Soni Stevens and dozens of others competed in Bull Riding … Steampunk Style! on Wednesday evening at the Wild Horse Saloon. Results weren’t immediately available, but Stevens and her contestants…
With snow still on the mountainside behind him, Matt Drendel works on cuts and relay plays with his tournament baseball team, the Blue Chip Mountaineers, on Tuesday afternoon at Escalante…
Animas High School, located near the base of Twin Buttes, is searching for someone to fill the position of head of school and executive director.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file photo Animas…
Discussing the right to die: Life’s quality or quantity? The Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College will present “To Every Season: Death with Dignity” at 7 p.m. Thursday…
Meetings and Events Kiwanis of the Narrow Gauge meeting, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave., 375-0079. Durango Daybreak Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700…
Measure would allow Coloradans to end their lives
U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, will visit Durango and Cortez on Thursday.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file photo U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton will visit La Plata County commissioners on Thursday before traveling…
Long-term decline in property-taxes imperils finances
A dog crosses a snow-covered alley between Main Avenue and East Second Avenue near Ninth Street.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald file photo The city of Durango is going to close the alley…
Ben Zimmerman of Bayfield ice fishes on Vallecito Reservoir in 2013. An ice-fishing tournament will be held on the reservoir for the first time in five years.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald file…
For more information, visit www.snowdown.org. All week Snowdown Theme contest, through noon Sunday, Magpie’s Newsstand Cafe, 707 Main Ave., 382-0518. Snowdown Search for “The Silver Bullet,” award ceremony, 5 p.m.…
Durango Police Monday 9:12 p.m. A car parked in front of the Main Event was playing music loudly at 42 Florida Road. 9:24 p.m. An intoxicated man got into someone’s…
In the summertime, it’s not unusual to see the Animas River full of rafters, kayakers and tubers. But in the wintertime, it’s generally left to the occasional polar bear plunge…
Neighborhood association raises concerns
Monday’s high temperature of 58 degrees at Durango-La Plata County Airport was unusually warm, but probably not a record. It was the warmest temperature recorded for the date at the…
Animas High School will start a search this summer for a redefined head of school position. Jake Lauer has held the title since 2013 and additionally is the school’s executive…
With school out for a teacher-development day Monday, 12-year-old Peyton Bryant knew how to spend his free time: snowboarding with buddies at Chapman Hill. The National Weather Service forecasts only…
Mike Willing, with the Colorado Department of Transportation, rinses a traffic camera cover just south of Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort on U.S. Highway 550 on Monday. The camera was…
Snowdown participants aren’t really ready for Steampunk Snowdown 2015, which starts Wednesday, until they determine their steampunk name using this chart.Courtesy of www.spottedhound.blogspot.com Snowdown enthusiasts spend months getting their costumes…
Fort Lewis College senior Brent Walsh and junior Katygene Jackson speak to a management recruiter for City Market, Rhonda Toland, during the 2012 Fort Lewis College Job Fair. The event…
