Susan Vandenberg drops off clothing as Claire Clancy gets it out of her car Tuesday during a food, clothing and pet food drive for residents of the Navajo Nation. Donations…
In the 1930s, football was played at this municipal field in downtown Durango. The field was located approximately where the TBK Bank is now, on the 200 block between Eighth…
Two heavy tow trucks from Bo Dean’s Towing in Durango and Southwest Auto Towing in Farmington pull a semitrailer onto U.S. Highway 550 on Wednesday about 7 miles north of…
The 42-foot-tall Benchmark Lookout Tower serves as a home and an early detection system for wildfire activity northwest of Dolores.
Look closely at this building that still exists in Durango today. Do you recognize it? If not, don’t feel too badly as the building has changed much over the years.…
Area runners compete in the 4-Corners Cross Country Classic at Hillcrest Golf Club.
4 Corners Wolf Dog Rescue and Sanctuary and thrit store in Farmington.
Maura Allen is one of the artists featured at Sorrel Sky Gallery.Courtesy Galleries include: Azul, 781 Main Ave.: A locally owned multimedia art gallery. Featuring local, national and international artists.…
A sign recently placed at the north end of Silverton reminds drivers to stay on designated trails. “Colorado Parks and Wildlife helps fund trail projects and outreach campaigns like this…
On Sept. 29, 1908, a fire started in Lamb’s Grocery on Main Street in downtown Cortez. It quickly grew, and besides the grocery, it consumed a butcher shop, the Clifton…
Another longtime Durango eatery has closed. Ben’s Big Burger announced on social media it is closing for good. The restaurant at 1400 East Second Ave. had been operating in Durango…
A United Parcel Service delivery man almost made it across Main Avenue at 10th Street on Friday, but gravity had other plans. Durango Police Chief Bob Brammer happened to be…
Brandon Smith with Kelly Trucking and Lawrence Construction walks across a track-pad Friday that is used to keep dirt and rocks off the road at the U.S. 550/160 Connection South…
A wintry storm covers the San Juan Mountains with snow.
The first dusting of snow hit the San Juan Mountains early Tuesday. Photographer Melanie Bergolc took this photo near Silverton. The National Weather Service is calling for mostly clear skies…
Apparently, 1882 was a big snow year in Southwest Colorado. This picture, taken in August of that year, shows the snow tunnel created to allow passage along the road between…
Ryan Hughs and Michelle Wrather help set up the Durango Drive-in on Thursday in the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad parking lot for the grand-opening movie, “The Breakfast Club.”…
Juniper School welcolmes students for the first day of classes at their new location in Bodo Park.
The bear that was burned in the East Canyon Fire is released back into the wild after rehab.
Hollywood first came to the San Juan Basin in the late ’40s for the impressive Western scenery. Many movies were filmed here over the next 30 years. Some of the…
Durango High School softball team takes on Fruita Monument on Saturday at DHS.
Fort Lewis College students return to campus complete with unique outdoor check-in procedures that include a COVID-19 nasal test for all on-campus students.
A diesel locomotive purchased by the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is delivered Wednesday afternoon. The semitrailer carrying the oversize load stopped traffic for a couple blocks around Camino…
No photographic history of Durango would be complete without this riveting picture. On May 23, 1882, George Woods, angry from an argument he had had with M.C. Buchanan, got up…
Durango Police Department Cmdr. Ray Shupe, right, talks with Ian Bloomfield, 10, a resident at Lumien Apartments on Thursday, while DPD Deputy Chief Brice Current, center, and other officers socialize…
Smoke fills the sky Friday across Southwest Colorado from fires burning in California, Nevada, Arizona and Colorado, including the Pine Gulch Fire, which was north of Grand Junction, according to…
