Durango City Council

Sweetie Marbury and Dick White have spent nearly every Tuesday evening for the past eight years in their seats at Durango City Hall. Tonight, they step off the dais for the last time. The two-term...

Durango voters worried about the condition of a neighborhood and how it may affect property values have an avenue through the city to encourage economic redevelopment through private-public...

A split Durango City Council approved sign code amendments allowing for temporary, portable signs, including sandwich boards and banners, Tuesday night on a 3-2 vote. Mayor Sweetie Marbury and...

Durango voters chose Kim Baxter and Barbara Noseworthy to join City Council, filling seats being vacated by two term-limited councilors who have spent eight years on the board. Baxter, a...

It’s election day, and Durango voters have until 7 p.m. to cast ballots for two new city councilors and a proposed sales tax increase. Of the approximately 12,000 registered voters in Durango,...

The city of Durango is engaging with a local faith-based organization to inform the community of the efforts in La Plata County to get housing for people who don’t have it, city officials said....

Durango City Council established a legal framework Tuesday to permit permanent supportive housing in city limits, an amendment to land-use codes that will allow developers to build affordable...

Money can mean a lot to a political campaign – it buys campaign materials and advertisements and often offers insight to how much support candidates have. But local elections are a bit different,...

By law, Durango City Council elections are nonpartisan, meaning candidates don’t identify as Republican or Democrat on the ballot. But political identities often influence ideas about how to...

It’s up to City Council to decide how, and in what ways, Durango will evolve. And council candidates differ on what that evolution may look like and what the city government’s role in that should...

Durango City Council hopes to build trust in local governance with the reincarnation of a financial advisory committee to vet city spending. A draft of bylaws for the committee suggests a...