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Durango’s hotel-to-housing project financing is a first in Colorado
Giant plastic sheets seal off the hazard zones where asbestos abatement is in full swing. The swimming pool where travelers once lounged is buried under fresh fill. Kitchen appliances, new smoke detectors and media boxes for internet access are being added to each of the 72 rooms in the former roadside inn. Plumbers are fitting new sink drains. A new community room, laundry facility and fitness center are being readied off the main entry. Saws buzz, hammers pound, and a giant Volvo L60H loader kicks up dust as it makes runs to fill the foundation where a new general store will rise.
Young Mountain Lions Rescued in the Knick of Time
Two young mountain lions would have drowned earlier this week if it hadn’t been for a daring rescue and the keen eyes of Mike Canterbury, a dam tender for the Pine River Irrigation District in Bayfield, Colorado. According to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Southwest Region, Canterbury was...
Colorado law enforcement searching for missing 15-year-old
DURANGO, Colo. (KKTV) - Law enforcement need your help finding a missing high schooler, who may be trying to run away out of state. Devaughn Alonzo, 15, was last seen Monday afternoon at Durango High School. She never came home, and Durango police say she may be trying to travel to Kirtland, New Mexico, about an hour south of town.
Writers on the Range: A candy bar fueled the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic
If you don’t know much about the Iron Horse bike race that begins in the town of Durango in southwestern Colorado, know that it is brutal, pitting cyclists against a narrow gauge train that takes an easy route up a valley. Riders, though, must climb a curvy route of...
Colorado law empowers students in public and charter schools to be Naloxone first responders
KSUT reporter Clark Adomaitis and independent producer Adam Burke have been following the issue of Narcan in school. Explore their stories on the topic. Yesterday, several leaders of Durango’s teen harm reduction movement joined a video call organized by the sponsors of House Bill 24-1003 while state legislators and Colorado’s lieutenant Governor gathered in the state capital for a bill signing ceremony.
Building A Huge Park Is Anything But Easy
Marc Katz is a retired entrepreneur who lives part-time in Durango, Colorado, a town of 19,000 people who all seem to love the outdoors. You can’t have too many parks, he believes, because the demand seems inexhaustible. The way he tells it, when he bought the 1,680 acres adjacent...
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