Durango School District 9-R’s “107 Years of Education” exhibit and District Office Moving Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 13 at the District Administrative Office,…
Liza Tregillus will talk about the new Home Share Project at the Rotary Club of Durango meeting, which will be held at 6 p.m. at Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.…
Pine River Garden Club will host a Q-and-A event with a panel of local garden experts from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday (April 11) at Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield…
Pine River Library will host a Paint and Sip with local artist Cindy Shelton from 6-8 p.m. April 16. Participants will use watercolors to paint an 8”x10” canvas with a…
Florida Mesa Grange Hall 306 at 656 Highway 172 is hosting a Free Pancake Breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. April 27. There will be pancakes, sausage, farm fresh scrambled…
Reliable Waste, the operator of the Bayfield transfer station on behalf of La Plata County, has expanded the hours of operation. The station will be open from 10 a.m. to…
Waste from 40 years of uranium mining has contaminated watersheds across the reservation
March is colorectal cancer awareness month. Coincidentally, I didn’t exactly plan it this way, but I had my screening colonoscopy with local gastroenterologist, Dr. Todd Sheer earlier this month. If…
This colorized photograph shows a group of men surveying the damage from the October 1911 flood along Main Avenue at the bridge north of 15th Street. Though not apparent here,…
German immigrant William Wolf first laid eyes on the San Juan Basin in 1859 as a 22-year-old member of Lt. Simpson’s geological surveying party. He served three years in the…
Invariably, historical societies attain photographs of neighboring counties’ bygone events. In 1989, the La Plata County Historical Society was gifted this photo taken in nearby San Juan County. It shows…
I’m a handicap senior who frequently shops the local Walmart. It has been pretty hectic shopping these days with the renovation going on and the new layout of the store.…
The Pine River Heritage Society’s recent pie auction fundraiser in Bayfield was wildly successful but for one problem: Organizers forgot to grab contact information from all of the outstanding bakers…
Great Old Broads for Wilderness will host a special screening of “Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” at 5:30 p.m. March 25 at Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. The screening is…
This photograph was taken about four years after KIUP Radio moved to its new building at 2800 Main Ave. Built for just $1,540, the station broadcast from this north Durango…
Seventh grade humanities students from Mountain Middle School invite the public to an exhibition of learning from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. March 28 at the school, 108 W. 31st St.…
Durangoan Jasper Zastrocky was named to Biola University’s dean’s list for academic excellence. Zastrocky, a Cinema and Media Arts major, was one of about 1,600 students who were named to…
The soundtrack from the 1957 Best Picture winner “The Bridge on the River Kwai” included a military parade musical piece called “Colonel Bogey March.” It was whistled by the British…
Eighth grade students from Mountain Middle School will present a public exhibition of aerospace engineering from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. and 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Mountain Middle School,…
Beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Durango School District Board of Education plans to hold all regular meetings at the Impact Career Innovation Center, 2410 Main Ave., on the northwest…
Three Durango-area students were named to the dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology for the fall semester. Sydney Pritchard of Durango, who is in the computer science program.Dylan Pegg…
Josephine Willman, Class of 2025, of Durango, was named to the dean’s list at Tufts University for the Fall 2023 semester. Dean’s list honors at Tufts University require a semester…
A benefit concert gala will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Miller Middle School auditorium, 2608 Junction St. The evening will begin with a concert by Durango High…
Ruby Campbell and her children, from left, Charles, Irma and Isabella, are pictured at their residence at 135 E. 14th Street. They are posed on their wooden sled in wintertime…
One qualified La Plata County resident can receive a $4,000 scholarship over the course of two years. The La Plata Conservation District will grant the full-time student $2,000, which is…
The La Plata Conservation District will host its annual landowner meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds Extension Building, in the Lightner Room, 2500…
Credited for extending the life of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, a fleet of seven “motors,” each dubbed “Galloping Goose” were constructed in the 1930s. The Geese were built with…
San Juan College Planetarium director David Mayeux sets up a telescope during the annular eclipse in October at San Juan College.cca The San Juan College Planetarium’s AstroFriday presentation “One Sky…
Comfort Keepers Durango extends heartfelt gratitude not only to our remarkable caregivers but also to the entire caregiving community. Your tireless dedication, compassion and selflessness enrich the lives of countless…
This photo is one of the first taken of Animas City from the air by W.R. Rowland around 1920. It clearly shows how sparsely settled the area around the 32nd…
