Southwest Lifestyle

Move to redefine “harm” in Endangered Species Act may pose ecological risks

direct killing or collecting of species would still be outlawed under new definition

April 18, 2025

Brains, bots and a big win: How STEM is powering the future in Durango

Students in the Career & Technical Education welding and engineering program at Durango High School present their capstone STEM project…

April 18, 2025

Community

Residents invited to wildfire workshop

La Plata County residents are invited to a free community wildfire workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday at…

April 16, 2025

Community

Mountain Middle School hosts ‘Math Games’ Exhibition Night

Fifth graders at Mountain Middle School are set to showcase their innovative math games at the annual “Math Games” Exhibition.…

April 16, 2025

Community

Botanic Gardens thanks supporters of conference

The Durango Botanic Gardens wishes to thank the 162 people who attended our Envisioning a Changing DurangoScape 2025, on March…

April 16, 2025

Southwest Life

The Switzerland Trail in Boulder County has a storied past in mining

The Switzerland Trail was once a narrow gauge railroad line linking mining towns from Eldora to Ward, the Indian Peaks,…

April 16, 2025

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And the West is History: Fishing on the Animas – ca. 1899

The Animas River was a good river for fishing by Indigenous people and later white settlers in the 1870s. Here,…

April 14, 2025

Community

DHS Class of 1995 to hold reunion

Durango High School Class of 1995 will hold its 30 year reunion July 25 and 26 in Durango. Friday, July…

April 10, 2025

Community

Local student wins Steve Westhoff Scholarship

SGM, a multidisciplinary engineering, consulting and surveying firm headquartered in Glenwood Springs, with additional offices in Meeker, Gunnison, Grand Junction,…

April 10, 2025

Community

Program looking for homeowners

The La Plata County Healthy Homes program is actively seeking homeowners to provide opportunities to improve the health of their…

April 10, 2025

Community

Faith leaders to host climate change panel

A panel of local faith leaders will address how faith-based groups are addressing climate change at 7 p.m. April 25…

April 10, 2025

Community

Councilor Dave Woodruff to hold office hours

Durango City Councilor Dave Woodruff will hold council office hours from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Durango Public Library,…

April 10, 2025

Southwest Life

Las Cienegas: Where cowboys bunked in Southern Arizona

With low water tables in the desert, windmills are essential to pump water. As cattle numbers are reduced and the…

April 9, 2025

Travel

A day on the motorbike

de Dios Region in the Western Amazon of Peru

April 9, 2025

Community

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Catholic Daughters announces scholarships

April 8, 2025

And the West is History

And the West is History: Volleyball game at Mesa Verde – ca. 1957

Taken at Mesa Verde National Park over 60 years ago, the backstory of this photograph is unknown. The people depicted…

April 7, 2025

Travel

Anger against Trump is forecast to cost the US international visitors

Toronto residents Douglas Bloomfield, left, and his son Phoenix, right, who are on vacation in Washington, hold a Canadian flag…

April 2, 2025

Community

Free energy assistance workshops to be held

Energy Outreach Colorado, in partnership with The LOR Foundation, La Plata Family Centers and Housing Solutions for the Southwest, will…

April 2, 2025

Community

Durango Public Library hosts Birth Partner Workshop

Local doula Abbie Downing of Animas Birth Doula will host a Birth Partner Workshop 10 to 11:15 a.m. April 26…

April 2, 2025

Southwest Life

A notorious, tree-chewing pest could be making a comeback in Colorado

A hillside stand of lodge pole pine trees, fronted by aspens inside the gate of Rocky Mountain National Park, that…

April 2, 2025

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And the West is History: American Legion Hall construction – 1947

Durango American Legion Post 28 was organized in September 1919, just a few months after Congress chartered and incorporated the…

March 31, 2025

Community

Spring crack seal operations planned for several county roads

The La Plata County Road & Bridge division will perform crack seal repairs on six county roads as well as…

March 26, 2025

Southwest Life

Colorado’s hot spring operators are getting nervous about geothermal energy

The Iron Mountain Hot Springs along the Colorado River. Across the water is a train yard where Rocky Mountain Resources…

March 26, 2025

Travel

A new luxury hotel towers over Havana as Cuba’s economic troubles mount and tourism plummets

People walk past the new hotel Selection La Habana, managed by Spanish chain Iberostar, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Jan. 24,…

March 26, 2025

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And the West is History: Downtown Durango – ca. 1957

This postcard depicts the 800 block of downtown Durango as it appeared in the late 1950s. The Durango Woolworth store…

March 24, 2025

Travel

Argentines flock to budget-friendly beaches in neighboring countries

Argentine Cristian Vázquez, adjusting his sunglasses in the background, lounges on the sand with friends and family at Renaca beach…

March 19, 2025

Southwest Life

Colorado water project funding is drying up

Senate Bill 40, a nine-member panel would examine new options to replace severance tax money

March 19, 2025

Southwest Life

What makes a Colorado park a park?

In South Park, a pair of bison graze at the Badger Basin State Wildlife Area west of Hartsel. (Hart Van…

March 19, 2025

Community

Cancer support group to meet over Zoom

Man 2 Man Prostate Cancer Support Group of Durango will meet 7 to 7:30 p.m. April 1 on Zoom. The…

March 18, 2025

Community

LPEA opens applications for internship program

La Plata Electric Association announces the opening of applications for its 2025 Internship Program, offering an opportunity for college students…

March 18, 2025