Durango News Archives

“We hear about 'Well, we can't do this or that because the airlines won't come,' but if you don't have the facilities for tourism, the airlines aren't going to come.”

Interstate 70 isn't the only place where the idea of a toll road is being talked about. via The Summit County Journal

“The saddle will outlive the horse”

Durango custom saddlemaker Tom Barnes likes to tell about one of the first rigs he ever built on his own. via Durango Herald

“The other issue that's out there is labor - we used to rely on college students, but that pool has been reduced because a lot of these kids don't need to work anymore. It's a consideration when you need 30-40 people.”

For a town that thrives on its tourism industry, it's getting more difficult to find a place to put all those tourists. via Durango Herald

This covers the period of January 1 through March 31, 2008. The Durango Area Association of REALTORS is pleased to announce the release of the 2008 First Quarter Statistical Information, which covers the period ... via Four Corners Business Journal

This can mean spending time alone, without friends or family around. It can also mean an opportunity to do things together. via WSET-TV Lynchburg

“I'm a believer of building another hotel that's moderately priced with meeting space, but I'm also not in the financial position to be building anything like that”

Durango's dwindling number of hotel and motel rooms is causing organizers who bring in large groups to find lodging for their guests elsewhere - sometimes even across the state line. via Durango Herald

“This isn't even pocket change. It's for a worthy cause, and I think it's outrageous that we're quibbling over $8,000”

A youth council bill drafted by Four Corners high school students passed another test Thursday, clearing the Senate Education Committee on a 5-0 vote. via Durango Herald

“It's about being together and living in friendship.”

In the 1980s, the Dalai Lama looked at a 16-year-old Tibetan born in exile in Nepal and living in a refugee camp in India and declared him to be the sixth reincarnation of ZaChoeje Rinpoche. via Durango Herald

“It only took one semester of biology to know that it was not for me”

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Had chemical biology captured Sandy Jackson's interest a bit more, her life would have turned out a little differently than it has. via Glenwood Post Independent

“If this assessment is not approved, operations at Cascade Village will shut down.”

Officers of the Cascade Village homeowners association are asking members to come up with $2,200 each to pay for unanticipated snow removal needed over the winter. via Durango Herald

Searchers have found a small plane that went missing Sunday after flying out of Animas Air Park near Durango.

Durango Local Plans on Uganda Missions Trip In June 2008, one of our Durango locals, Julie Colby, is planning on going on a missionary trip to Uganda with Global Expeditions and Teen Mania.

A search has begun in southern Colorado and southeast Utah for a pilot who vanished yesterday after flying out of the Durango airport.

“I think it's a reasonably fair settlement that avoided having to go to trial”

The Durango McDonald's franchise will pay $505,000 to settle a sexual-harassment lawsuit brought by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of several teenagers who worked there. via Durango Herald

“The impacts of hauling snow after a winter like this one and the road-improvement impact fees that will be charged when Animas View Drive is widened have not been factored in. Those take these units out of the affordable range.”

After six months of presenting a variety of multifamily options for his property on Animas View Drive, developer Tracy Reynolds will use the site for an industrial project. via Durango Herald

Colorado Goldfields Inc. announced today that it has retained the services of Mr. via Earth Times

“She gave advice on the state of the market and on loan availability”

Durango's community center will host a conference designed to help would-be entrepreneurs start their own businesses. via Farmington Daily Times