MT - Living https://tj.durangoherald.com/section/mt-living/feed/ Latest local news from The Durango Herald. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:42:44 -0600 en-us 30 https://tj.durangoherald.com/selling-veggies/ Mancos seventh-grader Charlee Morgan gets help with the cash box at the Youth Farmers Market booth on Monday afternoon. The Montezuma School-to-Farm initiative teaches Mancos Middle School apprentices everything from customer service to budgeting. "It's my first day here. It's... Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:10:30 -0600 CB48E627-FD1D-45D0-85AF-007317F48296 https://tj.durangoherald.com/saddlemaker-to-serve-as-mesa-verde-artist-in-residence/ Lisa Skyhorse, a full-time saddlemaker for 40 years, will serve as Mesa Verde National Park’s artist in residence Sept. 14-27. Skyhorse will give a free public presentation of her unique art on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 5:30 p.m. on the... Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:08:19 -0600 F638BF48-338E-4BCA-9E60-D35789811DE4 https://tj.durangoherald.com/at-the-mancos-public-library/ Adults Thursday, Sept. 17 Fall Star Party: with astronomer. John Buting at 8 p.m. at the Mancos High School football field. Telescopes will be set up for viewing of stars, the moon, and perhaps Saturn. Buting shares his knowledge of... Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:48:05 -0600 D67828B3-7BA9-4D1A-8AE5-E920368905D8 https://tj.durangoherald.com/community-calendar-116/ Email announcements to news@cortezjournal.com and include “Community Calendar” in the subject field. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be less likely to be published. Entries and the calendar may be edited for length and content. September Call... Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:47:28 -0600 716F51FE-C683-4338-BADE-054F515AFC4B https://tj.durangoherald.com/durango-competes-for-best-destination-for-outdoor-enthusiasts/ Durango was in second place Wednesday in USA TODAY's competition for Best Destination for Outdoor Enthusiasts, which runs through Monday. The newspaper touts Durango's many attractions, including the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad..Durango Herald file photo Is Durango best... Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:46:01 -0600 600C6C94-E66C-42EE-B6E9-CA1434EFC60F https://tj.durangoherald.com/mancos-brewing-co-plans-anniversary-celebration/ The Mancos Brewing Co. will celebrate its first year of operation with special beer releases, discounted prices and live music on Oct. 1-4. MBC served the first freshly brewed, licensed and taxed, pint of craft beer legally brewed in the... Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:45:22 -0600 5A5F4F67-E57F-4FD8-B899-0BDF5E6664AA https://tj.durangoherald.com/denver-magazine-durango-one-heck-of-a-town/ A Denver publication named Durango the best small-town getaway in Colorado, citing its friendly atmosphere where waiters and customers might come together to celebrate Oktoberfest.Steve Lewis/Durango Herald file photo Durango recently earned a nod of approval from 5280 The Denver... Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:51:59 -0600 63F69C72-53BC-4E02-B68D-5727D6E0AC59 https://tj.durangoherald.com/mrs-colorado-pageant-seeks-contestant-from-montezuma-county-2/ For The Cortez Journal The Mrs. Colorado America Pageant is accepting applications from married women to represent Montezuma County as a state finalist on April 16 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in the Denver Center for Performing Arts Complex.... Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:51:47 -0600 BF168DC2-F919-4DF4-B2F3-9E0A7AEC7DF3 https://tj.durangoherald.com/photographer-showing-unseen-work/ Raven House exhibit is scheduled Sept. 11 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:51:24 -0600 F6D1437B-124A-40F5-836B-A9399AEB12F6 https://tj.durangoherald.com/community-calendar-119/ Email announcements to news@cortezjournal.com and include “Community Calendar” in the subject field. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be less likely to be published. Entries and the calendar may be edited for length and content. September Call... Tue, 08 Sep 2015 17:30:28 -0600 93FD0AE5-55D4-4925-B2CB-616C6DC39C0B https://tj.durangoherald.com/a-helping-hand-2/ Montezuma School to Farm partnered with First Southwest Bank in Cortez for a fundraiser Friday. The bank provided free burgers and matched donations, helping to raise $1,000. Americorp is helping out more this year with the school gardening program thanks... Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:36:00 -0600 D59F3255-9872-442E-8754-AD2F98CB781B https://tj.durangoherald.com/a-new-lift/ Rory James, top, Anthony Drabek, bottom, and Kip Wing, back, with Leitner-Poma of America, prepare to disassemble two of the towers for Lift 8 at Purgatory Resort. This summer's estimated $5 million enhancement project includes a new high-speed quad lift... Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:35:50 -0600 847C3A5A-56CE-4A0E-A861-50AF2BE33BA6 https://tj.durangoherald.com/briefs-37/ Lions Club sponsoring peace poster contest The Mancos Valley Lions Club is sponsoring the Lions International Peace Poster contest and sharing Mancos students’ vision of peace. The contest is open to students ages 11 to 13. It starts Nov. 15,... Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:34:53 -0600 C4988011-34EA-421E-9A7B-6C3A4E4A08A3 https://tj.durangoherald.com/community-calendar-122/ Email announcements to news@cortezjournal.com and include “Community Calendar” in the subject field. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be less likely to be published. Entries and the calendar may be edited for length and content. September Call... Tue, 01 Sep 2015 17:34:28 -0600 612A6B93-C712-4E80-8CD1-36CBA5B3E526 https://tj.durangoherald.com/community-calendar-127/ Email announcements to news@cortezjournal.com and include “Community Calendar” in the subject field. