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2017: The year’s top moments in arts and entertainment

Looking back at what made us laugh, cry and think in Durango and beyond

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Mariah Carey returns to ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’

NEW YORK – Mariah Carey is determined to have a better New Year’s Eve than in 2016 – she is returning to “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” after last year’s debacle. ...

DATE: Dec 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Maroon 5 manager Jordan Feldstein dies unexpectedly at 40

LOS ANGELES â€“ The longtime manager of Maroon 5 and brother of actor Jonah Hill has died. Jordan Feldstein was 40 years old. A spokeswoman for the band confirmed Saturday that Fe...

DATE: Dec 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Music in the Mountains recalibrates education components

As Music in the Mountains enters its 32nd year, the organization is taking a long winter look at its various components. From a modest, and somewhat informal, beginning with 11 mu...

DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Warm up those vocal cords: Durango Voice competition seeks singers

Audition tapes due in January for Manna fundraiser

DATE: Dec 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Bar D Wranglers to perform Christmas Jubilee

The annual Bar D Wranglersâ€™ Christmas Jubilee holiday show will begin 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. Bar D Wranglers Gary Cook, Matt Palm...

DATE: Dec 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Tears, pomp, extravagance as France mourns rocker Johnny Hallyday

PARIS – France bid farewell to its biggest rock star Saturday, honoring Johnny Hallyday with an extravagant funeral procession down Paris’ Champs-Elysees Avenue, a presidential speech and a ...

DATE: Dec 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Music in the Mountains’ Mischa Semanitzky ‘very dedicated to adopting Durango’

Friends, colleagues remember one of festival’s founders

DATE: Dec 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Sixth annual Messiah Sing-in open to public on Dec. 10 in Cortez

The Cortez community will come together for the annual Messiah Sing-in at 6 p.m. Dec. 10 at Cortez Methodist Church. The program aims to make this famous choral work accessible to...

DATE: Dec 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Religion

Jim Nabors, TV’s homespun Gomer Pyle and singer, dies at 87

HONOLULU – Jim Nabors, the shy Alabaman whose down-home comedy made him a TV star as Gomer Pyle and whose surprisingly operatic voice kept him a favorite in Las Vegas and other showplaces, d...

DATE: Nov 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Russell Simmons steps down from companies amid allegation

NEW YORK – Russell Simmons has stepped away from his companies after a second allegation of sexual misconduct, though the Def Jam founder again denied ever being violent. “Rachel ...

DATE: Nov 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

AC/DC founding member Malcolm Young dead at 64

NEW YORK – Malcolm Young, the rhythm guitarist and guiding force behind the bawdy hard-rock band AC/DC who helped create such head-banging anthems as “Highway to Hell,” “Hells Bells” and “Ba...

DATE: Nov 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

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.