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TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF COUNTY ROAD 246 DUE TO RED CREEK FIRE
Image:Summary:TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF COUNTY ROAD 246 DUE TO RED CREEK FIRE Durango, CO – The La Plata Road and Bridge Department and Office of Emergency Management in conjunction with San Juan Public Lands officials are restricting public access on C.R. 246 and into Red Creek as a result of the Red Creek Fire. For safety reasons, no public access will be allowed onto C.R. 246 and into the burn area. This closure has...
DURANGO MOUNTAIN RESORT REPORTS INCREASE IN SKIER VISITS
Image:DURANGO MOUNTAIN RESORT REPORTS INCREASE IN SKIER VISITS Colorado Ski Country USA Sees Slight Increase, Stabilization Durango, Colo. – June 17, 2010 – Durango Mountain Resort announced today that it hosted 255,048 skier visits during the 2009-10 ski season. This figure represents an increase of 6.3 percent over the previous year’s total of 239,852 skier visits. Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) reported at...
Pedal Around Downtown
Whether you’re on a day visit, on vacation in Durango, or a Durango resident, you won’t want to miss out on Durango’s bicycle trails or historic downtown. Bike Riding is one of the greatest outdoor activities in Durango and since cycling makes for wonderful family entertainment, we’ve found a place that can make that happen for you. ‘Monty’s Town Bike Rental’ will allow you experience...
Third Annual Durango Heritage Celebration set for October 7-10, 2010
Image:Third Annual Durango Heritage Celebration set for October 7-10, 2010 Durango, Colo. Harken back to Victorian times in an Old West celebration set in this small historic town nestled in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado. The Durango Heritage Celebration is a multi-faceted festival of Durango’s colorful and diverse history. The community-wide event offers a variety of activities to highlight and expand...
Colorado Rockies Baseball Skills Challenge – June 16
Image:Colorado Rockies Baseball Skills Challenge – June 16 Durango, CO – Young baseball fans can exhibit their baseball skills when the Durango Parks and Recreation Department hosts the Colorado Rockies Baseball Skills Challenge competition on Wednesday, June 16 at 9:00 a.m. at the Riverview Sports Complex. The competition is free and is open to boys and girls ages 6 through 13 (age classification is as of...
LPEA urges lightning safety during summer storm season
LPEA urges lightning safety during summer storm season Electric cooperative on alert to institute repairs when lightning strikes the system DURANGO, Colo. – While La Plata Electric Association (LPEA) is dedicated to “keeping the lights on” for its member-customers in La Plata and Archuleta counties, Mother Nature offers a challenge over which the electric cooperative has little control – lightning....
Celebrate The River!
Get ready for a wet & wild weekend Durango! Starting Thursday, June 10th 2010 through Sunday, June 13th 2010, The Animas River Days is finally here. Featuring tons of events and tons of fun, this four day ‘celebration on and around the Animas River reflects and honors our connection to this vital resource flowing through the heart of our town’. This event includes something for everyone from boating events, local food...
SUCCESSFUL FIRST YEAR FOR ANIMAS HIGH SCHOOL MEANS BRIGHT FUTURE
Image: SUCCESSFUL FIRST YEAR FOR ANIMAS HIGH SCHOOL MEANS BRIGHT FUTURE Building on Year One Successes, Public Charter High School Prepares for Enrollment to Double in Coming Year Durango, Colorado – June 9, 2010 – Animas High School, a free, public charter school, opened its doors in the Fall of 2009 to its first class of 75 freshmen. In its first year, Animas High School’s engaging college preparatory...
Success – Abundance – Sisterhood
Attention all you Beautiful Matriarch Women;Are you ready to enjoy three hours of fun, food, wine, door prizes, and chance to hear from our local Matriarch Speakers and Board Members? Invite your lady friends and family to share in this amazing, powerful event. Tickets will be available for purchases for the up coming Matriarch Gathering June 25, 26, & 27. Do you have a ‘Matriarch’ that has made a difference in your...
A Hike Along The Colorado Trail… Just One Of Durango, CO’s Little Pleasures
Could Colorado get anymore beautiful?!?!? There is a place us Durangoans know along the Colorado trail. We like to think of it as a place to calm your thoughts, or get in some after work exercise. Whatever the case, we call it the Junction Creek trail. Imagine a fast running creek next to a smooth trail with boulders, trees and cliffs surrounding you. You smell the Cottonwood trees in bloom. Your skin tingles with each breeze through...
