75 years ago: “An allotment of $3,714 for the operation of a garden at the La Plata County farm to grow produce for needy families was made today by Works…
75 years ago: “Another of Durango’s best know couples will celebrate a 50th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Milford Graves are the happy pair. On April 30, 1889, Harvey…
Chief Financial Officer Jack Hartung of Chipotle Mexican Grill said Tuesday his company will increase the price of its steak filling, widening the price gap between steak and chicken.Associated Press…
The basil in these chocolate truffles adds a peppery flavor, while tea always pairs well with sweets.Matthew Mead/Associated Press Unusual as that combination may sound, it works surprisingly well to…
Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark, won the title of world’s top restaurant, reclaiming the top spot from avant-garde eatery El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Spain. The highest-ranking U.S. restaurant…
“Rod Cook watches the last few minutes of the partial solar eclipse in this March 1989 photo. To see the event, Maureen Keilty, a writer with an office in the…
75 years ago: “Five counties through which the Rio Grande Southern railroad passes will band together to fight the proposed abandonment of 28 miles of the railroad. Ouray, San Miguel,…
Chicago, which is among the top 15 cities for bicycling and walking, deploys mini-snowplows to clear bike lanes.Associated Press file photo Those are among the findings of a report based…
With training, people can help in county where rate is triple U.S. average
Heart Safe La Plata will offer these classes at the Durango Fire Protection District training room, 142 Sheppard Drive: An adult CPR/AED course will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday.…
75 years ago: “It is rumored that ‘Two-Ton’ Tony Galento will hit Durango on a barnstorming prizefighting tour, but considering the capacity of a narrow-gauge boxcar we doubt if that…
Spanish cartographer Miera y Pacheco’s artistic maps note discoveries of Dolores area
Mother could get $75,000 for refusing to have liquid scanned by TSA
“This photo of Bill Menefee was taken in the doorway of the original homestead cabin built on the Menefee ranch. The cabin was still standing in March 1964, just north…
75 years ago: “Good news to people of this vicinity as well as the early tourists, is the fact that informal accommodations may now be obtained at Mesa Verde Park…
The First Presbyterian Church of Durango, 1159 East Third Ave., will host a special service to install Beau Smith as its called pastor by the Presbytery of Western Colorado at…
Interfaith panel objects to Sept. 11 museum’s documentary film
The report – the first from the Census on adoptions since 2003 – finds that 2 percent of the nation’s 64.8 million children younger than 18 were adopted. Adopted children…
75 years ago: “Because he was carrying four persons in the front seat of his car, a Bayfield youth was summoned to appear before Justice of the Peace Laten Ballou.”…
75 years ago: “After driving all the way here from Tierra Amarilla, N.M., a ‘merry’ car bringing a man to a Durango hospital for an emergency operation caught fire just…
“It’s hard to believe that Spring in Southwest Colorado is already five days old in this March 1964 photo. Residents began having doubts, which were confirmed. The car and snow-covered…
