival

DATE: Oct 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Check out what’s playing in Durango movie theaters

Stadium 9 900 Translux Drive, Durango, 247-9799, www.allentheatresinc.com Killers of the Flower Moon Based on David Grann’s book, “Killers of the Flower Moon” is set in 1920s Oklah...

DATE: Oct 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango Events Calendar

Downtown Durango’s Balloon Glow will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. (weather permitting) Friday and Saturday in the 500 block of Main Avenue in front of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Rai...

DATE: Oct 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

10 Minute Playfest moves Durango to laughter and tears for 13 years

“We all play many parts,” or so said a smart guy named Shakespeare. Certainly, this is the case for actors. The idea that life is about contrast, duality and survival through ups and downs i...

DATE: Oct 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango Education Foundation hosts a fundraiser of the paranormal kind

Check out some of downtown’s most haunted sites during Spirits with Spectres

DATE: Oct 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Tempest Furioso: Merely Players opens with Shakespeare

Performances of ‘The Tempest’ run through Oct. 15

DATE: Oct 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Salman Rushdie releasing memoir about 2022 attack

NEW YORK – Salman Rushdie has a memoir coming out about the horrifying attack that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand. “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder...

DATE: Oct 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Horror icon John Carpenter on being a college dropout, ‘Barbie’ and telling true scary stories

LOS ANGELES – While John Carpenter has become synonymous with fictional horror storytelling, the 75-year-old director and composer is dipping his toe into true-life terrors with his new show...

DATE: Oct 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Skyhawks score 41 points off turnovers Monday at Whalen Gymnasium

Snowstorm moves through the areaThe season’s first big snowstorm causes problems for drivers and makes for a winter wonderland

The season’s first big snowstorm causes problems for drivers and makes for a winter wonderland

Photos: Singing with SantaSanta Claus makes his first appearance in Durango

Santa Claus makes his first appearance in Durango

Snow descends on DurangoForecasters say storm could dump 6 inches in Durango area

A fall storm that moved into Southwest Colorado Friday morning was expected to dump 6 inches of snow in the Durango area – more than weather forecasters had initially predicted.Snow started falling about 9:15 a.m. Friday and intensified shortly before 11:30 a.m., blanketing parks, vehicles and the hilltops overlooking the city. Roads became slick about 2:30 p.m. As of 4 p.m., the Durango Police Department had responded to six crashes, in addition to a few stranded motorists.U.S. Highway 160 at County Road 44 near Mancos Hill was closed from around 4 p.m. to just after 6 p.m. because a vehicle carrying an “oversized load” had spun out and blocked both the eastbound and westbound lanes, according to Colorado Department of Transportation spokeswoman Lisa Schwantes.“Right now our officers are able to keep up with the crashes that are coming in,” said Cmdr. Nick Stasi, with the Durango Police Department. “As always with winter weather, we remind drivers to slow down and give extra space for the cars in front.”Snow started accumulating very fast as the day went on, making it “challenging for plow operators to keep up,” according to CDOT.

Southwest Colorado’s five major mountain passes were icy and snowpacked Friday afternoon. But all five remained open as of 4:15 p.m.The Pacific storm favored the southern and central Colorado mountains, said Dave Byers, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.“Durango looks like a 70% chance of getting 6 inches or more of snow by the end of tonight (Friday),” Byers said.He expected a half inch to three-quarters of an inch of moisture from the storm, which is up from the one-tenth to two-tenths of an inch that was predicted earlier this week. Meanwhile, the mountains could receive 1 to 2 feet of snow from the storm, he said.“In the last few days, it has really picked up,” Byers said. “The southern mountains are catching the brunt of it.”The snowy weather didn’t stop Liz Ferrill and her family from stopping by Cream Bean Berry for a Unicorn Sundae. “We thought it might be a festive way to celebrate,” said Ferrill, who was visiting from Snowmass, where the first snow occurred in September.For others, the snow provided the impetus they needed to swap out tires or purchase new snow tires. Andre Payne, a sales person at J/P Tire in Durango, said the phone began ringing shortly after 9 a.m. with people wanting to switch to snow tires.“We’ve been pretty busy,” he said.

It is not unusual for drivers to wait until they see the first snow and then want to swap out tires. The tire shop began advising customers to switch to snow tires about three weeks ago. Some people take the advice, other choose to wait.“We can always tell people what to do, but if you're not ready for it then you have to suffer the consequences of waiting two hours or maybe getting in an accident,” Payne said.Byers said Friday’s storm was the result of a southwest flow pulling moisture from Southern California, Arizona and the Gulf of California.As the moisture-laden atmosphere hits the San Juan Mountains, it wrings out the moisture, he said.Temperatures are expected to cool off as the storm makes its way out of the region this weekend. The highs this weekend will be in the upper 30s, and the lows could dip into the single digits, he said.“There’s still a northerly flow that is pulling cold air down out of Canada,” he said.Byers characterized Friday’s storm as a “shoulder storm” between summer and winter, but he said it is a sure sign that a regular track is settling in for Southwest Colorado.“We’re expecting regular storms … from now on, more into that winter pattern,” Byers said.Residents can expect mostly clear conditions through Wednesday, with clouds moving in the following day ahead of another storm that looks “very similar” to Friday’s storm, Byers said.shane@durangoherald.com; mhollinshead@durangoherald.com

Forecasters say storm could dump 6 inches in Durango area

PHOTOS: Turkey Trot returns to DurangoNearly 600 competitors ran before they gobbled down their Thanksgiving feasts on Thursday

Nearly 600 competitors ran before they gobbled down their Thanksgiving feasts on Thursday

PHOTOS: Durango faces Lutheran in 3A state football quarterfinalsDemons fall to Lions, 39-30, on Saturday

Demons fall to Lions, 39-30, on Saturday

PHOTOS: Fort Lewis basketball teams host doubleheaderThe men’s team beat Western New Mexico 87-68, while the women’s team fell in the final minutes to Northern New Mexico, 67-62