Mock plane-crash training exercise seeks volunteers

Volunteers are needed to act and dramatize faux injuries for an emergency training exercise at Durango-La Plata County Airport, 1000 Airport Road, from 7 to 11:30 a.m. April 17. Up to 75 vol...

Building inspections to be limited March 4 to 8

The La Plata County Building Department staff will attend the 2024 Colorado Chapter Educational Institute for continuing education from Monday to Friday. The department will be open for busi...

Mesa Verde National Park moving forward to stabilize Spruce Tree House

The project will help stabilize the arch that houses the structures

County Road 141 road maintenance starts March 11

La Plata County Road & Bridge crews will begin a crack seal project on County Road 141 on Monday, March 11. The work will be performed from the C.R. 125 intersection south to the County Road...

Prescribed pile burns in Dolores and Montezuma counties

The Bureau of Land Management Southwest District plans to burn slash piles on public lands managed by the BLM Tres Rios Field Office beginning Feb. 27 if conditions allow, according to a new...

Lifeguard shortages reduce Cortez Recreation Center pool hours

Unfortunately, we get the short straw this time of year

Navajo Dam road closure begins Wednesday

Highway will be closed until May 15

‘Restoring the Balance’ topic of Rotary meeting

The Rotary Club of Durango will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. The meeting’s topic will be a new local initiative called “Restore the Balance.” “Restore the Balan...

Weminuche Audubon Society scholarship opportunity available

The Weminuche Audubon Society in Pagosa Springs is offering an opportunity for an area students to attend a weeklong camp June 23-30. Camp Colorado is based at Highlands Camp and Retreat Cen...

Pueblo Community College offers free forestry wildfire mitigation program

Registration will open March 11; space limited

Animas Valley Grange annual seed exchange coming up

Exchange scheduled for March 2

First annual Mixed in Mancos to spotlight local artists at Mancos Opera House

Three bands will have their original songs recorded and put on a CD and vinyl record