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City staff will not perform building inspections March 7-11

City of Durango building staff will be attending a conference March 7-11 and will not perform inspections during that time. An architect, engineer or otherwise certified building professiona...

DATE: Feb 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango Arts Repertory Theater to hold company auditions

The Durango Arts Center is creating a new theater company that will have projects of all types throughout the year. Auditions will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 19 and from 6 to 9 p....

DATE: Feb 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Animas Valley Grange to host seed exchange

The Animas Valley Grange will host a free seed exchange from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 5. Darrin Parmenter will have a display table with seed-starting information from noon to 2 p.m. Particip...

DATE: Feb 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Southwestern Water Conservation District announces 2022 seminar theme

Southwestern Water Conservation District’s 38th annual Southwest Water Seminar theme is “Navigating Shortage.” The seminar will focus the challenges, strategies and successes of tackling reg...

DATE: Feb 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County Quilters Guild announces program

La Plata County Quilters Guild’s March program is “Love Thy Quilt Shops.” Five stores will attend the meeting: Quilter’s Corner, Cortez Quilt Co., Quilt It YaYa, Durango Quilt Co. and Stitc...

DATE: Feb 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango Arts Center presents ‘True West’ by Sam Shepard

Durango Arts Center will open its first theater production of its Durango Arts Repertory Theater 2022 Season – “True West” by Sam Shepard. The special production will run March 11-13. It sta...

DATE: Feb 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Electric vehicle charging now available at County Administration Building

La Plata County installed its first electric vehicle charging station at the County Administration Building, 1101 East Second Ave., in the north parking lot. The charging unit is a Type II ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2022 | CATEGORY:

Google’s translate tool hard-coded into city website

The city of Durango has anchored the Google Translate button into DurangoGov.org to allow visitors to choose from more than 100 languages. The translation tool will be next to the search ba...

DATE: Feb 21, 2022 | CATEGORY:

Summit Church to host dinner and discussion

Summit Church will host a “Come and See” dinner and discussion March 16. Attendees will have a chance to explore faith, ask questions and share their point of view in a safe environment. To...

DATE: Feb 21, 2022 | CATEGORY:

Design and Development Awards nominations open

The Community Development Department announced the relaunch of the Design and Development Awards. The public is invited to submit nominations for the 2020-21 awards by March 4 at DurangoGov....

DATE: Feb 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Community

Durango Transit to expand service to west U.S. Highway 160

Durango Transit will expand service to include U.S. Highway 160 West beginning March 1. The route will operate seven days a week, every 30 minutes from 7:05 a.m. to 8:35 p.m. The route will...

DATE: Feb 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tribal Broadband Modernization Project Construction will narrow traffic south of Ignacio

Bonfire Engineering, in collaboration with the Southern Ute Shared Services, will begin construction on the tribal broadband project, just south of Ignacio, at the intersection of County Roa...

DATE: Feb 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: