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Famous outlaw’s decaying cabin will be restored

Boyhood home of Butch Cassidy a tourist draw in Utah

Holistic farming workshop will be offered in Mancos

The Mancos Conservation District is offering a series of grazing land management workshop sessions in 2017. During this six-day course, ideal for large and small acreages and new ...

Residents can order low-cost seedling trees

The Colorado State Forest Service and the La Plata Conservation District are now accepting applications on a first-come, first-serve basis for more than 40 varieties of low-cost seedling tre...

Santa speaks: Saint Nick talks about what the job is really like

For as long as Santa Claus has been keeping track of the naughty and nice children of the world, he’s remained somewhat mysterious: What’s he like? Is his job hard? Has anyone ever asked him...

And the West is History

100 years ago: There were help-wanted advertisements for an elderly female housekeeper, a blacksmith at sawmill and sawmill men. There were for-sale advertisements for a horse and buggy,...

And the West is History

100 years ago: The Elks were preparing for “the big Christmas tree” that was “for the children of the entire community.” Reverend Courtice made a short speech to the children, under supe...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Charles Singleton, the manager of Hamlet mine and mill, passed through Durango en route to Colorado Springs on mining business. The sighting indicated that mining operatio...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Walker of Red Mesa, C. Virgil of Posta, Alva Short and Mike Conroy of Sunnyside, J.E. Locke of Breen, Thomas Eason and Myrl Pond of Kline, S.M. Hanger of...

Bora Bora: A bucket list trip in the South Pacific

Living over a lagoon in the secluded South Pacific

And the West is History

100 years ago: It was stated that “constipation makes you dull” in a health brief. The brief elaborates that the feeling of depression and listlessness is due to the intestines being clo...

And the West is History

100 years ago: Under the conditions of the time, “a business house in Durango could not buy a carload of one variety of potatoes, a carload of one kind of wheat, first class oats, or any...

And the West is History

100 years ago: A Durango woman had the following advice to give, “Never neglect your kidneys. If you have pain in the back, urinary disorders, dizziness and nervousness, it’s time to act...