A helicopter was loaded this morning with a plastics sphere dispenser system to conduct at aerial burn in the Yellow Jacket area.Photo courtesy San Juan National Forest The Yellow Jacket…
Meetings and Events Kiwanis of the Narrow Gauge meeting, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave., 375-0079. The Colorado State Patrol open house, free car-seat checks available, 8:30-11:30 a.m.,…
Christian Champagne will run for district attorney in 2016
Senior dog fitness class available A six-week senior dog class will begin Oct. 1. The class will be taught by Marianne McClain, a certified veterinary technician and certified canine rehabilitation…
Taylor Dean, 7, gets a workout on the indoor climbing wall at the Durango Community Recreation Center. The city’s Parks and Recreation Department received a national accreditation.Steve Lewis/Durango Herald file…
Metz It has been a busy year for the La Plata Open Space Conservancy, and at the nonprofit’s annual stakeholders meeting Sunday, two awards were handed out to major contributors.…
Work would help cleanse runoff before it hits the Animas River
Southbound traffic on north Main Avenue was reduced to one lane after a crash about 8 a.m. Tuesday morning in front of Walgreens.
Animas River Stakeholders Group meets in Durango for the first time in two years
LPEA on scene where car hit junction box
Natalie Hardin, 2, daughter of Jessika and Gary Hardin of Boulder, strikes a pose and cools down Monday over the vents on the sidewalk in front of the Main Mall.…
Construction workforce faces labor shortage; housing prices become increasingly expensive
Will oversee Culinary Arts Program
Park Elementary School student Ryver Furnas watches a pinwheel spin with messages of peace created by his classmates. The pinwheels were delivered Monday to the front yards of homes neighboring…
Build a Better Colorado to visit 30-40 cities to hold community forums
Whitley More than 155,000 people in Colorado work in tourism-related industries, but it was Durango’s own Carrie Whitley who received the 2015 Governor’s Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to Colorado…
Parade of Homes tickets now on sale The 2015 Durango Area Parade of Homes will kick off Friday and continue through Sunday, featuring 15 area homes and two “coming attractions.”…
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…
After 265 days in the hospital, James Jones begins road to recovery
Meetings and Events Sunrise Yoga adult classes, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave. (next to the Durango Community Recreation Center),…
Foundation organizers raise $4,000 for research on hydrocephalus
Railroad association to meet Saturday The Silver San Juan Division of the National Model Railroad Association will hold its all-day fall public event at 8:45 a.m. Saturday at the Tri-County…
A massive bear stranded in a tree garnered a fair amount of attention Sunday afternoon on the Animas River Trail, but the situation was another example of the potential danger…
