Though this Labor Day picture of the Durango Wheel Club is somewhat blurry, it still stirs the imagination. The club was founded the year this picture was taken and still…
Gil was found whimpering under a tree in Arizona
Robin Hoberg of Albuquerque selects Palisade peaches from the Peach Valley Produce stand adjacent to the Durango High School parking lot. In addition to peaches, the stand offers Olathe corn,…
A fire was reported to emergency dispatch 45 years ago today. The fire was set by an arsonist around 4 a.m. It took more than 12 hours to extinguish and…
Durango High School football takes on Montezuma-Cortez High School on Friday night at DHS.
Well-preserved Native American artifacts are in path of realigned Highway 550
Captioned only as “Horse Race,” this photo from September 1919 shows four horseback riders, thought to be local Native Americans, racing at the County Fair and Roundup. Just as today,…
The inmate population at the La Plata County Jail has grown in recent years.
Scott Hamby, left, Doug Wakeman, center, and John Hughes set up the stage Friday for the Meltdown on the Mesa at Durango Mesa Park. Live music will start at 1…
Burley Wisehart on display through Aug. 31
A grader levels the ground that was once a grass field at Santa Rita Park on Thursday, as work continues on the city’s new wastewater treatment plant. The field was…
Switchback a new street taco restaurant has opened at 741 Main Avenue in downtown Durango.
Dozens of volunteers and staff took to Hermosa Creek Trail to kill weeds, plant seeds
Smoke, dirt and destruction add up to afternoon of mangled mayhem
When this picture was taken in 1885, this was the northern end of Durango. While Durango had only been in existence for about four years, many buildings had been constructed.…
Rabbits, chickens and cattle were among the categories judged.
Hermosa Creek filled with mud and debris from the 416 Fire burn scar Friday after rain fell in the area. The National Weather Service is calling for a 40% chance…
LeAnne Brock cools off in the Animas River on a hot Tuesday afternoon with her dog, Ryder, 7, as he chases sticks and splashes in the water. The National Weather…
Forest Service aims for 20,000 acres of controlled burning annually
In response to a crack of thunder, Isaac Owens, 11, left, Nik Petranek, 12, center, and Lukas Petranek, 14, pack up their lemonade stand after a profitable Thursday afternoon selling…
Cody Batchelor, from left, and Gwen Thomas, representing the Durango Cowboy Church’s chuck wagon, serve food to Sandy Schoonover of Durango at the La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Chuck Wagon Cook-Off on…
Two horseback riders take part in the 1956 Spanish Trails Fiesta parade. The parade is proceeding north to south in front of the old U.S. Postal Service office on Main…
