Talk about Town - The Durango Herald

Brewers pedaling 426 miles celebrating cycling in Colorado

A pack of brewers will descend on Durango this evening to celebrate the end of a 426-mile bike ride, and presumably nurse their saddle soreness with some beer. The sixth annual To...

DATE: Jul 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Happy birthday, San Juan Skyway

This summer, the San Juan Skyway is celebrating its 25th birthday. The Skyway, which encompasses the famously beautiful and, at points, famously terrifying Million Dollar Highway...

DATE: Jul 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Is Durango the ‘best adventure town’ in Colorado? A magazine is asking

Estes Park or Granby? Denver or Ouray? Eagle or Durango? Just which is the state’s “best adventure town”? Elevation Outdoors – in yet another attention-seeking contest...

DATE: Jul 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango’s star rising in City of Angels

Residents in Los Angeles are learning a little more about Durango. Los Angeles Times travel reporter Christopher Reynolds recently soaked up Durango’s rugged charm and is sharing ...

DATE: Jun 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Nights at Jersey Jim lookout set record in online auction

It’s no five-star resort, but no doubt plenty of people in Southwest Colorado would much rather spend the night in a 55-foot-high fire lookout than alongside a golf course or a beach. ...

DATE: Jun 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mesa Verde among top 10 hidden gems

There’s apparently no end to the accolades for Southwest Colorado. Now, it’s the selection by Country magazine of Mesa Verde National Park as one of the top 10 hidden gems among p...

DATE: Jun 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Eva, the $5,750 puppy

Durango is a dog’s town. When little puppy Eva and her five siblings were snatched from the jaws of doom in Chinle, Arizona, by puppy lover Lisa Parker of Lisa Parker’s Puppies, ...

DATE: May 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dual left turns reinstated at College and Camino

Road construction along Camino del Rio has progressed enough to allow the Colorado Department of Transportation to make changes to the signal at West College Drive and Camino del Rio. ...

DATE: May 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango closer to being America’s best town

As of Monday, Durango officially beat out Mammoth Lakes, California, in the first round of voting in Outside magazine’s 64-city bracket for the best town in America. Though Durang...

DATE: May 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

In beer-church tweets, ale prevails

La Plata County residents tweet about beer more than they do about church, according to a 2012 study. Monica Stephens, a Humboldt State University geographer, studied Twitter mess...

DATE: May 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango loses big, but how fair was it?

It’s hard to feel it was a fair vote, but Durango was unsuccessful in its bid to earn part of $100,000 in grants that Bell Helmets is giving away to support three “dream trail projects” arou...

DATE: May 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bounty on your head?

People who jumped bail and tried to hide out in Southwest Colorado may have found more than a bounty hunter at their doors in October. The Animal Planet show “Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters” ...

DATE: Apr 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News