Subject: Durango

• Two new Mexican spots emerge in Aurora

  Lori MidsonI was in hot pursuit of a tow truck yesterday, which is neither here nor there, except that my chase landed me in Aurora, and whenever I'm in Aurora, I'm in taco country, and whenever I'm in taco country, I'm happier than a lizard lapping up flies. Today was no exception. In fact, it went better than usual, because I unearthed not one, but two new Mexican joints that I can't wait to try. The first is Durango's Mexican Restaurant, located at 8135 East Colfax Avenue in the former Antes

  June 3, 2009

• The AFI Top 100 Films -- And The Top Ten Movies Filmed in Colorado

  June 22, 2007

• Do You Take This Shmuck to Have and to Hold?

  July 24, 2008

• What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

  Good question. Try these answers on for size.

  December 14, 2000

• Get Rail

  Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and Museum

  June 14, 2001

• Risk-Ski Business

  Can Aaron Brill's single lift save Silverton and earn salvation for the sport?

  August 2, 2001

• All the Live Long Day

  December 14, 2000

• Best Local Float Trips

  March 29, 2001

• Best Map to Take on a Plane Out of DIA

  April 4, 2002

• Off Limits

  June 27, 2002

• Wake-Up Call: The week ahead, February 16-21

  The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service before the DNC, at the inconvenience of the museum, which had to close for a day). Although Colorado, even with all its shovel-ready public projects, isn't expected to get a huge share of that cash,

  February 16, 2009

• Sports Go to Extremes

  June 12, 2008

• Sports Go to Extremes

  June 12, 2008

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  November 13, 2008

• Big Game, Big Money

  Damage done by Colorado's wild pets costs the state close to a million bucks a year.

  October 25, 2001

• Going Public

  Colorado Public Radio is selling itself as a kinder, gentler network. But its critics aren't buying it.

  February 21, 2002

• All Aboard!

  Old pufferbellies stay on track at the Narrow Gauge Railfest.

  August 21, 2003

• Ultimate Rush

  Durango hosts a competition for Frisbee fans.

  August 28, 2008

• Christmas Choo-Choo

  December 21, 2006

• La MaMa or Bust!

  Durango could be the launch-pad for some hip New York theater with Skins.

  November 11, 2004

• Pranks for the Memories

  What they did on your summer vacation.

  September 9, 2004

• Foot Loose

  Shred-heads get their kicks

  February 26, 2004

• Consumed

  The Offal Truth

  January 23, 2003

• True Romance

  This night was made for love.

  December 19, 2002

• Feel the Burn

  The fires that scorched Durango have ignited artist Shan Wells’s imagination.

  October 17, 2002

• Strange but True

  December 31, 1998

• Letters

  July 30, 1998

• Lost and Found

  April 2, 1998

• Gold Diggers of '97

  The TV star, the fortune-teller, the gun-toting miner and Captain Ecology: Meet the loopy cast of characters feuding over a tiny Colorado gold mine.

  November 13, 1997

• Liquid Gold

  A secret memo reveals a new compromise on the controversial Animas-La Plata Water Project.

  June 19, 1997

• Teen Anger

  After young Joe Gallegos was let back into society, all hell broke loose.

  April 17, 1997

• Trickle-Down Economics

  A new proposal could leave Animas-La Plata proponents high and dry.

  April 10, 1997

• What Hit Us?

  Long Before "Asteroid," moviemakers made their mark on Colorado. A guide to some high and low points.

  February 20, 1997

• Below the Belt

  Opponents of the Animas-La Plata project say Durango's ex-mayor got down and dirty.

  November 7, 1996

• Wade in the Water

  Governor Romer and the lieutenant governor step into the Animas-La Plata dispute.

  October 3, 1996

• Rough Waters

  The Animas-La Plata project is supposed to fulfill the government's promise to Colorado Utes. But tribal opponents worry it will leave the reservations high and dry.

