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A flashing yellow light in the night

Dear Action Line, I find myself in acute intellectual misery as I attempt to determine why most of the flashing yellow left turn lights have been eliminated along the 160 corridor n...

DATE: Mar 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

River trail lover not in love with all of it

Dear Action Line: I am one of the many avid amateur cyclists who enjoys getting out onto the Animas River Trail to get a little wind in my hair (er, helmet). However, there are several s...

DATE: Feb 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Is someone watching me or am I just paranoid?

Dear Action Line: I’m an almost-daily visitor to south City Market. Last week, as I pulled into a spot, I noticed a trailer with solar panels at its base and a long pole with lights and ...

DATE: Feb 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

It’s all downhill from here

Dear Action Line: I’ve heard rumors that Purgatory will begin charging for parking next season. Is this true? – Concerned Skier Dear Concerned Skier, There’s nothing better than a skiin...

DATE: Feb 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Answer about post office just a stone’s throw away

Dear Action Line: The Post Office has had a rock propping open the door for weeks (maybe months) so the door is cracked open all day. Given the cold weather, it seems a bit wasteful on t...

DATE: Feb 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Downstream concerns concern Durango resident

Dear Action Line: My question regards the stream that comes down from the college and flows south behind the houses on Eighth Avenue and then jogs to Ninth Avenue. Is the path on the ban...

DATE: Jan 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Searching for parking answers

Dear Action Line: I was searching for a parking spot downtown when I remembered a rumor that the new hotel on East Second Avenue will only have parking for half the amount of rooms. Is t...

DATE: Jan 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Still waiting for a sign along U.S. Highway 550

Dear Action Line: What is the purpose of this very expensive sign in the northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 550 about a mile south of the intersection with County Road 220? I have not seen...

DATE: Jan 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Ag stories are hot potatoes these days

Dear Action Line: This Durango Herald photo and story is from 1970 when this town still cared about agriculture news. Yes, finding a very cool potato was more important than the three-wa...

DATE: Dec 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

The all-too-popular middle turn lane takes center stage

Dear Action Line: It is quite common on north Main for a car turning left out of a business to use the middle turn lane as a merge lane or a place to stop and wait for a traffic opening....

DATE: Dec 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Days Inn extreme makeover coming, but slowly

Dear Action Line: What is happening with the Days Inn on north Main Avenue? A January article said it had been purchased by Hansji Corporation in 2022, and that it was to be rebranded as...

DATE: Dec 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Why North County disappears on La Plata weather app

Dear Action Line: As a North County weather geek, I was very excited for the arrival of the recently installed radar at DRO. Unfortunately, when we have widespread precipitation in the n...

DATE: Dec 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line