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Out with Columbus, in with Indigenous Peoples Day?

Fort Lewis College celebrates Real History of the Americas

DATE: Oct 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hard drinks and history

Local historian Duane Smith leads pub crawl

DATE: Oct 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Professor: Preserve S.W.’s historic outhouses

CORRALES, N.M. – At a time when life could be harsh in the American Southwest, outhouses served more than one important role. They provided structure, protected water resources and created i...

DATE: Oct 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Rosa Parks’ to come to life in living history program

In a year when race relations have come back to the front page, who could be a more apropos speaker than Rosa Parks? Known as the “first lady” of the civil-rights movement, Parks ...

DATE: Sep 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Caffeine trade thrived in ancient America

ALBUQUERQUE – More than 1,000 years before Starbucks, caffeine was an international market mover, with ancient civilizations trading holly and cacao-based chocolate beverages between what is...

DATE: Sep 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Animas Museum director to retire in autumn

Bowra will remain until Oct. 31

DATE: Jul 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Take a tour of our region’s cemeteries

County’s second annual event to drive through Bayfield, Ignacio

DATE: May 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Veteran Animas Museum curator leaves

Fund started to care for artifacts

DATE: Apr 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Influential women

DATE: Mar 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

A woman’s place

Group wants to banish Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill

DATE: Mar 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

A little TLC for this cemetery?

Oldest graveyard in Durango is deteriorating

DATE: Mar 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Old rail cars to be bought, restored with grant

However, matching funds needed to fulfill project goal

DATE: Feb 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday