Fiesta Days

Fiesta Days Rodeo loses free access to La Plata County Fairgrounds

Reduced scale, staffing shortages, safety concerns cited in commissioners’ decision

Fiesta Days plans eight days of events – including paratrooper show

celebration marks community’s diversity

Fiesta Days returns, largely focused on rodeo events at La Plata County Fairgrounds

Region’s longest-running event will celebrate 88 years – sans parade

Ring the dinner bell: Fiesta Days’ Chuck Wagon competition heats up

Meat, biscuits, desserts galore at cook-off at fairgrounds Tina Stallard, with Curly Cue Camp, makes cornbread during the La Plata-Archuleta…

Cattlemen’s Association announces Chuck Wagon Cook-Off results

Wagon Placements1. Durango Cowboy Church 2. Rafter 76 Chuck Wagon 3. Canyon Trails Ranch Overall Food Winner1. Mountain Trails 2.…

Durango Fiesta Days to feature parade, rodeos through weekend

Started in 1935, it’s one of region’s longest-running events

Talk about town: Durango Fiesta Days royalty crowned

Maddie Story was crowned 2018 Durango Fiesta Days Queen.Courtesy of Durango Fiesta Days “It’s been something I’ve been dreaming about…

The inside scoop from a judge at the chuck wagon cook-off

Another highlight is when the organizers of the La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen Chuck Wagon Cook-Off call the newspaper office seeking judges…

Fiesta Days brings Old West spirit to Durango

2 of weekend event features parade, rodeo, queen coronation

Durango Fiesta Days kicks off at La Plata County Fairgrounds

slated through the weekend; parade set for Saturday

Photos: Fiesta Days parade rolls down Main Avenue

Saturday, 1 P.M.: Second rodeo, with military appreciation. Saturday, 5:30 P.M.: Chuck Wagon Cook-off and Barbecue. Cooking starts at 8…

Cooking up something good for Fiesta Days

Rodney Carriker, holding the reins, and Bill Vicary of Canyon Trails Ranch of Cortez drive a chuck wagon Friday down…

Fiesta Days are here again

82nd annual event celebrates Western heritage

Fiesta Days: Examining synthesis with county fair may offer revitalization opportunity

When they were not tending cattle, cutting hay or irrigating, the ranchers and farmers were building school systems, lobbying for…

Fiesta Days Parade holding onto history

parade is short but sweet

Photo: Chuck wagon heads to cook-off at Fiesta Days

Photo: Heading to team roping event

Leading the charge to the team roping event Thursday at Durango Fiesta Days is 3-year-old Shane Grogan. Her mother, Jamie…

Fiesta Days royalty crowned

While the contestants sparkle, with their styled curls, they are also tough competitors. The junior princess this year, Natalie Larabee,…

‘Doggies’ on Fiesta Days Parade

Dueling chuck-wagon cook-off

Sandy Cooper and John Hargrabe, at the reins, drive their chuck wagon along Main Avenue on Friday to the Durango/La…

Durango Fiesta Days turns a spry 80

Parade, rodeo, cook-off to come

Sadie Smith and her Bozo

Fiesta Days trots into town

Wilder Kelsey, 3, rides a human-powered bucking bronco at the Durango Fiesta Days Snow Top Rodeo on Thursday at the…

Dust, smoke and history

79th annual Fiesta Days takes us back again to ‘where you’ve been’