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New bike shop opens just in time for spring

Lost Canyon Bike Service takes an a la carte approach toward servicing cycles

DATE: Apr 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

Durango Botanic Gardens announces Docent of the Quarter

Durango Botanic Gardens recently selected Shirlee Krantz as the first recipient of the Docent of the Quarter award. DBG Docents are garden guides but also lead many administrative and horti...

DATE: Apr 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

Rivergate Physical Therapy welcomes new therapist

Rivergate Physical Therapy announced the hiring of Christopher Barton as its newest physical therapist. Barton attended South College and received his Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2018....

DATE: Apr 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

Spirit Airlines will talk to JetBlue about takeover bid

DALLAS – Spirit Airlines said late Thursday that it will talk to JetBlue Airways about its $3.6 billion bid to combine the two airlines, which appeared to leapfrog an earlier offer by Fronti...

DATE: Apr 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

San Juan Regional Medical Center chief nursing officer wins award

San Juan Regional Medical Center announced that Chief Nursing Officer Suzanne Smith was recognized by the New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence with the 2021 Executive Nurse Leadership Aw...

DATE: Apr 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

Phoenix Physical Therapy to host ribbon-cutting ceremony

wants published April 9 Phoenix Physical Therapy will host a chamber ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4:15 p.m. April 14 at 555 Rivergate Lane, Suite B1-108. An open house will follow the cer...

DATE: Apr 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

Columbine Landscapes welcomes new project manager

Former Columbine Landscapes project lead, Kayla Kain has been promoted to be one of two project managers for the 2022 season. She will be onsite working closely with the staff designer and c...

DATE: Apr 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

Colorado mountain towns can now use tourism tax to deal with visitors, housing

Bill signed into law after passing Legislature with bipartisan support

DATE: Apr 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango Picnic Co. will do the heavy lifting on outdoor dining experiences

Local treats and art workshops are focus of upcoming outdoor dining experiences

DATE: Apr 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

A changing mall culture in Durango?

Owner, tenants of Main Mall see potential for growth in downtown space

DATE: Apr 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

San Juan Regional Medical Center president leaves organization

San Juan Regional Medical Center’s president and CEO, Jeff Bourgeois, is leaving the organization effective March 31. Bourgeois served as president and CEO for five and a half years. Chief F...

DATE: Mar 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

Durango Friends of the Arts to award grants

Durango Friends of the Arts will award $38,000 in grants in 2022 to support the arts in Durango and La Plata County. These organizations will be awarded: Be FRANK Foundation; BFF; Durango Ar...

DATE: Mar 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

Fort Lewis College football takes on Arizona ChristianFLC drops first game of 2022, 52-12

FLC drops first game of 2022, 52-12

Pride parade and festival

Photos: Family fun at the La Plata County Fair

La Plata County Fair is off and running

La Plata County Fair schedule of eventsThursday8:30 a.m.: Judging 4-H/FFA breeding swine, market swine. 9 a.m.-8 p.m.: Exhibits open to the public.9 a.m.: Judging open class home economics, horticulture, floriculture, creative arts.9 a.m.: Judging 4-H/FFA and open class fleeces.9 a.m.: 4-H poultry judging followed by open class.1 p.m.: Judging 4-H/FFA goat show, all classes followed by open class goat.5 p.m.: Fair Royalty speeches and modeling.7 p.m.: Talent contest, patio.7 p.m.: Livestock verification swine, poultry, goat, general project cards due.

Friday9 a.m.-8 p.m.: Exhibits open to the public.9 a.m.: Judging 4-H/FFA rabbits.10 a.m.: 4-H/FFA breeding beef, beef showmanship.1 p.m.: 4-H/FFA market beef, grand champion and reserve grand champion market beef, champion selection.2 p.m.: Dairy cattle, all classes.3:15 p.m.: Pee wee showmanship.4 p.m.: 4-H/FFA livestock round robin, all-around showmanship.7 p.m.: Asleep at the Wheel concert.7 p.m.: Livestock sale verification rabbit and beef cards due.

