Kirbie Bennett
ReporterKirbie is a freelance writer, print and audio journalist, and member of the Navajo Nation. He grew up in Shiprock, New Mexico and Durango, Colorado is another place he calls home.
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For more than 50 years, Ed Singer has used oil paints on canvas to depict life in the Navajo Nation. In a style that is both realistic and abstract, Singer’s paintings portray the Indigenous experience using classical European painting techniques, and modern style. -
A winter festival that started as a counter-culture "cabin fever reliever" 45 years ago has become a tourist draw for city boosters and local businesses. But in the early 1990s, organizers may have inadvertently sent a few pedestrians running for the hills. -
Durango loves its frontier town mythos. But was the city born through the spirit and determination of early settlers? Listen to the real story on The Magic City of the Southwest. -
Since 2019, Colorado lawmakers have been strengthening protections for residents of mobile home communities, including laws to increase the number of resident-owned parks in the state. There are less than a dozen in Colorado. Why so few? -
Two years ago, Alejandra Chavez was an everyday working mom and a community member of Durango’s Westside Mobile Home Park. But when the park went up for sale, Chavez found her voice as a leader and organizer. -
We’re used to seeing wildlife aplenty in southwest Colorado. But one Silverton man recently found himself in the right place, at the right time, to capture some extraordinary photos of an elusive, pointy-eared feline. -
For nearly three decades, Judith Reynolds has been drawing illustrations for the Durango Herald. Reynolds was recently recognized for her work. After hundreds of drawings, she’s still perfecting the art of political cartoons.
