The Great Sand Dunes quarter will be officially released Thursday.Courtesy photo On Thursday, the United States Mint will unveil a new quarter – the Great Sand Dunes National Park quarter…
Jaden Brown, pictured last year, has hydrocephalus, a swelling of the brain. His mother, Christina Brown, is the director of the Colorado chapter of the Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation.Courtesy of Christina…
Sutherlin is a Colorado native and graduate of Durango High School. He was attending Fort Lewis College and coaching wrestling when LPEA hired him in 2000 for temporary work changing…
An air tanker drops slurry Monday on the Turtle Lake Fire, as seen from Hidden Valley.Courtesy of Dylan Kroes The fire was contained at noon, with mop-up continuing through today.…
Monday 10:14 a.m. An uncooperative shoplifter was arrested at Albertsons, 311 West College Drive. 2:02 p.m. A man was seen chasing a woman near south City Market, 6 Town Plaza.…
Family yoga in Oxford, ages 3-93, 10:30 a.m., in the grass at County Road 513, 759-0100. The American Legion will serve hamburgers, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 878 East Second Ave. BNI…
Samuel Breagy, 3, son of Patrick and Laranne Breagy, took the opportunity to cool off Tuesday afternoon on the grounds of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Sprinklers will…
Tuesdays Traveling Yard/Gardening Support, 10 a.m., April-October, rotating locations, [email protected]. DeColores Civitan Club meeting, noon, call Lon Erwin at 247-1019 for location. Rotary Club of Durango meeting, 6 p.m., Strater…
The Four Corners Back Country Horsemen will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Guests are welcome. The educational program will be…
Jamie Kugle holds her sleeping son, Riley, 3, during an afternoon walk down the Animas River Trail on Monday. Durangoans might wear out their walking shoes before inclement weather sidelines…
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The commemoration is being used to urge protection of other species that may face the same fate – and of the Endangered Species Act, which protects them. “The 100-year anniversary…
Durango Fire Protection District firefighters responded Sunday afternoon to a small brush fire north of Durango on U.S. Highway 550, just north of X-rock.JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald Harwig said the fire…
A free “Doing your own divorce and/or custody in Colorado” seminar will take place at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 8 in the meeting room of the La Plata County Courthouse, 1060…
Family yoga in Oxford, ages 3-93, 10:30 a.m., in the grass at County Road 513, 759-0100. Gentle lengthening and strengthening yoga, 5:30 p.m., County Road 513, Oxford, 759-0100. Arts and…
Durango Flea Market, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Arts and Entertainment Durango Wine & Rails, 10 a.m., Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, 479 Main…
The San Juan National Forest plans to conduct a prescribed burn sometime in the next few weeks on about 1,100 acres in the Sauls Creek area about five miles east…
Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot. Bayfield Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Bayfield Roadside Park, U.S. Highway 160. Durango Nature Studies’ Nature Center open, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,…
