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May 15, 2025

Create Art and Tea may have closed its doors earlier this month, but the nonprofit Art Guild of Create Durango that was housed there is still going strong.

May 15, 2025

Durango has a speed problem. And in the interest of public safety and reducing accidents, the City of Durango has announced a new Speed-Management Plan. But first it wants to hear what you have to say. Through May, the City is conducting an online survey on speed and safety on city streets.

May 8, 2025

Durango is the 33rd most-populated city in Colorado, yet, it boasts one of the largest bike swaps in the state. And this year’s swap, the 16th annual held April 25-27 at Chapman Hill, was the most successful yet, according to organizers.

May 1, 2025

This week, Jonathan Thompson brings us a story (p.8-9) about Ol’ Big Foot, the last known wolf to roam southeastern Utah in the 1910s. But Sarah Melotte, writing for the Daily Yonder, has a story on the Bigfoot, as in the hairy, mysterious, man-beast said to roam the wilderness and haunt our days and nights­.

April 24, 2025

Seems like the next great thing in ski town real estate is not a place to park your butt for the night, but a place to park your wheels. That’s right: we’re talking parking spaces.

April 17, 2025

The return of trails season to area BLM lands came a few weeks early this year. On Tues., April 15, the BLM, in coordination with CPW, announced it was lifting winter wildlife closures on trails on Grandview Ridge and Animas City Mountain. This was a full two weeks earlier than the anticipated opening May 1.

April 10, 2025

Now for something from the shameless self-promotion department: our very own longtime columnist, poet and Montezuma County friend David Feela has published his fifth book. Titled “Feelasophy,” it is a collection of 70 short, wry and often-sublime essays on life’s absurdities and blessings – many of which have appeared in these pages (and others) over the last 10 years. 

April 3, 2025

In case you’ve been doing the Rip Van Winkle lately or, more likely, taking a break from the thoroughly exhausting news cycle, Durango’s got a few new/old City Council members