Realtor John Gillam obtains designation

John Gillam, a Realtor with EXIT Realty Home & Ranch in Durango and Farmington, has recently been awarded the Distinguished Real Estate Instructor designation. The DREI designation is awarde...

FLC Theatre presenting “Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812”

The Broadway hit adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s, ‘War and Peace’ will be first performed April 3

Engage Durango Forum to be held March 26

The city of Durango invites residents to provide feedback directly to the executive leaders during the “Engage Durango Forum” to be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. March 26 at Durango Public Librar...

First public meeting for ‘Downtown’s Next Step Project’

The City will host the first public meeting for the preliminary engineering design of Downtown's Next Step Phase 1 on March 14, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., at the Fort Lewis College Center for Inno...

‘Citizens Survey’ open through April

The Southwest Colorado Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, is a new Colorado Outdoor Regional Partnerships Initiative for Archuleta, La Plata, San Juan and southern Hinsdale coun...

Colorado 2024-2025 fishing licenses available

Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds anglers the fishing season is officially here

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...

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...

First Southwest Bank appoints Eric Guttormson to senior lending officer

According to a Feb. 20 news release, First Southwest Bank a locally owned, independent community bank and one of two Community Development Financial Institution banks in Colorado, announced ...

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