Rotary Club of Durango Daybreak will present the Carol McGuire Vocational Excellence Award at 6:45 a.m. May 14 at its weekly meeting at La Plata County Fairgrounds Extension Building, 2500…
Animas Valley Grange will host a presentation, “One-room Schools in Southwest La Plata County,” at 6:30 p.m. May 19 at the Animas Valley Grange Hall, 7271 County Road 203. Refreshments…
Manna Garden will hold its Third Annual Plant Sale from noon to 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Manna Garden, 1100 Avenida del Sol.…
Taken in 1959, from Fifth Street between Second and Third avenues, this photo shows the prominent tailings pile at the base of Smelter Mountain. By the early 1960s, the radiation-related…
Visitor service hours are changing for the Columbine Ranger District office in Bayfield and the Forest Headquarters office in Durango, effective immediately. Columbine Ranger District (Bayfield) hours of operation: Friday,…
Mayor Gilda Yazzie will hold council office hours from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Residents can stop by and have an informal…
The Powerhouse, in combination with the University of Colorado, will host a Community STEM Day Celebration in honor of the National Science Foundation’s 75th Anniversary and the unveiling of the…
Tourists visit in Venice, Italy, Friday, April 18, 2025, Venice on Friday launches for a second year a pilot program to charge day-trippers an entrance fee. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) VENICE,…
Even into the 1920s, La Plata County used horse-drawn machinery and wagons to build roads. Taken along the La Plata River near Long Hollow, this photo shows a six-horse team…
La Plata County invites residents, businesses, clubs and other organizations to participate in its Adopt a County Road program. With more than 600 miles of county roads in La Plata…
Southwest Colorado eSchool will hold its 2025 graduation at 4 p.m. May 15 at Rotary Park, 1565 West Second Ave. The local six-12th grade school supports Durango, Silverton, Mancos, Dolores,…
Durango Citizens Climate Lobby will host a screening of the film, “Beyond Zero” at 5:40 p.m. May 2 at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. “Beyond Zero” is a…
From 1900 to 1925, the fairgrounds served as the local venue for high school track and field competitions. Each year, the fairgrounds hosted track meets with area schools, including competitors…
Only direct killing or collecting of species would still be outlawed under new definition
Students in the Career & Technical Education welding and engineering program at Durango High School present their capstone STEM project in May 2024. The team recycled a shopping cart found…
La Plata County residents are invited to a free community wildfire workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. The workshop…
Fifth graders at Mountain Middle School are set to showcase their innovative math games at the annual “Math Games” Exhibition. This special event, open to parents and community members, will…
The Durango Botanic Gardens wishes to thank the 162 people who attended our Envisioning a Changing DurangoScape 2025, on March 21 and 22. The conference projected anticipated changes in the…
The Switzerland Trail was once a narrow gauge railroad line linking mining towns from Eldora to Ward, the Indian Peaks, from about 1890 until 1919. Now parts of it are…
The Animas River was a good river for fishing by Indigenous people and later white settlers in the 1870s. Here, two unnamed youths are fishing near the Animas’ confluence with…
Durango High School Class of 1995 will hold its 30 year reunion July 25 and 26 in Durango. Friday, July 25: Meet in downtown Durango for drinks (time and location…
SGM, a multidisciplinary engineering, consulting and surveying firm headquartered in Glenwood Springs, with additional offices in Meeker, Gunnison, Grand Junction, Salida, Durango and Aspen, awards scholarships to assist aspiring civil…
The La Plata County Healthy Homes program is actively seeking homeowners to provide opportunities to improve the health of their house, condo or mobile home and provide $350 worth of…
A panel of local faith leaders will address how faith-based groups are addressing climate change at 7 p.m. April 25 at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 419 San Juan Drive. The event…
Durango City Councilor Dave Woodruff will hold council office hours from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Residents can stop by and have…
With low water tables in the desert, windmills are essential to pump water. As cattle numbers are reduced and the cienegas or wetlands are restored, water tables on the ranch…
Taken at Mesa Verde National Park over 60 years ago, the backstory of this photograph is unknown. The people depicted may be locals on a group outing to the park,…
Toronto residents Douglas Bloomfield, left, and his son Phoenix, right, who are on vacation in Washington, hold a Canadian flag and an ice hockey stick to show their support for…
