Meetings and Events Free wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., The Wine Merchant, 1514 Main Ave. Arts and Entertainment The MET – Live in HD: “Les Contes D’Hoffmann,” 10:55 a.m., Vallecito Room,…
Did somebody say “slushdown”? Umbrellas were a popular steampunk accoutrement on one of the wettest Snowdown Fridays in recent memory. But the weather certainly didn’t dampen people’s spirits. Mostly, it…
Durango Police Thursday 10:48 p.m. A man was sleeping on a bench near Appaloosa Trading Post, 640 Main Ave.
The book Tough Men in Hard Places by Durango author Esther Greenfield and Jay Harrison, executive director at the Center of Southwest Studies, is featured on the cover of February’s…
Bryan Dear and the Durango Freestyle Wheelbarrow Team wowed the crowd with their precision stunts Friday evening during the 2015 Snowdown Light Parade on Main Avenue.STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald A little…
Ignacio library to host computer classes The Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., will offer these programs: “Privacy and the Internet” will take place at 1 p.m. Tuesday. “Working from…
With snow falling on the patio of the Rochester Hotel, The Ultra Sexy Steam Swimdown got off to a slow start. Friday’s chilly, wet weather wasn’t ideal for a swimsuit…
A beer-balloon to the face. India Downing took one for the team Thursday at the soggy Snowdown Waiter-Waitress Race in the alley behind Steamworks. It was the result of a…
About 350,000 Coloradans of low and middle incomes are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit. Its backers are proposing making the state EITC permanent, rather than being triggered by…
STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald<br><br>Nikole Fields, front, and Jake Rhodes of “Blue Balls” try to stay alive while slaying their opponents during Snowdown Dodgeball 2015: Steams vs. Punks on Thursday evening at…
Festival’s pursuit of deadly sins examines gluttony
Bayfield’s plans to replace the two old green bridges on Bayfield Parkway are being complicated by federal requirements to replace wetlands and habitat for an endangered bird, the willow flycatcher.…
Bruce Kevin Labarthe On Jan. 24, La Plata County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man in connection with two burglaries that took place days earlier west of Ignacio. As of Monday,…
Grilled chicken, salmon, sirloin - and hummus! - are among new options
It's not a groundhog, but an early Angus-cross heifer that arrived a few weeks ago on the Cook Ranch near Bayfield. <br><br>So if she doesn't see her shadow Monday on…
KSUT names executive director After a nationwide search, KSUT public radio has named Robert Franklin as its new executive director. Franklin has more than 20 years of management experience with…
Parents of newborns group starting The Bayfield Family Center and Pine River Shares are starting a new group for parents of newborns. The first meeting is Monday, Feb. 2, from…
Today through FEB. 1 Steampunk Snowdown, 37th annual winter wackiness in Durango, www.snowdown.org Friday, Jan. 30 Free pie night at The Patio, one free piece of pie or cake with…
Bayfield student studies in UAE Ruthie Edd of Bayfield studied abroad at American University of Sharjah in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates during Fall 2014. Edd’s current major is Native American…
Aaron Easley, left, competes in the beer-absorption contest during the Snowdown Beard Competition on Thursday night at Carver Brewing Co.STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald Nathan Hammond was impressed by the level of…
