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And the West is History

50 Years Ago: The recreation department hosted a renaming contest for the Third Avenue Ski area, which the public could enter by submitting a postcard with their name and address clearly...

DATE: Dec 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

And the West is History

50 Years Ago: Jesse L. Petit, Dennis Dow and Michael R. Duckett swerved off the road into a ditch and drove another 250 feet until running into an embankment. Petit suffered cuts on his ...

DATE: Dec 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

Man pleads guilty to attempted sex assault on child

6 years in prison possible

DATE: Dec 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

And the West is History

50 Years Ago: Road conditions on mountain passes were reported open and snow-packed, with Rico being the only station that reported any considerable snowfall, which measured 8 inches fro...

DATE: Dec 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

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

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