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Prepare: The INTERGALACTIC Event of the Year is Near!!!
Get ready for INTERGALACTIC SNOWDOWN!! Stardate February 1-5 in Durango, Colorado… Polish off your best space suit– for this year’s Intergalactic theme– and get ready to be beamed aboard! Expect fun, frolic, and folly at Durango’s five-day premiere winter celebration! Bring the whole family to the Parade of LIGHTS, down mainstreet, Durango, Colorado, USA. This event is truly OUT OF THIS WORLD....
World Snowboard Day: January 22, 2017
January is Learn to Ski and Snowboard month, and with resorts across the country providing deals on rental and ski or snowboard lessons, there’s no better time to hit the slopes and take up a new sport. According toSnowSports Industries America (SIA), over 100 million people participate in snowsports annually, and there’s plenty of ways for you to help that number grow by getting involved with skiing or snowboarding this month Learn...
Looks like snow today!
“Honey, can you look outside and see if it is snowing yet?” “Yep, it looks like snow today!” WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT! Check out the Durango weather forecast! Areas impacted include: Durango, Bayfield, Ignacio, Mancos, Pagosa Springs, Cortez and Dove Creek. Travel can be challenging this weekend with limited visibilty and snowy roads. (Photos: Sam Rose) Time for sledding, toboganning, and getting ready...
Donald Trump inaugurated as new USA president!
Donald Trump has been inaugurated as the new president of the United States of America, January 20th, 2017. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) President Trump’s full Inagural Speech can be found: President Donald Trump’s inaugural address! Durangodowntown.com’s standard editorial policy is to limit political articles as we are mostly a local entertainment and...
Holiday Lighting Contest Winners Just Announced
Lighting Durango’s Narrow Gauge corridor enhances railroad experience Business Improvement District/Durango & Silverton partner to encourage decorations Durango, CO – In an effort to enhance the holiday experience of visitors to Downtown Durango, as well as the passengers on-board the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) Polar Express, the Durango Business Improvement District (BID) and the D&SNG teamed up...
Colorado Experience program
Community invited to showing of Dinosaurs at Fort Lewis College Durango, CO – On Wednesday, January 18, Fort Lewis College is partnering with Rocky Mountain PBS to host a free showing of the documentary Dinosaurs in the Student Union Ballroom. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the film starts at 7 p.m. Dinosaurs is part of the Colorado Experience program shown locally on Rocky Mountain PBS. Colorado has become known as the Dinosaur Highway....
The Met: Live in HD has been cancelled!
Given the significant snow event underway, this morning’s The Met: Live in HD showing of Romeo et Juliette at Fort Lewis College has been cancelled! The Met: Live in HD continues Jan. 21 with new Roméo et Juliette Performance transmitted “live” to FLC campus from New York’s Metropolitan Opera Durango, CO – The Met: Live in HD, presented by the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College in partnership with The Metropolitan Opera,...
Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College
Life-Long Learning opens with the history of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad Durango, CO – The Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College presents “The Rio Grande Southern Railroad: A Short, Eventful History” on Thursday, January 19 at 7 p.m. This free lecture will be held in Noble Hall, Rm. 130. Cres Fleming, retired chemist, railroad historian, volunteer, and collector, shares how the RGS connected the...
More Rain and Snow coming this week!
More rain, snow and ice have been forecast– for the later part of this week… higher elevations may get a foot of snow or more! It pays to keep track of the rain, snow, and ice… as it has been challenging to keep the roads clear… To stay in touch, DurangoDowntown.com has a great weather section… Take a look: Durango Area Weather and Climate We all love our snow! Great Dane Oreo just wants to have fun and...
EPA Releases Final Gold King Report
The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that the Animas and San Juan Rivers have returned to conditions that existed prior to the Gold King Mine spill. The findings were released in the Agency’s final report, which was made available to the public last week.
County Drones Help Cut Costs
With the purchase of three drones to assist search and rescue, La Plata County recently became one of the nation’s first county governments to incorporate drone technology in day-to-day operations.
The Five Types of Energy Running Your Life
There are 5 types of energy that LITERALLY run your life: Mental energy, Physical energy, Emotional energy, Spiritual energy and Financial energy. When you learn to view these energies as your life currency you realize that your TRUE power resideswithin you – NOT outside of you in the circumstances you find yourself in. The ability to manifest your authentic dreams and desires is determined by the INFORMED DECISIONS you make...
Snow Comes to Life
Durango artist Keith Martin has traveled the world over sculpting dramatic works of art from ice and snow. Durango TV caught up with Martin in the progress of building a snow sculpture at Purgatory Ski Resort.
Welshly Arms at FLC Community Concert Hall
Rock/R&B comes to the Community Concert Hall with Welshly Arms Concert Hall highlights band as an “Artist You Need to Know” on Jan. 21 Durango, CO – Contemporary rock/R&B will warm up the winter night at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College as Welshly Arms takes the stageSaturday, Jan. 21, 2017, 7:30 p.m. The dance floor will be open. Welshly Arms, which has its roots in the heart of Midwestern rock ‘n’ roll and...
College scholarships available through La Plata Electric Association
Electric cooperative to host scholarship Q&A Open House on Jan. 24 Durango, CO – To assist high school seniors and their parents with the application process for college scholarships available through La Plata Electric Association (LPEA), the cooperative will host a special Open House, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 5-7:30 p.m. at LPEA’s Bodo Park headquarters (45 Stewart St., Durango). LPEA staff members will be on-hand to answer any...
Ballet Folklorico
Registration open for Ballet Folklorico de Durango community dance group Durango, CO – New classes for traditional Mexican Folklorico dances begin Monday, Jan. 9 at 5:30 p.m., and enrollment is open to anyone interested. Ballet Folklorico de Durango is a community performing arts dance group. Students must be at least 5 years of age, and the cost for enrollment is $60 per semester with Fort Lewis College students’ fees waived, and...
EPA Releases Final Analysis of Metals
EPA Releases Final Analysis of Metals Released from Gold King Mine in the Animas and San Juan Rivers WASHINGTON, (Durango, CO) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted the final fate and transport report for the Gold King Mine (GKM) release. The report focuses on understanding pre-existing river conditions, the movement of metals related to the GKM release through the river system, and the effects of the GKM...
New General Manager for Purgatory Ski Resort
Purgatory Resort Announces New General Manager! Durango, Colo. — Purgatory Resort officials announced the appointment of Colin McBeath as its new General Manager. McBeath was most recently the general manager at the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel and Spa in Alaska and has more than 20 years of international and national experience as a general manager and hotel manager for groups such as the Sheraton, Kimpton Hotels,...
Skiing for a Cause
You can ski at Purgatory Resort for half price, and benefit local non-profit organizations this winter through the resort’s Benefits Day program.
The Year in Review
2016 was a year of firsts for Southwest Colorado. The designation of the Bonita Mining District as a Superfund clean-up site in San Juan County ended a decades long debate while a new pipeline system promised delivery of the first domestic water from the long-awaited Animas La Plata Project. The City Arts Commission de-commissioned the Arc of History, and we mourned the death of Durango’s first-ever Blue Angel. Here’s a special...
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