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…
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…
