The Durango Herald’s website, www.durangoherald.com, has launched a page with an array of 14 live webcams to give readers a timely look at conditions around the region.
Webcams on the Herald’s rooftop at 1275 Main Ave. point to Buckley Park and Camino del Rio. There are views from two other in-town cameras, one at Main Avenue and Seventh Street near the Strater Hotel, and another at U.S. highways 550 and 160, near the DoubleTree Hotel.
Other webcams from around the region include Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort, Wolf Creek Ski Area and highways near the ski areas. Webcams are also trained on highways in Silverton, Hesperus, Cortez, Telluride and Red Mountain Pass.
The webcams can be found at www.durangoherald.com/webcams. Some of the webcams are operated by the ski areas or the Colorado Department of Transportation.
“These are some of the first changes that we plan to make in the Four Corners region to provide more real-time information to our community,” said Doug Bennett, CEO of Ballantine Communications Inc., the parent company of The Durango Herald.
The webcams allow viewers to see road conditions and plan their trips, he said.
Durangoherald.com also has launched an advanced weather station to provide in-town weather information. Until now, most Durango data has been obtained from a weather station at Durango-La Plata County Airport, 15 miles away from downtown.
The station provides weather data to other services, including the National Weather Service and Weather Underground. The weather data is available at www.durangoherald.com. It will be rebranded as “Wait-A-Minute Weather.”
Ballantine Communications is at work on a range of other initiatives including a video program known as 4CTV to bring more local video news online. The Herald and durangoherald.com are also planning to roll out expanded real estate and outdoors coverage.
A redesign of www.durangoherald.com also is in the works.
cslothower@durangoherald.com
