Local Briefs
Work is progressing on schedule for the Colorado Department of Transportation’s project to improve U.S. Highway 160 between Bayfield and Yellow Jacket Pass (mile marker 103 east to mile marker…
Work is progressing on schedule for the Colorado Department of Transportation’s project to improve U.S. Highway 160 between Bayfield and Yellow Jacket Pass (mile marker 103 east to mile marker…
Outdoor Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., outdoor amphitheater outside the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. La Plata County Humane Society Adopt-a-thon, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., 1111…
Brandon Donahue will be charged by authorities in Colorado, the Chester County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. However, Durango Police Chief Jim Spratlen said investigators have…
Voters will see sales-tax holiday; asked to let state keep pot money
Tuesday 8:05 a.m. A driver in a maroon pickup ran a vehicle off the road near south Camino del Rio and the West Frontage Road. 11:59 a.m. A man on…
Bill protecting Hermosa watershed gives resident hope for nation’s capital
Lori Smith Schell, founder and president of Empowered Energy, will offer a presentation to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.…
May’s precipitation welcome, but may not overcome a dry winter
Mud Springs, close to Cortez, can be a great alternative to the often-crowded Sand Canyon. A National Trails Day event will be held there Saturday.Courtesy of Kathe Hayes, San Juan…
Dan Noonan’s 39-year run as a firefighter to conclude at end of 2015
La Plata County Commissioner Julie Westendorff, office hours, 10 a.m.-noon, Pine River Library Conference Room, 395 Bayfield Center Drive in Bayfield, 382-6219. Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel,…
Districts could be accountable for any preventable acts of discordance
The rafters became marooned on a concrete pier for a bridge that supports South Camino del Rio. Durango Fire Protection District’s Swift Water Rescue Team was called to assist the…
Monday 8:01 a.m. A vehicle was broken into, and a wallet was stolen in the 1700 block of Eastlawn Avenue. 8:26 a.m. A vehicle was on fire near West Second…
‘We expect the trend to fizzle entirely,’ analyst says
Durango Nature Studies will host Weekly Wee Walk Abouts for preschool-age children from 10 to 11 a.m. each Wednesday through August at the Pavilion at Rotary Park. The cost is…
After thinking his life nearly was finished, bear attack victim fought back to survive
Kiwanis of the Narrow Gauge meeting, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave., 375-0079. Durango Daybreak Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., 749-6332.…
District leaders have taken aggressive steps