For many years, Gardenswartz Sports displayed big fish caught locally in a large cooler at the entrance to its store on Main Avenue. There was a weekly prize for the…
Rowdy Alexander watches from atop his horse as a hillside burns on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation on Aug 11, 2021, near Lame Deer, Mont. An area outside Denver where…
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Three new U.S. studies offer more evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who have received booster shots. The Centers for…
Visitors are seen at Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. on May 1, 2021. (Iris Samuels/Associated Press file)Iris Samuels MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. – A record number of…
How fortunate to live in a caring community! Having never before called 911, Nov. 19 occasioned the first 911 call when a freak hiking accident left a huge gash above…
I want to acknowledge and thank a generous, empathetic man who was standing in the checkout line at south City Market late last Saturday afternoon. Because my Parkinson’s medication had…
W.P. “Billy” Edwards had a 30-year career working for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. By all accounts he was exceedingly popular in Durango. On May 4, 1916, while acting…
Some Snowdown event venues may require wristbands that prove full vaccination status or negative COVID-19 test results to enter. The Snowdown board has set up an office where event-goers can…
Thirty-two “Marketplace” Snowdown Follies tickets are available at the Bank of the San Juans, 144 E. Eighth St. Each day for four days, which started Thursday, eight tickets will be…
San Juan Regional Medical Center asked the community not to use the emergency department or urgent care clinic as COVID-19 testing sites, in a public service announcement Tuesday. “Please, don’t…
community members face higher burden of disease, greater economic consequences
Because of COVID-19 and the uncertainty regarding public events, Snowdown Follies has revised its ticketing refund policy. In the event of cancellation or reduced seating, event organizers will attempt to…
The Hive will host the “Magical Mystical Mocktail Tour,” a sober Snowdown event, Jan. 27. At 5:30 p.m., participants will meet at The Hive, 1150 Man Ave., to pay the…
El Pomar Foundation announced Tuesday that $15,000 in funding has been allocated to four Durango nonprofits. Southwest Center for Independence was awarded $5,000 for expanding accessible transportation for underserved communities;…
The Sarah Platt Decker Chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution announced this years winners of the DAR Good Citizens Award for local high school graduating seniors. The winners…
Colorado Humanities announced Tuesday that Durango Independent Film Festival and La Plata County Historical Society won the Colorado Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan social media challenge award.…
Registered nurse Scott McGieson wears an N95 mask as he walks out of a patient’s room in the acute care unit of Harborview Medical Center, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in…
Traveling during a shoulder season can mean lower prices and easier access to popular restaurants and destinations. (Adobe Stock image)Dragan Radojevic In many ways, travel in 2021 was more challenging…
The Durango Dharma Center will host a hybrid (in-person and online) insight meditation class from 6 to 7:45 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 1. (Durango Herald file)du1-i-syn The Durango Dharma Center…
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Located on the corner of Sixth Street (now College Drive) and Main Avenue, the Wetter Mercantile was an early Durango business success. The owner Ernst Wetter, in the long apron,…
The Women’s Resource Center is now accepting nominations for its Extraordinary Women Award. The award is part of the center’s tradition of recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of La Plata…
Snowdown Prize Patrol is requesting prize donations from local businesses. All prize donations are used for Snowdown events that are sponsored by organizations that cannot provide their own prizes (nonprofits,…
A kayaker paddles in Lake Oroville as water levels remain low Aug. 22 because of drought conditions in Oroville, Calif. According to three different reports released Monday, the United States…
In this photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, members of the surgical team show the pig heart for transplant into patient David Bennett in Baltimore on…
The Central Arizona Project canal cuts through the desert in Mesa, Ariz. The canal diverts Colorado River water down a 336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines…
I am still thankful for accidentally being scheduled into an English Composition concurrent enrollment class as a junior in high school. Being a first generation college student and attending a…
Very little is known about this photo. The date is not listed nor are the people. What is known is that this winter scene depicts people skating on the Animas…
Cecilia Martinez, the White House’s top official on environmental justice, is stepping down a year after President Joe Biden took office with an ambitious plan to help disadvantaged communities and…
