Southwest Life

Cunninghams celebrate 60th wedding anniversary

Brigitte and Clark Cunningham are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. (Courtesy) Wishing Clark and Brigitte Cunningham a happy 60th wedding…

December 12, 2025

Community

Tuesday Trivia held every week at 11th Street Station

Trivia Night will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at 11th Street Station, 1101 Main Ave., on the waterfall deck.…

December 12, 2025

And the West is History

And the West is History: Durango downtown – ca. 1894

This photograph was likely taken from the roof of the Strater Hotel, looking northeast along Durango’s 700 and 800 blocks…

December 8, 2025

Southwest Life

Ute Mountain Ute spiritual leader reflects the importance and private nature of vision quests, sun dances and sweat lodge ceremonies

Farley Ketchum, Sr., in seen in Towaoc on the Ute Mountain Ute reservation in southwest Colorado. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News)…

December 7, 2025

Travel

International tourists face extra $100 fee to enter 11 popular U.S. National Parks

not Mesa Verde? It’s No. 41 on the list

December 5, 2025

Travel

Bolivia eases visa requirements for US and Israeli travelers

Clouds hang over the mountains surrounding La Paz, Bolivia, on Oct. 19, 2025. (Ivan Valencia/Associated Press) Americans and Israelis, as…

December 5, 2025

Travel

Longest US government shutdown cost Delta Air Lines $200 million

An American Airlines flight lands as a Delta Air Lines plane taxis at LaGuardia Airport in the Queens borough of…

December 5, 2025

Community

Colorado’s biggest-ever energy rebates just launched – let’s seize them together

Erika Brown Hi friends and neighbors! Colorado has just launched the new Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program, unlocking the…

December 5, 2025

Community

LPEA opens applications for tour, scholarships

La Plata Electric Association is offering two opportunities for local students this winter: Applications are now open for the 2026…

December 3, 2025

Community

Animas Museum presents ‘Yesterday and Today’

Local historians Ed Horvat and Charles DiFerdinando will present “Yesterday and Today” at 1 p.m. Dec. 13 as part of…

December 3, 2025

And the West is History

And the West is History: Dwyer brothers and friends – ca. 1905

Robert Dwyer Jr. is pictured holding the reins of his burro cart, accompanied by his younger brother, Joseph, and two…

December 1, 2025

Travel

Reconstructed road opens grand views at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota

Scoria Point Overlook in Theodore Roosevelt National Park is seen Aug. 2, 2011, near Medora, North Dakota. (North Dakota Tourism…

November 29, 2025

Travel

Takeoff of China’s flying taxis hits turbulence

The EHang eVTOL EH126-S takes to the sky over a port in Guangzhou in southern China’s Guangdong province on Monday,…

November 29, 2025

Southwest Life

Hotel rooms in the mountains are filling up for the season

A gondola from downtown Telluride, in the background, takes you up over the ski area and down to the Mountain…

November 28, 2025

Community

December Library Calendar

Durango Public Library 1900 East Third Ave. Contact: 375-3380. Notable upcoming event Jan. 1-Jan. 31: Page One Contest. We don’t…

November 27, 2025

Southwest Life

Mexican gray wolf ‘Taylor’ crosses I-40 for the third time

FILE – In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a Mexican gray wolf leaves…

November 27, 2025

And the West is History

And the West is History: Durango train wreck – ca. 1900

Unknown circumstances led to this derailment and wreck on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, south of the Durango depot…

November 24, 2025

From the Extension Office

What the four ‘H’s really mean in 4-H

Before each 4-H meeting and event, we recite the 4-H Pledge. Our pledge not only tells us what each “H”…

November 23, 2025

Travel

Preparing to study abroad requires knowing what might go wrong during and after the trip

Sign boards of various educational consultants that attract youths to study abroad cover the facade of a building in Kochi,…

November 23, 2025

Travel

President Donald Trump unveils ‘FIFA Pass’ to help World Cup travelers get their visas faster

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio listen as FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during a meeting with…

November 22, 2025

Southwest Life

What is the history of Raton Pass?

The view seen at Raton Pass heading south. (Briana Heaney/KRCC News) The interstate sits on what was once the Mountain…

November 22, 2025

And the West is History

And the West is History: Early Durango firefighters at July 4 parade – 1911

Durango established a volunteer fire department upon its founding in September 1881. This photo, taken in 1911 by Durango photographer…

November 17, 2025

Travel

From Milan to Cortina, a glance at the 2026 Winter Olympics venues

Olympic rings are seen near a slope of the Stelvio Ski Center, a venue for the alpine skiing and ski…

November 16, 2025

Southwest Life

Work is underway to create a high tech film and technology training center in a historic school in northern New Mexico

Work is underway to convert the historic Kearny Elementary School in Raton, N.M. into a film studio and education center.…

November 16, 2025