Coal Bank Pass - The Durango Herald

Truck fire sends driver to hospital

A truck caught fire Tuesday night on Coal Bank Pass, sending the driver to the hospital for smoke inhalation and shutting down U.S. Highway 550 for more than an hour, emergency officials sai...

DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Semitrailer catches fire on Coal Bank Pass

A semitrailer carrying propane and oxygen was on fire on Coal Bank Pass Tuesday at about 11:30 p.m., according to the emergency scanner. The driver may have suffered smoke inhala...

DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

A little lynx TLC

Tawny cats increasingly spotted around Silverton

DATE: Mar 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rocks fall on highway near Coal Bank Pass

Colorado Department of Transportation crews are clearing large rocks that fell on U.S. Highway 550 between mile markers 57 and 59, the vicinity of Coal Bank Pass. The highway was ...

DATE: Feb 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Molas, Coal Bank restrooms in limbo

San Juan County and the U.S. Forest Service are looking for a way to keep the public restrooms open on Coal Bank and Molas passes. The county took over the job last year after the...

DATE: Dec 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

The white, powdery stuff hits La Plata County

Purgatory gets a foot of snow in 24 hours

DATE: Dec 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Happy birthday, San Juan Skyway

This summer, the San Juan Skyway is celebrating its 25th birthday. The Skyway, which encompasses the famously beautiful and, at points, famously terrifying Million Dollar Highway...

DATE: Jul 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News