50 years ago: “The majority of the Durango City Council, Mayor Jim French, John Hunt and Bud Griffith, along with members of the city water board have issued their statement on the sale of Durango water to the South Durango Water District. The statement is in reply to the objections made by former Mayor Carl Bell and City Councilman Wayne Lee.”

25 years ago: “The Durango City Council Tuesday night said no way to one-way traffic on Main Avenue. … The one-way traffic pattern could have added 44 new parking spaces, depending on whether angle parking was adopted on one or both sides of Main.

Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.