Lucas Faulkner, a meteorologist with the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, measures a massive hailstone with a caliper inside the National Weather Service’s Goodland, Kansas office on Aug.…
The massive lake acts like a savings bank for water users, but the account balance is low enough to make officials from across the West nervous
An in-person talk by historian Fred Blackburn will be held at 1 p.m. Aug. 26 at Animas Museum, 3065 West Second Ave. The talk will be about Blackburn’s survey of…
Durango Hot Springs Resort and Spa, the Glacier Club and the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College are bringing Nashville Songs & Stories “Writers in the Round” to the…
Fort Lewis College moved to its present location on the mesa east of downtown in 1956 on the site of the former Durango Municipal Airport. Its previous location, south of…
Durango Education Foundation invites families to attend the Fall 2023 Back to School Resource Fair. The free event will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 23 at the La…
The Four Corners Back Country Horsemen will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Florida Grange, 656 Colorado Highway 172. The social hour and dinner start at…
Thank you, Kroegers Ace Hardware, for presenting VFW Post 4031 with a $2,000 check on July 28. Kroegers’ customers were invited to “Round up” at checkout over the 4th of…
I don’t know exactly why you are sitting on a bench by the side of the road waving the American flag, but thank you. When I drive by in a…
Thomas H Wigglesworth was a location and construction engineer with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad starting in 1878. He led survey crews for the railroad from Antonito to Silverton.…
Natambu Obelton will provide the Rotary Club of Durango with a pictorial talk at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. The talk will cover the Obelton…
The La Plata County Fair will be held Wednesday through Aug. 13, and parking will be largely unavailable. The La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave., will offer almost no…
In 1955, with the completion of “Huck Finn” pond by the Durango VFW and local sportsmen, the annual “Huck Finn Day” in Durango began. The pond was stocked with fish…
This is 92-year-old Eduardo Medina in 1969 proudly displaying the model train he had recently completed. Considered a worthy example of regional Folk Art, the model is now part of…
The La Plata County Building Department will offer a four-hour training class for contractors and other county residents on the newly adopted 2015 International Energy Conservation Code. Robby Schwarz, an…
Teagan DeWeese of Durango has been named to the Spring 2023 dean’s list at Pacific University in Oregon. The dean’s list recognizes undergraduate students in Pacific’s colleges of Arts &…
Durango School District 9-R Job Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the District Administrative Office, 201 E. 12th St. The district is hiring bus…
“American Movie: Healing a Broken System” will have its premiere from 6-8 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. After the movie, Guinn Unger, president…
The ArtRoom Collective First Friday Art Crawl is from 4-7 p.m. Aug. 4 at the Smiley Building, 1309 East Third Ave. Ray Martinez will demonstrate his photography techniques through a…
The Rotary Club of Durango: Evening and the Rotary Club of Durango: Daybreak thank all those sponsors of our Fourth of July Gourmet Breakfast and the more than 1,100 people…
One hundred years ago this month, the American Locomotive Co. of Schenectady, N.Y., completed the manufacture and delivery of 10 K-28 class steam locomotives to the Denver & Rio Grande…
The Rotary Club of Durango’s next meeting starts at 6 p.m. July 18 at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. The meeting will feature Grant Wilson as speaker. This event…
The 100th anniversary of the Rio Grande’s Narrow Gauge K-28 locomotives is being celebrated by the Animas Museum at 1 p.m. July 22 at the museum, 3065 West Second Ave.…
Friday at the Fair will feature the Bellamy Brothers musical duo at 8 p.m. Aug. 11 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. The show is a highlight…
The Pagosa Springs Spanish Fiesta returns to the Archuleta County Fairgrounds, 344 U.S. Highway 84, from 3 to 8 p.m. July 29. Proceeds from the event will support older adults…
Owners or lessees of the Porsche 911 series car are being asked for input and participation in a new car club. Leigh Nelson, who started a Corvette Club, is looking…
An ice cream social to celebrate the 131st year of the Gable House will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. July 30. Cream Bean Berry ice cream will be…
This arson-set fire destroyed most of the buildings on the west side of the mid-800 block of Main Avenue in August 1974. It took more than 12 hours to be…
“Fermentation,” a presentation by Nicole Clark, will be held at 6:30 p.m. July 17 at the Animas Valley Grange, 7271 County Road 203. This program is free and open to…
The Animas Valley Grange will hold a community yard sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 15 at 7271 County Road 203. Tools, small appliances, gardening gear, lamps, sports…