Angie McCormick Hired as DurangoDowtown.com Sales & Marketing Director
Image:Angie McCormick Hired as DurangoDowtown.com Sales & Marketing Director DURANGODOWNTOWN.COM is proud to announce the addition of Angie McCormick, Sales & Marketing Director for Durango & the surrounding areas. Angie brings over 8 years of experience in sales, marketing, consulting, and account management to the DurangoDowntown.com team. A dynamic, results driven, marketing expert with demonstrated success and a...
Unique cable injection project helping to preserve electrical system
Image:Unique cable injection project helping to preserve electrical system LPEA using silicone injection to ward off outages while saving money DURANGO, Colo. – In an effort to preserve and extend the life of the electrical system, plus save members’ money, LPEA will soon complete the latest phase of a cable injection project in Durango’s...
Cheers for Children to benefit Riverhouse Children’s Center
Image:Cheers for Children to benefit Riverhouse Children’s Center Riverhouse Children’s Center will be holding its 1st annual Cheers for Children Fundraiser to raise money for early childhood education. Riverhouse thrives in part due to the generosity of philanthropic leaders in La Plata County and all proceeds from Cheers for Children will directly benefit Riverhouse Children’s Center. The event will be...
Salute to America
Pager item text :July 4th EventsImage:Summary:The City of Durango announces its annual series of Independence Day, family-oriented activities promoted collectively as Durango’s “Salute to America.” All events will take place on Sunday, the 4th of July. The holiday festivities will begin with the Freedom Fun Run/Walk, presented by Parks and Recreation beginning at 9 a.m. sharp and starting from Rotary Park. This event...
Fox Fire Farms hosts Gourmet Wine Dinner at the Farm
Pager item text :Fox Fire FarmsImage:Fox Fire Farms hosts Gourmet Wine Dinner at the Farm Local Chefs team up to serve farm dinner featuring local products and winesIgnacio, CO– Fox Fire Farms will showcase the finest in local food and wine at their annual Farm dinner on June 26, 2010 at their La Plata County ranch. The five-course gourmet meal pairs local wines with each menu item. Chef Dave Cuntz from The Strater Hotel, Chef...
The Durango Melodrama is Back at the Henry Strater Theatre
Pager item text :Durango MelodramaImage:The Durango Melodrama is Back at the Henry Strater Theatre On June 11th, 2010 the Durango Melodrama will return to the Henry Strater Theatre in historic Downtown Durango. While being a part of summers in Durango for the past 48 years, the Melodrama introduces “Ole Fashioned” entertainment through Ragtime piano tunes featured in the Henry Strater’s Victorian style...
A Hot Weekend Is Nothing To Waste…
Hot enough for you this weekend? Remember only a few weeks ago when it was still threatening to snow? Well, not any more… Summer is here folks and this weekend was a reminder that Durango can get hot! But as the temperature rises, so does the action on the trail systems, cliffs, boulders, rivers, lakes and more. This weekend, because of the bluebird Colorado skies and great weather, was an especially desirable time to get out...
Electric-Americana group Great American Taxi plays Abbey Theater June 10
Pager item text :Great American TaxiImage:Great American Taxi plays Abbey Theater June 10 The electric-Americana group Great American Taxi is one of those brilliant, rare gems on the club and festival circuit- a fun, danceable jamband with great original songs. Since parting ways with legendary jamgrass pioneers Leftover Salmon, Taxi driver Vince Herman has been writing and collecting new classics to add to his vast catalogue...
The Hillbenders Play The Summit June 16
Pager item text :HillbendersImage:Summary:The award-winning Hillbenders will be perfoming at The Summit with Cyndi Wolff Wednesday, June 16. After nearly a year in the making the Springfield, MO based bluegrass sensations, The HillBenders, released their debut album ” Down To My Last Dollar” on April 16 th. Produced By Jeremy Chapman and featuring Jeremy Garrett from the Infamous Stringdusters on fiddle, this highly...
Aftergrass to play at The Summit June 11
Pager item text :AftergrassImage:Summary:From Durango, Colorado, Aftergrass is a band that has been described by many as “hard to describe”. Without a doubt, this is dance your ass off music. Aftergrass plays a variety of musical styles including but not limited to rock, funk, bluegrass, and rockabilly…. We’re ski bums.. what can we say.. It’s all about the live show for us. Check us out on youtube as...
