Talk about Town – The Durango Herald

Durango High School band ends season on high note

The Durango High School Red Pride Marching Band ended its season by breaking a school record. At the Western Slope Regional Qualifier in Grand Junction in mid-October, the band, w...

DATE: Nov 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Flags will be lowered to honor fallen Colorado trooper

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday ordered flags be lowered to half-staff Monday in memory of a Colorado state trooper who was killed in an accident. Trooper Jaimie Jursevics was as...

DATE: Nov 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durangoan vies for prizes on ‘Price is Right’

A Durango man will demonstrate his shopping savvy Friday as he appears on “Price is Right.” Mum’s the word on how he did or what he won. But Randall Ash at least came the closest ...

DATE: Nov 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

An artful way to keep your place

Forget the scrap paper or old envelope to mark where you stopped reading as you were falling asleep. Courtesy of the Durango Friends of the Library, bookmarks designed by area stu...

DATE: Nov 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango High School cross country champs get standing ovation

They may not have gotten a ticker-tape parade, but the Durango High School boys varsity cross country team that won the 4A state championship Saturday got a standing ovation at the Durango C...

DATE: Nov 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Calendar supports animal rescues on Navajo Reservation

The La Plata County Humane Society, like most animal-welfare agencies in America, rescues hundreds of unwanted dogs and cats every year, working to find them forever homes. But the Blackhat ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Purgatory Resort begins snowmaking for early opening

Purgatory Resort has begun making snow in preparation for its earliest planned opening in recent history. The resort, 30 miles north of Durango, began blowing snow Friday night, s...

DATE: Oct 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

7-2-11 shutters its doors

The longstanding 7-2-11 on Main Avenue closed its doors this month. The store has been stripped of its gas pumps and cleaned out over the last two weeks, said Rubel Montoya, an e...

DATE: Oct 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Emergency fund needs to raise $1,000 to help those harmed by Gold King Mine spill

For many of us, life has returned pretty much to normal after the Gold King Mine spill at the beginning of August. But for those who took a financial hit, recovery is still underway. ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Game of Thrones’ actor Jason Momoa visits Durango

Fans of science fiction or fantasy entertainment would be interested to know that actor Jason Momoa was in Durango this week. The 6-foot-4-inch-tall Hawaiian-born Momoa played Ron...

DATE: Oct 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Former Durango High School band leader inducted into Hall of Fame

These days, the Durango High School band is thriving under the direction of Katharine Reed, but in the early 1960s, the baton was in the hand of a young band leader just starting his career,...

DATE: Oct 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Chief Noonan, fire district honored

People often honor those who are stepping down from long-held positions, and that is certainly the case for Durango Fire Protection District Chief Dan Noonan, who is stepping down after 39 y...

DATE: Oct 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News