Meetings and Events Vallecito Nordic Groomers celebration, 4 p.m., the home of Buck and Joanna Madden, 3617 County Road 225, http://vallecitonordic.org. Arts and Entertainment Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m.,…
Buratti Durango has more than 300 miles of trails. Overseeing them all is no easy feat, either. Equipped with an army of volunteers under the watchful eye of a trail-hungry…
BLM to begin several prescribed burns The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans to begin several prescribed burns as early as Monday or as conditions allow. Both…
Gudy Gaskill will close out Women’s History Month
More hijinks ensue surrounding Durango’s storied public art
Meetings and Events IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program will help people file their 2014 income tax returns, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds Extension Building, 2500 Main Ave.,…
Obsession lights up Internet, but if you kill Bigfoot, prepare to be prosecuted
DURANGO POLICE Friday 3:36 a.m. An attempt to acquire drugs with a forged document was made at Mercy Regional Medical Center. 5:45 a.m. A caller from the 900 block of…
Local nonprofit offers special ed support The Southwest Center for Independence, a local nonprofit that helps people with disabilities live well in the community, will offer a Special Ed Family…
The return of warm weather will allow Kennebec Construction to resume making improvements at the intersection of East Second Avenue and 15th Street on Monday. Work is being done with…
Christopher Kill, 11, and his father, Tony Kill, both of Albuquerque, fish along the Animas River in Durango. The high temperature on Friday in Durango climbed above 70 degrees, and…
Freenotes Harmony Park, a Durango company, made these large instruments installed in a Moab, Utah, park. A Discovery Channel segment about the company won an award for creative excellence.Courtesy of…
Fellow Republicans speak out against Klingenschmitt at Colorado Capitol
Sacred Heart Parish to host Friday fish fry Sacred Heart Parish and the Knights of Columbus will host a fish fry from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Sacred Heart…
Durango water engineer agrees: Amendment ‘is quite a big issue’
Junction Creek Road (National Forest System Road 171) will be closed to all public use from April 6 to April 21. The closure will allow the Forest Service to stabilize…
Lift-ticket sales descend, but a budding ski genre heads for the summit
TABOR cited as reason for continued school funding losses
The La Plata County Commissioners voted Tuesday to have staff proceed toward possible construction of a new airport terminal east of the runway at the Durango-La Plata County Airport. Durango…
Bayfield, Ignacio districts receive push back on PARCC
Maintenance and repair work on Highway 160 from Bayfield to Yellowjacket Pass started Monday and is scheduled to continue into August. Contractor Old Castle SW is working from milepost 103…
Community Shares potluck is Saturday The monthly Pine River Community Shares potluck is tomorrow from 5 to 7 p.m. at the old gym on South Street in Bayfield. Set-up starts…
Citing a loss of revenue from motorcycle rally vendor fees over the past two years, the town of Ignacio will sell vendor spaces for the Labor Day motorcycle rally for…
