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May 15, 2024
Fair share programs are a common tool used by towns and cities to get developers on board with building affordable housing. But in Durango, developers often opt to pay a fee in lieu of constructing ne...
April 26, 2024
Durango city councilors were taken aback this week by assertions from the Southern Ute Indian Tribe that the city is trying to sneakily annex land within the tribe’s reservation boundaries. City Counc...
April 22, 2024
La Posta Road south of Durango is a promising site for economic growth and development for property owners living along the river corridor south of Durango and for the city itself. But the Southern Ut...
April 6, 2024
Child care in La Plata County is expensive and hard to come by, and the lack of access has workers torn between their jobs and their families. The La Plata Economic Development Alliance is seeking $55...
February 15, 2024
The city of Durango’s 2005 half-cent sales tax is set to expire this year, but the city wants to use it as a funding source for its relocation of various offices to the former Durango School District ...
February 9, 2024
Durango streets crew cleared downtown of more than 550 truckloads of snow, repaired 86 potholes and fixed 41 street signs around town in January, and that barely scratches the asphalt surface of a sle...
January 14, 2024
The move of two city departments from River City Hall to the former Big Picture High School building could be called a turning of a new leaf for the city of Durango. On Saturday morning, movers with G...
January 10, 2024
2023 was a year of forward momentum for the city of Durango’s urban renewal authority, known as the Durango Renewal Partnership. Durango Economic Opportunity Manager Tommy Crosby said at a Dec. 11 mee...
January 3, 2024
With the calendar now flipped to 2024, it is now time to consider the news the new year may hold. Of course, the year will bring unforetold events. But there are some stories that readers can expect t...
November 25, 2023
Changes to the city of Durango’s land use and development code and its Fair Share Program administrative manual should create more flexibility in how the city works internally and with developers to i...