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…
Fun times jumping from Bakers Bridge and basking in the sunshine along the Animas River.
Although out of favor today, coal was once one of the area’s most abundant resources, providing thousands of jobs around Durango. The smelter was moved from Silverton to Durango in…
Shelby Barnes, 17, blow dries her goat Harmony, a Boer goat, on Tuesday after the two competed and won grand champion ribbons in market showmanship and breeding showmanship and two…
While some communities canceled their county or state fairs because of the coronavirus pandemic, La Plata County’s approach was to focus on 4-H and Future Farmers of America livestock shows,…
A look back at some of the photos during the first days of the Gold King Mine spill
A bulk- head has been installed in the Red Bonita Mine to stop the acidic water from leaving the mine and the Gold King Mine water flows to a treatment…
