The city of Durango provides community support funding to local nonprofit agencies every year. Applications for community support funding for 2015 are now being accepted. The application deadline is Aug.…
The Skyway, which encompasses the famously beautiful and, at points, famously terrifying Million Dollar Highway, stretches 236 miles in a loop through the San Juan Mountains, connecting Durango to Mancos,…
Humane society looking for donations to help with vet care
Traffic was blocked about 2 p.m. Thursday after a T-bone crash on South Camino del Rio near Santa Rita Drive. Three cars were involved, and one person was taken to…
The “See Inside” feature will allow potential customers to tour businesses through photographs for distribution on Google Maps. The virtual tours allows customers to start from the street view of…
Board members to start contributing articles to industry magazine
Resident questions why he wasn’t notified earlier
There are no large wildfires in western Colorado at this time. The jet stream pushing the smoke is expected to shift east, allowing western Colorado skies to clear in the…
Contagious diseases on the rise in La Plata County, and vaccination naysayers may be compounding the problem
Veterans see tough jobs in backcountry as ideal transition back to civilian life
Floating production facility part of $2B project
Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Old Fort Farm Stand,…
Tuesday 7:43 p.m. A man and a woman were reportedly on the sidewalk in front of the Durango Toy Depot & Party Junction bothering people for money, 658 Main Ave.…
Steve Gregg to fill bill until replacement named for Greg Munro
Farrier Danny Murphy visits Rapp Corral once a week to care for the corral’s 40 horses, said owner Anne Rapp. Murphy shoes a horse on Wednesday in preparation for another…
Local historian John Porco will talk about the former Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad and the line that ran through what is now Navajo Reservoir and Arboles, Tiffany and…
The bus stops in Mancos, Cortez, Dolores, Rico, Telluride, Placerville, Ridgway, Montrose and Delta. A return bus leaves Grand Junction for Durango at 1:45 p.m. It will operate daily, 365…
Locomotive No. 315, left, was part of the old Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. At right is Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge locomotive No. 480. No. 315 was featured…
The flash-flood watch is in effect from noon through midnight. The watch says: “Showers and thunderstorms will move over the San Juan Mountains this afternoon and evening. The heaviest showers…
The money came through an amendment of the Community Development Block Grant contract between the State Office of the Economic Development and International Trade and La Plata County on behalf…
The fifth annual “Snow Top Exceptional Rodeo,” a precursor to Durango Fiesta Days, will be held Tuesday. The special event is geared for kids of all ages. With Ron Tyner…
Tuesday 5:56 a.m. Someone reported seeing a bear in a trash can near a residence in the 600 block of Sunnyside Drive. Monday 10:44 a.m. Someone called the police to…
The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners is seeking an interested individual to serve on the Historic Preservation Review Commission. The purpose of the commission is to preserve cultural,…
Cites well-rounded background working with assorted parties
Dems want wildfire costs eligible for emergency disaster funds