  June 13, 1996

• Spaces Loaded

  April 25, 1996

• THRILLS

  December 21, 1994

• CLASS STRUGGLE

  THE WINNERS AND LOSERS AFTER A YEAR OF THE CHARTER-SCHOOL LAW.

  July 20, 1994

• Psychic Reaction

  She beleives in extraterrestrials and ESP, but some cops feel Kelly Roberts's mind is a terrible thing to waste.

  January 12, 1994

• A Crush on Cans: Steamworks, Upslope and more

  It's American Craft Beer Week - seven days that even the United States Congress felt should be set aside for drinking micro brews. But Colorado's beer culture is worth a deeper look, since 100 craft breweries operated here in 2008, producing 75,000 barrels of delicious beer. Of particular interest is the continued growth of canned micro brews, a trend that started in 2002 at Oskar Blues Brewery in Lyons and continues with at least seven other breweries that now can their beers and two that are

  May 15, 2009

• Breckenridge Brewery: Yes they can

  Cans of Breckenridge Brewery's Avalanche Ale began rolling out of the plant this week and into liquor stores, just in time to catch the heart of the summer season. Breckenridge, which is borrowing its canning line from Ska Brewing Company in Durango, will also supply concert venues, golf courses and other places where glass bottles are not allowed or not convenient. The company is the latest to try canning its craft brews, following Upslope Brewery in Boulder, which started canning its beer la

  July 7, 2009

• Colorado's most hazardous roads - for wildlife

  July 30, 2009

• In Colorado, it's not about why the wildlife cross the road, but whether they'll survive the trip

  July 30, 2009

• Hiking the Colorado Trail? Try it on Google Earth first

  ​If you're thinking of hiking the Colorado Trail, a 500-mile hiking trail that stretches from Denver to Durango and covers almost every type of terrain our fair state has to offer, the first step you take should be online. Thanks to the efforts of Jerry Brown of Bear Creek Survey Service, who provided the route information, you can now fly along the entire epic length of the trail via Google Earth. A full fly-by of the trail can be done in less than seven minutes, or you can click on any p

  August 5, 2009

• Cannabis Therapy Institute offers framework for dispensary regulations

  ​Last night, city councils at localities throughout the state, including Longmont, Lafayette, Louisville and Thornton, discussed the issue of medical-marijuana dispensaries at city council meetings. In Durango, for instance, officials approved preliminary tweaks in regulations, setting hours of operation and forbidding such businesses to locate in residential neighborhoods. Against this backdrop, the Cannabis Therapy Institute, one of the state's most vigorous medical-marijuana advocacy g

  October 7, 2009

• Holiday beer season 2009 has begun

  ​Are you still in summer mode? Having trouble folding up your linen and packing it away in favor of fleece? Still pretending to be warm while shivering on some bar's patio? Well, here's a sudsy fact that might shock you into reality: local breweries have already begun rolling out their holiday beers -- those sticky, powerful, warming, wonderful concoctions that do for your brain and body what a roaring fire does for the house. Odell released its winter warmer, Isolation Ale, on September

  October 7, 2009

• And Colorado's prettiest town is... you must be joking

  ​It's been at least a week since our fair state made it on any Most Livable, Charming, Fittest or Drunkest list. So thank heavens for the folks at ForbesTraveler, the "luxury travel authority from inspiration to reservation." Its latest ingenious and largely predictable compilation of "America's Prettiest Towns" does not snub our picturesque state. Well, not much.

  November 2, 2009

• How not to relinquish control of your Thanksgiving dinner

  Andre Baranowski​A few years back, I spent Thanksgiving with the large family of a friend whose house was tucked into the side of a mountain somewhere near Durango. Like most families at Thanksgiving dinners, we had segregated ourselves into two groups: those who were slamming wine and watching football, and those who were slamming wine and helping in the kitchen. The bird was in the oven and the family matriarch was delegating side dish duties to anyone with an itch to cook. Each assign

  November 10, 2009

• The Edge: Our guide to the season's best skiing, boarding and more

  November 12, 2009