It began June 2, 1969, a month and a half before Apollo 11 and four months before the Amazin’ Mets. That’s when the Bar-D Wranglers took the stage for the first time north of Durango, and they’ve ...

Gary Lee Cook, age 83, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 23, 2024. He was born in Allegan, Michigan, on September 10, 1941, to Lee and Nettie (Walker) Cook. He was a ...

It’s been a lifetime spent in the entertainment business. Thirty-one of those years have happened right here in Durango, where Gary Cook has taken the stage every evening from Memorial Day to Labor ...

PEORIA-- Gary Cook Jr. was all around Peoria Speedway on Saturday. On a sign. On a trophy. On decals and scrawls written on race cars. And on the minds of many of the drivers on the quarter-mile dirt ...