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Ski areas and COVID-19

are local ski areas dealing with COVID-19 and crowds of skiers?

Photos: Monoliths in La Plata County?

Photo: World War II Enlistment Ceremony – June 7, 1942

Exactly six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, marking the U.S. entrance into World War II, Naval induction ceremonies were held in more than 500 cities across the country…

Photos: Winter fun in Buckley Park

Photo: Gem Theater Crowd – Ca. 1916

In the early 1900s, people didn’t have many entertainment options at home. Until radio came along in the late 1920s, they really needed to get out into the town to…

Photo: Smelter Mountain Fiery Cross – 1925

At first glance, there is nothing particularly remarkable about this nighttime picture of downtown Durango with Smelter Mountain in the background. The downtown streets are barely discernible and there isn’t…

Snowy Durango

A winter storm catches drivers in Durango and La Plata County by surprise with heavy snow Saturday.

Photo: Upgrade gives cellular network more power

Alonso Valencia with Velex of Albuquerque installs new AT&T 5G cellular network equipment Tuesday on the radio tower next to Rim Drive on the Fort Lewis College campus. Valencia and…

Photo: Main Avenue paving – 1924

Durango was organized in September 1880, but the main thoroughfare through downtown wasn’t paved until 44 years later in June 1924. This photo shows the progress being made by the…

Durango High School football state championship

Durango High School football wins the CHSAA Class 3A state championship, defeating Roosevelt High School on Saturday in Pueblo.

Photos: Snow arrives at Chapman Hill Ski Area

Photo: Lightner Creek Train Wreck –1919

In the early morning hours of Sept. 8, 1919, engineer Ralph Peake was guiding his Rio Grande Southern locomotive No. 217 down the tracks heading home to Durango after a…

Photos: Shoppers navigate health restrictions on Black Friday

Photos: Keeping spirits up

4 Corners Cyclocross Series

compete in the 4 Corners Cyclocross Series race on Saturday at Durango Mesa.

Photo: Pagosa Hot Springs – Ca. 1885

In the Southern Ute language “pah gosah” translates to “healing waters” or possibly as a Ute elder once translated the phrase as “water (pah) that has a bad smell (gosah).”…

Durango football state quarterfinal win

Durango High School defeats Lutheran High School on Saturday in the quarter final playoff game at DHS.

Photos: Lottery winners ski a day before official opening at Purgatory Resort

Photo: Fairgrounds COVID-19 testing site can serve up to 250 people a day

Staff members with San Juan Basin Public Health and the La Plata County Emergency Operations Center close down the new COVID-19 drive-thru testing site Thursday at the La Plata County…

Photo: Silverton Gladstone & Northerly RR –1905

Most people know that the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad built the line from Durango into Silverton, but many are unaware that three other distinct narrow gauge railroads were built…

Durango High School football

Durango High School football defeats Canon City High School on Friday night at DHS.

Photo: Grooming the slopes at Purgatory Resort

Sam Williams, director of mountain operations at Purgatory Resort, drives a snowcat while grooming snow Thursday morning at the ski area. The mountain received 20 inches from recent storms and…

Photo: Jets fly over Durango on Veterans Day

Four F-16 jets head toward Durango on Wednesday to fly over Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4031 in honor of Veterans Day. The jets, flying in formation, made a low…

Photos: Lake Nighthorse to close for the season Nov. 15

Photo: Southern Ute Bear Dance – Ca. 1918

Though undated, this picture taken in Ignacio is thought to be from around 1918. The Bear Dance is a Southern Ute ceremonial dance that can be traced as far back…

Photos: Catching air at Vallecito Reservoir

Photos: Bye, bye to bump-outs on Main Avenue

Photo: Packed Mule Train Downtown – Ca. 1900

Photos: 300 pumpkins and counting

Durango High football hosts Evergreen

No. 2 Durango High School took on Evergreen in a key Class 3A clash Saturday in the Demons' home opener.