Returning World War II veteran Sam Miller, with his wife, Rosemary Cheney Miller, built this “motor court” in Animas City in 1946. They entered the motel business to take advantage…
Children take advantage of warm summer days this week to paddleboard at Twilight Lake across from Purgatory Resort. Temperatures are expected to reach the low 90s through the weekend and…
This is a studio portrait of Durangoan Frank Fitchue taken in 1883. In November of that year, Fitchue was approached by Cellas Hawkins and four co-conspirators to assist in burglarizing…
Free masks at the Durango Welcome Center have been popular items with visitors, including Jon and Kristi Bernstein of Dallas, who picked up extra masks Tuesday. The Welcome Center has…
The Neowise comet was visible to the naked eye Monday night in the skies of Southwest Colorado. This shot was taken about 10 p.m. from the Lions Den looking northwest…
This early Durango school was originally known as the Southside School when it opened in 1882. In 1886, the name was changed to the Longfellow School in honor of Henry…
A rainstorm Friday afternoon in west Durango caused mud and debris to come down El Paso Street and flow across Roosa Avenue, leaving about a foot of mud. A lingering…
Halle Leganza, left, with AmeriCorps and the Good Food Collective and Sarah Marcus with AmeriCorps hand out community supported agriculture shares Tuesday at Manna, a soup kitchen in Durango. The…
This picture shows the San Juan/Guyles & Graden Flour Mill. It was located about midway between today’s Albertsons and the DoubleTree Hotel along the Animas River. Owner Thomas Graden was…
Comet Neowise was visible about 1½ hours before sunrise Sunday morning in the northeastern sky. This photo was taken southwest of Bayfield by Howard Rowe, using a 4-second time exposure,…
Amy Johnson sinks her putt Thursday at the miniature golf course next to Serious Texas Bar-B-Q South while playing with family members, from left, Violet Christner, 10, Jaylise Christner, 13,…
The next time you drive Wildcat Canyon (Colorado Highway 141), look for remnants of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad grade as it winded its way up the canyon on its…
Caprice Fox, owner of Creative Art and Tea, the gift shop at the Durango Arts Center, celebrates her grand reopening Friday with a sidewalk display featuring paintings by Sandra E.…
Chris Clark works on one of his irrigation ditches Wednesday north of Ignacio in preparation to water his pasture. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, La Plata County has…
Authorities looking for 23-year-old woman as a second suspect
Jeannie Arnold of Durango stands on the corner of 27th Street and Main Avenue on Tuesday to raise money for a homeless family. Arnold launched her Main Avenue fundraiser four…
This picture taken just days after the October flood in 1911 looks north with the Main Avenue bridge seen just beyond the streetcar. The photographer was standing near the intersection…
Baseball in Durango was played at the La Plata County Fairgrounds for decades. Durango High School games were played there until the new high school was built in the mid-1970s.…
The 10U Durango Steamers hockey team was ranked No. 1 in Colorado and was on its way to the state championships in Denver when the novel coronavirus pandemic caused it…
There’s more than one way to carry a kayak, as a motorcyclist rolls down U.S. Highway 160 west of Hesperus on Tuesday. The National Weather Service is forecasting sunny skies…
Fire crews battled the East Canyon Fire on Tuesday, dealing with dry, hot and windy conditions.
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