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Position: Copy editor, page designer & food editor
Email: ngonzales@durangoherald.com
Phone Number: (970) 375-4554
Offbeat Family Farm moved into Aztec, New Mexico, 10 years ago and has been brightening the Durango Farmers Market since 2014. “I like growing a lot of things that are colorful,” said Offbeat’s...
DATE: Oct. 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
The legend of the Monster Slayer Twins is an important part of the Navajo creation story. And soon, an adaptation of the story will be gracing the shelves of comic book stores around the Four...
DATE: Oct. 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Books
Durango’s Peacetree Organix offers landscaping services, but at the Durango Farmers Market, it is mostly known for its fresh produce and plants from its nursery. “We sell vegetable transplants in...
DATE: Oct. 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
With the exception of James Ranch, Stone Free Farm of Arriola, north of Cortez, is the last founding member of the Durango Farmers Market remaining. Chuck Barry, who started the farm 23 years ago...
DATE: Oct. 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
When Farmington’s Kerby Orchard opened in 1945, there were 40 orchards in the San Juan River Valley. Trains, at the time, hauled about 1 million pounds of apples from the valley to New York...
DATE: Oct. 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
Further cementing its place in the world of craft brewing, Durango is bringing home two golds from this year’s Great American Beer Festival in Denver. Ska Brewing Co.’s Oktoberfest won the gold...
DATE: Sept. 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
Stubborn Farm & Burk Beef, located west of Mancos, has a straightforward mission. “All we do is raise grass-fed beef. Pretty simple,” said ranch manager Dustin Stein. The ranch has had a stand at...
DATE: Sept. 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
On Feb 8, 1978, more than 800 residents lined the street in front of the Strater Hotel, hoping to be in an avalanche. Not a real one but a cinematic one – the film “Avalanche,” directed by Corey...
DATE: Aug. 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film and TV
A Darien, Connecticut, man died from a suspected blockage of the pulmonary artery late Saturday afternoon on Vallecito Creek Trail. La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith identified the man as Harold...
DATE: Aug. 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
If you’ve got a hankering for courgettes, then Bayfield is the place to be this weekend. In addition to the 2018 Tour de Farms, the town is hosting the fourth annual Zucchini Extravaganza. At the...
DATE: Aug. 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
In the past year, Durango’s farmers market scene has exploded, growing from one to four markets in the city. Joining the Durango, Animas City and Three Springs markets is a new market at the Smiley...
DATE: July 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
After 6512’ closed in 2016, the space at 128 E. College Drive downtown remained vacant for two years. Now, it has reopened as The Roost. Owned by Chris and Michele Redding, who also run Cuckoo’s...
DATE: June 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food
