Zalneraitis When the Animas River is mustard yellow at the busy end of the tourist summer season, what happens? Local rafting companies say losses are in the thousands of dollars…
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. Durango Nature Studies’ Nature Center…
Agency yet to say how extensive damage may be
A panoramic view at dawn Friday, taken from the rim of College Mesa, reveals contaminated water running through town in the Animas River. The contamination is from a mine blow-out…
Weather provides a break in the Sleeping Ute Mountain wildfire
1,200 gallons of polluted water per minute still draining
Officials say analyzing test results will be the next key step in addressing the toxic mine waste water that contaminated the Animas River. Butch Knowlton, director of the Office of…
$40M in dam repairs needed as state struggles for funding
Durango Police Thursday 1:57 a.m. A man urinated on a front door in the 900 block of Main Avenue. Wednesday 8:13 a.m. A woman was swaying into traffic and screaming…
Plume, smoke from blaze visible from as far away as Durango, Bayfield
IGNACIO – In an effort to preserve the Ute language, some 75 members of the Southern Ute, Ute Mountain Ute and Northern Ute tribes attended the first “Let us all…
Ray ESPN caught up with former Fort Lewis College football player Arthur Ray Jr. on Aug. 1. The 25-year-old cancer survivor worked hard for a chance in the National Football…
Dinner, silent auction to benefit local FFA The Taste of the Four Corners Dinner and Silent Auction will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 22 at Fox Fire…
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. Durango Botanical Society will host a free garden tour, 9:30…
Commissioners want industry operators to register with county
Toxic water floods river after EPA disaster at Gold King Mine in Silverton
Aidan Riley, 8, left, and P.J. Golbright, 8, right, get an introduction to chess while watching Jackson Berridge play one of their peers during Summer Gametime on Wednesday afternoon at…
Today’s events The La Plata County Fair will take place at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. For more information, visit http://co.laplata.co.us/departments_officials/general_services/fairgrounds/county_fair. The carnival will be open through…
Proposal would give wilderness designation to 32 sites in state
La Plata officials working on deal to house Archuleta County jail inmates
Durango Police Wednesday 12:05 a.m. A man was outside taking photos of people’s windows in the 500 block of East Seventh Avenue. 1:07 a.m. A man was trying to break…
A military plane similar to one that created a buzz in April when it flew over Durango made another appearance in the sky Wednesday, a few miles north of the…
DHS class of 1970 seeking classmates The Durango High School Class of 1970 is still looking for a few classmates. Almost all 300 graduates have been located. An additional 100…
Meetings and Events Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and local governments meeting to discuss rulemaking, 9:30 a.m.-noon, board room, La Plata County Administration Building, 1101 East Second Ave., 382-6211,…
The Colorado Department of Transportation was doing minor rock blasting Wednesday about a half mile north of Silverton on U.S. Highway 550. Traffic was being held for about 15 minutes.…
