Wolfwood Refuge will hold a fundraiser 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 30 at Foxfire Farms, 5513 County Road 321, Ignacio. Wolfwood Refuge is a wolf and wolfdog sanctuary in Ignacio.…
La Plata County is seeking volunteers to serve on the Lodging Tax Committee. The board administers the tourism fund to advertise and market tourism in La Plata County and provides…
Camping alone close to the cabin one night in my own personal tent. This is the view that greeted me at 5 a.m. I would not trade the experience for…
Turrell Wylie’s tombstone in Durango, with Tibetan script. (Courtesy of Douglas Ober) The entrance to Greenmount Cemetery, just west of Durango’s Overend Park, offers no indication that one of America’s…
Durango only had dirt or gravel roads for the first 44 years of its existence. Asphalt pavement replaced the streetcar tracks along Main Avenue in June 1924. This photo shows…
Christiana Sutherlin is the Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court St. Anthony #124’s 2025 scholarship winner. Sutherlin, is a parishioner at St. Columba Church, where she volunteers at the Food…
The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners will hold its third “On the Road” meeting of the summer from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Animas Valley Elementary School,…
In 1958, the city of Durango, La Plata County and nine civic organizations came together to develop a community swimming pool. This photo depicts the construction taking place in May…
uptick in pneumonia among bighorn lambs in the Pikes Peak herd has state wildlife officials on alert after this year’s count
Erin Manzitto-Tripp Watts, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, inspects lichens on a rock sample taken from Boulder’s Chautauqua Park. July 22. (Kevin J.…
Tara Haller, or as I knew her “Ms. Haller,” passed away earlier last month. The Durango Herald published a thoughtful obituary, and I’m grateful to those who knew Ms. Haller…
Durango City Councilor Shirley Gonzales will hold office hours from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Durango Public Library lobby. 1900 East Third Ave. For more information, visit https://tinyurl.com/3yxv8k59.
Local author and retired University of New Mexico professor John Kessell will recount his 1958 ocean liner trip from San Francisco to Sydney and his adventures beyond from 6 to…
The 1911 Flood occurred on Oct. 5, 1911, when the Animas River raged with a flow of 25,000 cfs. (Catalog Number: 81.07.13 from the La Plata County Historical Society Photo…
The Durango Botanic Gardens 13th annual Bulb Sale will once again be conducted online. Forty-eight types of bulbs will be available to order. The Bulb Sale preview is open now…
The annual Ice Cream Social will be held 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Gable House Bed & Breakfast, 805 East Fifth Ave. This free community event is a…
Parents can get their child’s school vaccinations early and beat the back-to-school rush. The La Plata County Public Health Department Clinic has appointments available now to discuss family immunization needs…
Animas High School board of directors announces an Interim School Leadership Team for the 2025-26 school year. The team includes: Lori Fisher, interim director of curriculum and instruction; Carlin Nielsen,…
Zealand feline has turned into local celebrity
At the 1963 edition of the Spanish Trails Fiesta, the Yampa Valley Cutter & Chariot Association raced six chariots at the annual racing meet held at the fairgrounds. The Steamboat…
Summer fruit is here, do have fruit trees and want to help eliminate food waste, reduce human-bear conflict and directly address food security in our neighborhoods by helping to collect…
Karla Sluis What does “9-R” mean, anyway? If you’ve ever asked that question, you’re not alone. The term has been a part of our district’s name since the 1950s, but…
Tourists take a selfie at the Temple of Heaven as they take a half-day tour offering by a travel agency Trip.com Group, in Beijing on June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy…
La Plata County Board of County Commissioners will hold its second “On the Road” meeting of the summer 6 to 7:30 p.m. July 23 from at the Pine River Library,…
Pictured on the steps of the old Central (1892 Durango High) School are players from the 1904 or 1905 varsity team. The only identified player is 1905 graduate Lawrence Buckley,…
One of the many courtyards surrounded by cloisters at Convento de Santa Catalina de Siena, Arequipa. (Courtesy of Janice Jada Griffin) Griffin We blow into the outskirts of Arequipa on…
The La Plata Quilter’s Guild will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at meeting the La Plata County Fairgrounds Extension building (Florida Room), 2500 Main Ave. The meeting starts at 5:30…
The Mount Allison Grange will host a presentation by Sherry Woodbridge, president of The Southwest Fiber Alliance, at 4:30 p.m. July 21 at 2622 County Road 229 in Allison (next…
The public is invited to a meeting with Durango School District Board Directors Kristin Smith and Katie Stewart for a school board candidate information session from noon to 1 p.m.…
