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About 40 protesters demanding an end to the targeting of immigrants in La Plata County stood outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s headquarters in Durango on Tuesday morning....
DATE: April 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Bears are waking up around Durango, and it’s time to start taking precautionary measures to reduce human-bear conflicts, wildlife officials say. “It’s that time of year,” said Colorado Parks and...
DATE: April 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
An unusual flying object will visit Silverton in the next couple of weeks, but residents have no reason to fear a secret government experiment or an encounter with creatures from another planet....
DATE: April 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Lake Nighthorse is sitting pretty in terms of the amount of water stored in the reservoir just outside Durango, according to water managers. Despite the extreme drought that plagued Southwest...
DATE: April 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
La Plata County has a new county manager. In a statement released Thursday morning, the La Plata County Board of County Commissioners said they appointed Chuck Stevens as the new county manager. He...
DATE: April 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A historic locomotive on loan with the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad broke down Tuesday morning north of Durango, leaving nearly 100 passengers stranded. Christian Robbins, spokesman...
DATE: April 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Should La Plata County take a stance on the reintroduction of wolves in Colorado? That’s the question now being asked by the county’s all-volunteer wildlife advisory board. The prospect of...
DATE: April 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A golden eagle hit by a car last summer was released back into the wild east of Durango after being rehabbed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff for almost a year. CPW spokesman Joe Lewandowski...
DATE: April 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A Colorado State Patrol trooper was injured Wednesday in a crash that closed U.S. Highway 160 briefly between Hesperus and Mancos. Colorado State Patrol Capt. Adrian Driscoll said Cpl. James...
DATE: April 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Local environmentalist Rose Chilcoat has filed a civil lawsuit against a Utah rancher and San Juan County officials who accused her of trying to kill cattle two years ago. Chilcoat was expected to...
DATE: April 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Slowly but surely, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is digging out of the onslaught of snow and avalanches to clear the tracks for the first ride to Silverton in May. Jeff Johnson,...
DATE: April 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Butch Knowlton looks at a floodplain map of La Plata County, and his mind envisions the worst-case scenario: all those homes, all those people. As director of La Plata County’s Office of Emergency...
DATE: April 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
