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Record Store Day is Saturday

Record Store Day to be celebrated at Southwest Sound

DATE: Apr 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango Bluegrass Meltdown is this weekend

Durango Bluegrass Meltdown turns 22

DATE: Apr 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Goodbye, Lake Wobegon: ‘Prairie Home’ is getting a new host

ST. PAUL, Minn. – No more Guy Noir, Private Eye. No more tales of Dusty and Lefty, the luckless cowboys. And no more weekly “News From Lake Wobegon,” the imaginary Minnesota town famous for ...

DATE: Apr 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Zeppelin musicians lose bid to dodge trial over 'Stairway to Heaven'

Led Zeppelin founders Jimmy Page and Robert Plant lost their bid to avoid a trial that may rewrite the history of rock ’n’ roll over song-writing credit for the 1971 classic “Stairway to Hea...

DATE: Apr 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Navajo artists express experience with Gold Mine spill

New exhibition shows how tribe dealt with blowout last August

DATE: Apr 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Steve Miller, after induction, slams Rock Hall of Fame

Steve Miller had just performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, but he wasn’t finished. In fact, he was just getting started. The new inductee ripped the rock hall ...

DATE: Apr 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Kesha says she was offered 'freedom' if she recanted her rape claim

In a furious Instagram post Sunday, embattled pop star Kesha claimed she had been offered “freedom” – presumably from her binding contract with Sony producer Lukasz Gottwald, aka “Dr. Luke” ...

DATE: Apr 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

O.J. Simpson courtroom-sketch artist: ‘O.J. was miscast’ in FX’s crime miniseries

Soon after Bill Robles flipped on the set, he knew these TV producers had gotten it all wrong. Cuba Gooding Jr., a man of somewhat smaller stature, simply didn’t embody O.J. Simps...

DATE: Apr 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

The Weekender

Things to do in and around Durango

DATE: Mar 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Art abounds at Creativity Festivity

When my daughter was about 7 years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college – that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared back at me, incr...

DATE: Mar 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

Diane West, one block down

Jewelry & Art Gallery moves in downtown Durango

DATE: Mar 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Oscars 2016

What actors will win, who should win and who should have been nominated for coveted award

DATE: Feb 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.