History - The Durango Herald

From the archives: A dive into the pages of La Plata County history

‘Miners consumption’ and ‘female disturbance’ listed among conditions in early coroner records

DATE: Aug 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

A spy plane made an emergency landing in Cortez in 1959. Now you can color it

It's one page in a new coloring book

DATE: Jul 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

14th Annual Cortez Historic Preservation Day set for the first weekend in May

The weekend will be packed with events centered around historic preservation

DATE: Apr 25, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

Southern Ute archivist dives into boarding school history

A look into what the Southern Ute Dormitory was and its relation to other institutions during the time

DATE: Apr 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango School District 9-R’s ‘107 Years of Education’ exhibit honors a century of sports and learning

9-R hosts moving sale at former administration building

DATE: Apr 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Last coal-fired engine departs Durango train station, marking end of an era

Saturday was bittersweet for crews who sent No. 481 on its final ride before it’s converted for oil use

DATE: Mar 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County remembers women who left significant marks on the area

Amanda Cotton, Annette Aspaas among those honored during Women’s History Month

DATE: Mar 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Billy the Kid lives on in New Mexico

Billy the Kid is alive and well in New Mexico, or at least it seems that way. He’s doing much better than Sheriff Pat Garrett who shot him in the back and thus violated the Code of the West....

DATE: Mar 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

150 years of La Plata County

The county commemorates its sesquicentennial anniversary Saturday

DATE: Feb 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

The Hermit Monk of New Mexico’s Organ Mountains

The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in southern New Mexico has unique geology, birds, reptiles, plants, and human history – including a murdered monk. As we approach the Chris...

DATE: Dec 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Will the town of Breen be renamed?

The town’s namesake was the notorious superintendent of the Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School

DATE: Nov 1, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Reading Club of Durango receives 2023 Library Community Champion award

Women’s organization founded in 1882 formed city’s first library in 1889

DATE: Oct 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

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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