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County Road 307 to close Thursday

County Road 307 will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday. The closure will take place about 1.2 miles west of the intersection of County Roads 307 and 309A, immediately south...

DATE: Dec 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Purgatory Resort announces Locals Benefit Days

Lift tickets to assist four nonprofits

DATE: Dec 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

And the West is History

50 Years Ago: Colorado State Patrol Lt. Frank Tomsic felt obligated to submit a cautionary statement reminding local drivers that taxi cabs, along with school buses carrying one child or...

DATE: Dec 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 years ago: Mona Garrett’s large, relatively new trailer was destroyed by fire at Island Cove Trailer Court. She returned home to find her unit in flames, and was hospitalized due to s...

DATE: Dec 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

Fort Lewis track and field records broken at first meet

Alaimo, Brandon, Fagan now in school record books

DATE: Dec 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: College Sports

And the West is History

50 years ago: After getting 5 inches of fresh snow the previous Saturday night, people enjoyed their first “real” day of skiing at Purgatory, which had a 30-inch base mid-mountain. On Su...

DATE: Dec 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

Caption This!: ‘Who nose? Maybe you can guide our sleigh tonight’

The Durango Herald Facebook reader Eric Beyler sent in this week’s Caption This! winning headline “Who nose? Maybe you can guide our sleigh tonight.” Coming in a close second was ...

DATE: Dec 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

And the West is History

50 years ago: The Department of Interior and the State Water Pollution Control Commission announced there would be an open hearing on the topic of river and stream pollution after decade...

DATE: Dec 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

Prep Roundup

BHS boys fall in tough matchup

DATE: Dec 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

And the West is History

50 years ago: “Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Ashe of Tempe, Arizona, announced their daughter, Barbara Ruth, was engaged to Durango local John W. Walkington, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Walkingto...

DATE: Dec 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History