Meetings and Events Master’s Men Ministries of Colorado meeting, 6:30 a.m., DoubleTree Hotel Lounge, 501 Camino del Rio, 749-2888. DeColores Civitan Club meeting, noon, call Lon Erwin at 247-1019 for…
Shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday, LPEA said the power in the Bayfield area should be over soon. The power went out at 6:28 p.m. Sunday, affecting 602 La Plata Electric…
Durangoan Harry Jarrell saddles up for his 100th birthday
According to the scanner, Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District was called to an accident on Kennebec Pass just after 6 p.m. Sunday. Apparently a vehicle slid off the road,…
According to the emergency scanner, a rescue was requested about 4:45 p.m. Sunday for someone who was injured about three miles up Hermosa Creek Trail. Butch Knowlton, director of the…
Plentiful rain has aided population spike
Are microgrids future of nation’s aging electricity infrastructure?
City puts up $900,000 to support nonprofits The city of Durango provides community support funding to local nonprofit agencies through the annual budget process. More than $900,000 was allocated to…
Meetings and Events Outdoor Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. La Plata County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt will hold office hours,…
Neighbors worry about closing public lands
Colorado ranked third in healthy habits, including tracking length, frequency and type of exercise, in a recent study by smartphone apps MyFitnessPal and MapMyFitness. While members may not be tracking…
Environmental Defense Fund says the oil and gas industry is wasting a valuable public resource
The inaugural Rocky Mountain UkeFest began Friday and extended into Saturday with workshops at the Strater Hotel and performances at the Rochester Hotel & Bar. Christa Turnell, left, and Lynne…
A Tristate Care Flight helicopter was flying over the Hermosa Creek drainage area Saturday morning as part of a La Plata County Search and Rescue training exercise.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file…
U.S. teenagers gather for ‘life-changing’ conference
Meetings and Events Trails 2000 will host a Build Day, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Purgatory Flow Trail, www. Trails2000.org. Arts and Entertainment Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub,…
Festival adds programs this year, is an economic force
Durango Police Thursday 3:39 p.m. A woman was trying to gain entry to the La Plata County Courthouse, 1060 East Second Ave., with a cat in her bag. The woman…
Yard sales to set up in Tiffany, Allison area The annual TARA (Tiffany, Allison, Rosa, Arboles) Treasure Trail Yard Sale will take place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. July…
Meetings and Events Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, www.durangofarmersmarket.org. Bayfield Farmers Market, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Bayfield Roadside Park, U.S. Highway 160. Hour Exchange La Plata will…
Under the cover of darkness, ‘midnight gardeners’ rob public and private spaces of common shrubs and flowers
Lead proponent says it won’t likely collect signatures needed
April Neill, center, and her daughters, Ava, left, and April, try their luck at the gold-panning trough Friday at the 62nd annual Gem & Mineral Show at the La Plata…
Defense says Durango police entered man’s home unlawfully
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several members of Colorado’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell this week expressing concerns surrounding the Colowyo Mine. Environmental groups have filed a…
Durango Police Thursday 3:32 a.m. Someone who was extremely combative wanted to talk to police about a helicopter flying at night over city limits. Wednesday 4:51 p.m. A man was…
