Tourists take a selfie at the Temple of Heaven as they take a half-day tour offering by a travel agency Trip.com Group, in Beijing on June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy…
La Plata County Board of County Commissioners will hold its second “On the Road” meeting of the summer 6 to 7:30 p.m. July 23 from at the Pine River Library,…
Pictured on the steps of the old Central (1892 Durango High) School are players from the 1904 or 1905 varsity team. The only identified player is 1905 graduate Lawrence Buckley,…
One of the many courtyards surrounded by cloisters at Convento de Santa Catalina de Siena, Arequipa. (Courtesy of Janice Jada Griffin) Griffin We blow into the outskirts of Arequipa on…
The La Plata Quilter’s Guild will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at meeting the La Plata County Fairgrounds Extension building (Florida Room), 2500 Main Ave. The meeting starts at 5:30…
The Mount Allison Grange will host a presentation by Sherry Woodbridge, president of The Southwest Fiber Alliance, at 4:30 p.m. July 21 at 2622 County Road 229 in Allison (next…
The public is invited to a meeting with Durango School District Board Directors Kristin Smith and Katie Stewart for a school board candidate information session from noon to 1 p.m.…
Josephine Willman, Class of 2025 of Durango, was named to the dean’s list at Tufts University for the spring 2025 semester. Dean’s list honors at Tufts University require a semester…
The Rotary Clubs of Durango: Daybreak and Evening are so grateful for the wonderful turnout of breakfast customers and for the generosity of sponsors. This fundraising event is honored to…
The Animas Valley Grange “Bug Club” will hold its second meeting 1 to 3 p.m. July 19 at the Grange, 7271 County Road 203, about 1 mile north of Durango…
Pondering Pines Maker’s Market will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 19 at JW Vallecito Resort, 13030 County Road 501, in Bayfield. The market is an indoor event…
Curt Owens purchased the Trimble Springs Hotel and Resort shortly after World War II. He expanded the operation with stables and a rodeo arena. On weekends, he began holding rodeos…
Check your boats. Clean your gear, wildlife officials say (beg?). Fast-spreading zebra mussels are stinky, expensive to remove and the top priority in Colorado’s invasive species program.
The 2025 Gardens on Tour, hosted by the Durango Botanic Gardens, was held on June 21. We want to thank the seven private homeowners and the Durango Hot Springs for…
Animals provide weed control and fire mitigation in Grand Junction, Superior and elsewhere around the state
The exact location of the large sign is uncertain, but likely situated along U.S. Route 66, west of Gallup, New Mexico. In the late 1950s, the billboard advised drivers to…
Oscar and Betty Perry recently celebrated 70 years of marriage. (Courtesy) At 7 in the morning on June 19, 1955, Oscar Dwain Perry, age 19, and Betty Joyce Hass, age…
Document filing fees at the La Plata County Clerk and Recorder’s office will change on Tuesday as House Bill 24-1269 goes into effect. Recorded documents will be charged a flat…
Rand Burden of Durango was among the undergraduate, accelerated online degree and graduate-level students who received diplomas from George Fox University at its spring graduation ceremony in May. Burden earned…
The Animas Valley Grange will host a workshop for “Abstract Plein Air Painting” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday at the Animas Valley Grange Hall, 7271 County Road 203.…
The annual Rotary All American Breakfast will be held on the 4th of July from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. July 4 outdoors on the banks of the Animas River at…
The public is invited to a farewell reception for La Plata County Commissioner Clyde Church at 3:30 p.m. Monday in the Board Room of the County Administration Building, 1101 East…
Hazel Hood and Elizabeth Clark photograph one another while standing in the middle of Main Avenue in Animas City, circa 1936. Their friend, Florence Erickson, is the presumed photographer of…
The Colorado River, left, and the Roaring Fork River, right, flow together in Glenwood Springs on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Aspen, unlike many larger communities, has almost no water-storage capacity…
The Colorado hookless cactus has far more specimens in the wild, and a better drought survival record, than previously thought
Durango Public Library will host “When Lightning Strikes,” a presentation about lightning safety by Dr. Tiffany L. Brainerd, wilderness medicine doctor, 6-7:30 p.m. July 2 at the library, 1900 East…
The La Plata County Historic Preservation Review Commission will host a day of local history June 28 at the Old Fort Lewis campus at 18683 Highway 140 in Hesperus. The…
Taken about 10 years after Durango’s founding, this panorama shows the southern end of town. Many open lots still existed as the city slowly filled its business and residential districts.…
The Summer Fun Arts & Crafts Show will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 21 at La Plata County Fairgrounds & Event Center, 2500 Main Ave. The er…