Saturday9 a.m.-6:30 p.m.: Exhibits open to the public. 9 a.m.: 4-H dog show.9 a.m.: Judging open class beef all classes.10 a.m.: Rooster crowing contest.10 a.m.: FFA showmanship.11 a.m.: Open class dairy cattle, all classes.12 p.m.: Demolition Derby.12-4 p.m.: Community 4-H barbecue cook off (senior center lawn).2 p.m.: Rabbit costume contest.2 p.m.: Poultry costume contest.5 p.m.: Silver steaks, silver loin and silver chop award presentation.5:45 p.m.: Fair Royalty crowning.6 p.m.: Junior livestock sale pavilion.9 p.m.-midnight: Fair family dance.

Sunday8 a.m.: Cowboy church. 8 a.m.: Carcass animals loaded.9 a.m.- 2 p.m.: Exhibits open to the public.1:30 p.m.: 4-H/FFA Catch-It contest.2-3 p.m.: Payment of premiums. 2-3 p.m.: Exhibits released in all departments. 2-5 p.m.: Booths taken down.2-5 p.m.: Poultry and rabbit exhibits released.2 p.m.: Animals released.Beer garden is open Thursday through Saturday.

La Plata County Fair schedule of events Thursday 8:30 a.m.: Judging 4-H/FFA breeding s...

Patriotic drone show unfolds above Durango’s night skyAbout 1,200 people watched production from city Transit Center

One hundred forty drones took to the skies above Greenmount Cemetery at 10 p.m. sharp Saturday in a glowing and patriotic spectacle featuring vibrant images colored red, white and blue against the black backdrop of night.About 1,200 people gathered Saturday at the Durango Transit Center to watch the city’s premiere drone show produced by Verge Aero after a street dance and band performance by McCurry Trio and Desert Child for Independence Day celebrations.Spectators were treated to drone depictions of the American flag, star patterns, a soaring bald eagle and a homage to the city with drones flying in formation to spell out “Durango” to close out the street dance that started at 6 p.m. Across the valley from Greenmount Cemetery, the headlights of cars shined from Rim Drive near Fort Lewis College where more spectators watched.

Ellen Babers, Durango community events administrator, said the show went well. She heard “Ooh’s” and “ah’s” from the crowd when the drones transitioned from one image to another.She said a segment that consisted of stars rotating at various intervals, shrinking into smaller stars before expanding into the shape of a larger star, appeared to be a crowd favorite.“People really liked the Durango part,” she said. “When it spelled out Durango, people seemed surprised. Like, ‘Oh, this isn’t just a generic show, this is about us.’”Other images included an outline of the continental United States, the letters “USA,” and a spinning globe shape that gave the drone show a 3D feel.

The drones were laid out earlier in the evening in a square grid, with each drone placed 4 feet apart. Peter Smiatek, pilot and designer of the drone show, worked with a crew of about six people, including volunteers. Saturday evening at Greenmount Cemetery where the drones launched and landed, Peter Smiatek, pilot and designer with Verge Aero, and his crew of about six people, including volunteers, had laid all the drones out on the grass in a square grid. Each drone was placed four feet apart. Smiatek synced the drones to a GPS and radio tower in preparation for the evening’s show. Six minutes before takeoff, a deer wandered straight past the drone grid, narrowly avoiding stepping on them.“That could have been a disaster,” Smiatek said as his crew scanned the nearby area with flashlights. No other deer were visible.Two minutes before takeoff, the crew’s portable generator shut off – out of gas.

“We have double secure power,” he said. “The generator fell off two minutes before the show started. It’s like Murphy’s law, anything that could happen will happen. So it’s best to be prepared.”During prep, the crew ran several tests with the drones. The drones shot up 3 to 4 meters, hovered for about one second and then dropped back to their designated grid space on the grass.

Smiatek worked from a makeshift command station where his laptop and transmission tower were perched.“The base station is the heart of the show,” he said. “It’s a computer and it’s a distribution system connected to radios and an antenna. And that’s it, basically. Very flexible and a good system.”Chris Lutts, vice president of sales at Verge Aero, said he thinks Durangoans enjoyed the performance. From Greenmount Cemetery, he could hear the cheers and whistles of the audience at the Durango Transit Center.“The people we’ve been working with have been great,” he said. “Clearly, the city enjoyed it, so that’s awesome. That’s why we do this. It’s no different than any other entertainment, man. You love that feedback. It’s validation that what you’re doing is something that people really like.”cburney@durangoherald.com