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What’s up with holiday/snow delay garbage pickup?

Dear Action Line, The only time we’ve had snow in town this season, a few weeks ago, my garbage was not picked up (although my recycling was). I looked at the city website and it sa...

DATE: Dec 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Roadkill: It’s what’s for dinner

Dear Action Line, So I’m turning the tables a bit on the new Mr. Action Line by posing this question to all you Action Line groupies: Who is the only attorney in America in the last...

DATE: Dec 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Has the Purgatory logo always been upside down?

Dear Action Line, Rumor among the Purgatory Underground (which, maybe appropriately, sounds a bit like a ski mountain upside down) is that the longtime Purgatory Resort “hanging pen...

DATE: Dec 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Where have the CDOT cameras on Highway 550 to Silverton gone?

Dear Action Line, Based on COTrip.org, CDOT has apparently removed its road cameras from Purgatory to Silverton that livestream video of road conditions. Instead, we have seven in t...

DATE: Dec 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

What’s with the fancy downtown alley paving?

Dear Action Line The alley between East Fourth and Fifth avenues, and East Eighth and Ninth streets, was recently paved in a fine and dandy fashion, with elegant brickwork and classy loo...

DATE: Nov 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

New Action Line: Is the lack of small carts at City Market a conspiracy?

Hello! My name is Matt Kenna, your new Mr. Action Line. I’m a 33-year resident of Durango/La Plata County and an almost-retired lawyer who used to take other people’s problems and make them ...

DATE: Nov 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Is law enforcement curtailing distracted driving in Durango?

Dear Action Line, Colorado‘s hands-free driving law has been in effect since Jan. 1, but I don’t see a lot of changes in drivers’ behavior since then. From texting to phone calls to...

DATE: Jul 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Durango Vineyard Church purchases old Nissan dealership

Dear Action Line, I heard that the Vineyard Church will take over the Nissan building as their new place of worship. Vineyard is a nondenominational Christian group. Like so many ne...

DATE: Jul 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Durango REI to feature EV charging, plans late summer opening

Dear Action Line, There appear to be electric vehicle chargers in the parking lot of the future REI location in Bodo Park. What kind are they? And when is this store supposed to ope...

DATE: Jul 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

On hospitals and Nissan dealerships

Dear Action Line, Just wondering when the new surgical center at Mercy Hospital is going to open. The new building has been sitting empty for months. It looks completely finished do...

DATE: Jul 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Why did the painted lines disappear from Eighth Street?

Dear Action Line, Recently, the city repainted the street lines on several streets including on Eighth street. Not long after, crews repaved Eighth Street, completely covering up th...

DATE: Jun 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Brown’s Shoe Fit Co. reopens after months of construction

Dear Action Line, Do you know what’s going on with Brown’s shoes and when it will, if ever, reopen? It closed in late February for a remodel to open in March. It’s still closed. I s...

DATE: Jun 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line