Meetings and Events Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Steampunk Snowdown sponsors free day of transit,…
Dee Williams, author of The Big Tiny, will attend a book singing at the Durango Public Library starting at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 10.Durango Herald file photo Dee Williams, author of…
A recently rescued puppy named Sugar wakes up in the intensive care unit after a life-saving heart surgery Tuesday.Courtesy of La Plata County Humane Society The community helped save a…
Organization looks for funds beyond usual federal grants
Ignacio library announces events Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., will offer these programs: Monday Maker Skill Sessions will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. each Monday. Programs will…
Fashion, a spelling bee, bartenders mixing away, even kayakers braving the temperature-controlled environs of the Durango Community Recreation Center. Yes, once again, Snowdown has arrived, and once again a steady…
Gray Stecher, 11, son of Denise and Marty Stecher, was the only kayaker at the Snowdown Kayak Pool Slalom to dress up Steampunk style Wednesday night at the Durango Community…
Miner Bob Ross of Durango talks with the Weather Channel’s “Prospectors” stars, Brian and Yolanda Busse, at the Four Corners Gem & Mineral Club on Wednesday night in Durango. Ross…
Durango’s young and talented debuted their acting, singing and comedic skills at the Kid’s Snowdown Follies at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday evening. The room was pitch black with…
The 2015-2016 academic calendar for Durango School District 9-R is not too different from the current schedule. The schedule was adopted 5-2 on Tuesday by school board members. Andy Burns…
Jana Goldstein, aka “Steamin’ Queen,” making her Steamin’ Demon-tini at the 37th annual Snowdown Bartender’s Contest on Wednesday at Moe’s Lounge.Steve Lewis/Durango Herald Jen Rylko, manager of Guido’s Favorite Foods,…
Measure would allow off-highway vehicles on Colorado county roads
House History Colorado will honor Ernest House Jr., at the 29th annual Stephen H. Hart Awards for Historic Preservation ceremony on Feb. 4. The ceremony will take place at the…
The Palace Restaurant hosted a costume contest Wednesday afternoon that yielded about 75 steampunkers who were hoping to win best costume. The event was one of the first to kickoff…
Concerns about coercing voters and selling ballots takes stage
Another day, another new scam. This time, a recorded telephone message says the caller is from the Internal Revenue Service and that an arrest warrant for the recipient has been…
Archaeology society to meet Tuesday The Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society will present Becca Simon at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Church, 515 Park St., Cortez. Simon…
It was impossible to leave this year’s steampunk-themed Fashion Do’s and Don’ts – where many prominent, respectable members of the community frolicked on stage in states of near-nudity – without…
Durango Police Tuesday 4:14 p.m. An intoxicated man was loitering by the Comfort Inn & Suites, 455 South Camino del Rio. 10:23 p.m. A man reportedly broke a window at…
Meetings and Events Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Line…
A Durango Transit vehicle pulls into the Transit Center on Eighth Street to pick up passengers for it’s route. Durango Transit will be free Friday.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald file photo Need…
Julia Anderson gets her face painted in Steampunk style Wednesday morning by Justa Whitt in the window-sitting area of the Steaming Bean on Main Avenue. Snowdown kicked off Wednesday and…
A record 152 competitors showed up Wednesday night for the 15th annual Snowdown Cribbage Tournament at the Durango Elks Lodge.John Peel/Durango Herald A record 152 cribbage fanatics crowded into the…