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be less likely to be published. Entries and the calendar may be edited for length and content. Friday, Aug.... Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:12:09 -0600 D5AD1B93-3DE1-4CA4-AE3D-604D7B515E80 https://tj.durangoherald.com/unlocking-the-ancients/ For artist, cards are guiding light Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:06:50 -0600 6436B5B8-2436-472A-8EA4-24935AA83C25 https://tj.durangoherald.com/briefs-39/ The Tomlynns play at the distillery The Mancos Valley Distillery presents the Cortez band The Tomlynns, Friday, Aug. 28. Doors open at 5 p.m., and music starts at 8 p.m. There’s a $3 cover charge, and “Taste Like Friday” cocktail... Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:01:31 -0600 D5B116FF-2C44-493E-AB86-CB826C627DE5 https://tj.durangoherald.com/library-hosting-workshop-on-hands-of-the-ancients-medicine-cards/ Local artist Jan Wright is holding a free workshop on Thursday that utilizes her ?”Hands of the Ancients” medicine cards. The 28-card deck features Wright’s watercolor paintings of rock art, dwellings, artifacts and other iconography from the Four Corners region.... Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:01:30 -0600 6F01090E-C87C-4C7B-8BB3-16BD109097A4 https://tj.durangoherald.com/community-calendar-130/ Email announcements to news@cortezjournal.com and include “Community Calendar” in the subject field. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be less likely to be published. Entries and the calendar may be edited for length and content. Wednesday, Aug.... Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:50:17 -0600 22A5D13E-2E84-4B89-A423-9374BE1D8A91 https://tj.durangoherald.com/secret-hideout-2/ Take a break in a 1957 bus near Mesa Verde park Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:47:25 -0600 5D2AF7A5-6EDC-40AD-8D92-B3AC92797DB1 https://tj.durangoherald.com/phils-world-hosting-national-public-lands-day-event-2/ National Public Lands Day, which will take place on Sept. 26, will be celebrated at Phil’s World with a “Trasher Hunt,” staying with the theme of keeping our public lands beautiful. The event is a partnership with San Juan Mountains... Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:35:26 -0600 3FA54E11-4DA0-4E71-BD75-90FAEFA74E6C https://tj.durangoherald.com/crow-canyon-talk-focuses-on-rivers-2/ With millions of gallons of mine waste contaminating the Animas River, rivers are a timely topic for the Four Corners Lecture Series. Chris Rasmussen will speak on Thursday, Aug. 20, on “Ecology of Southwestern Rivers: Form and Function, Restoration and... Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:35:09 -0600 351F1F6E-7444-4074-8BF1-E27D1A6DD451 https://tj.durangoherald.com/thank-you-letter-masa-grateful-for-help-with-spaghetti-dunner/ MASA (Mancos Alumni Scholarship Association) would like to extend our sincere thanks for your support during our 5th Annual Spaghetti Dinner/Silent Auction Fundraiser, held on Saturday, July 25 during Mancos Days at the School Cafeteria. Community members and visitors donated... Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:34:28 -0600 5561FD47-93CC-4D11-80D7-C911ADCA8AEB https://tj.durangoherald.com/mesa-verde-plans-talk-on-kennewick-man-2/ Dr. Lillian Wakeley will present a talk on Thursday, Aug. 13, about the 1996 discovery of the remains of 9,000-year-old Kennewick Man and the resulting legal battles fought under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The program begins... Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:32:12 -0600 20D50D45-9198-4ECA-AD39-314FE3E477DC https://tj.durangoherald.com/community-calendar-133/ Email announcements to news@cortezjournal.com and include “Community Calendar” in the subject field. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be less likely to be published. Entries and the calendar may be edited for length and content. Thursday, Aug.... Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:32:04 -0600 AE5732C1-A8FB-4772-B6FA-CDDFEF03E60A https://tj.durangoherald.com/riding-events-scheduled/ For The Cortez Journal Registration is open for new competitive trail and arena obstacle course rides Sept. 12-13 on the mesa above the Montezuma County Fairgrounds, at 30100 U.S. 160. Saturday’s CTR will be about six miles with six obstacles.... Thu, 06 Aug 2015 21:02:18 -0600 D97CCC56-06AE-4145-BC0A-0D4B12ADB233 https://tj.durangoherald.com/mancos-calendar/ Email announcements to news@cortezjournal.com and include “Community Calendar” in the subject field. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be less likely to be published. Entries and the calendar may be edited for length and content. Wednesday, Aug.... Tue, 04 Aug 2015 15:22:08 -0600 1123335F-CBAF-45E2-A3FD-3D7D4DD5F78D https://tj.durangoherald.com/library-hosts-continental-divide-slideshow/ For The Mancos Times On Thursday, Aug. 13 at 7 p.m., Mancos Public Library hosts Dustin Partridge’s slideshow presentation, “Thru-Hiking the Continental Divide Trail,” the fifth program in the library’s series “Life Is An Adventure.” Join Mancos resident and Zuma... Tue, 04 Aug 2015 15:19:19 -0600 18E733CE-D2E5-4B8E-82D6-68D001793673 https://tj.durangoherald.com/the-montezuma-county-fair-2/ WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 4-H DAY Wear your Keesee shirt 7 a.m.: – 9 a.m.: Swine Check/Weigh-in – Swine Barn 8 a.m.: – 10 a.m.: Rabbit/Poultry Check-in -Rabbit/Poultry Barn 9 a.m.: – 8 p.m.: Exhibits open 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.:... Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:25:09 -0600 829CA2D5-CD8E-446B-B05E-2408CF6FD3DB https://tj.durangoherald.com/four-corners-film-office-announces-new-member/ The Four Corners Film Office has announced that Deahna Geehan is the latest member of the 4CFO advisory board. Geehan’s first film job was working as the assistant to the location manager for a Turner Network Television production that filmed... Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:24:34 -0600 3AD2A897-22C2-4AC4-BA52-48F0DF02AD95