Past Articles

Branding: A living relic of the Old West   Summer/Fall 20A popular saying has it that “good fences make good neighbors.” A similar rancher’s credo: “Trust everyone, but brand your calves.” In other words, marking your animals, just like establishing boundaries, heads...

DHS Internship Program   Summer/Fall 20 “I wish I’d learned that in school!”  “When I was a kid I didn’t learn anything in class that applies to my job today.”  “I wish my high school had given me skills for the real world.”  These sentiments and others like them are...

Eolus   Summer/Fall 20 It’s a little before five o’clock in downtown Durango, and Main Avenue is in the middle of its nightly transition. Offices are beginning to close, and as the lights go dark in banks and municipal buildings, Durango’s many restaurants begin to...

Extra Day in Durango? Visit One of Colorado’s Most Iconic College Campuses!    Summer/Fall 20 On the grandstand of an evergreen mesa above the town of Durango, Fort Lewis College makes a soul-stirring first impression. Built on the homelands of the Southern Ute Indian...

In Any Direction   Summer/Fall 20 Mancos, just 28 miles west of Durango, is situated in the midst of the San Juan Mountains, a picturesque town with views of the mountains and proximity to trails and wildlife viewing. At 7,000 feet, Mancos lies just east of one of the...

Puzzle Proprietors Find Their Nook   Summer/Fall 20 When constructing a new business, some assembly is required. There are multiple pieces, and they all have to fit together nicely. Kind of like, say, a jigsaw puzzle.   Joyful Nook Gallery opened in 2017 in downtown...

Prohibition’s Legacy Among Durango’s Early Breweries  By Andrés Santana Carlos | Summer/Fall 20 Many consider 1920 to be a pivotal year in American history due to the implementation of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which banned the manufacture,...

A Butcher, a Bistro, and a Building with a Story   Summer/Fall 20 Back in the day, before the convenience of freezers and sumptuously stocked grocery stores, folks would flock to the sale barn to purchase cattle and pigs that they’d take home to raise for Sunday...

The Masked Artist   Summer/Fall 20 Hank Blum, aka “the stormtrooper photographer”, creates beautiful landscape photographs and videos with a humorous twist starring a stormtrooper as his main subject. In our interview, we talk about his inspiration for getting into...