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A southbound lane in the 2100 block of north Main Avenue was closed for about 45 minutes Wednesday afternoon when the Durango Fire Protection District responded to a report of smoke in an attic...
DATE: July 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
A vehicle crash led to a gun threat Tuesday evening. The incident began near Miller Middle School. The first driver, identified as Michael Fender, 49, was westbound on Junction Street in a Dodge...
DATE: July 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Durango fire marshal is investigating a blaze that started early Sunday morning at Greenmount Cemetery. Firefighters responded about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, but they were unable to save the small...
DATE: July 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
A woman was safe Thursday night after being pulled out of the Animas River. According to Durango Police Department Officer Kathleen O’Toole, two people saw the woman, who was not identified, walk...
DATE: July 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
As the Fourth of July approaches, the Durango Fire Protection District is emphatically reminding residents the only fireworks legal for private use in Colorado are sparklers, smoke balls,...
DATE: July 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Durango Fire Protection District Board chose a new fire chief to succeed Dan Noonan: Deputy Chief Hal Doughty. Doughty, who served in the Air Force as a military firefighter for four years...
DATE: July 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
The cause of death for a man who died Tuesday after the raft he was in flipped in the Durango Whitewater Park remains undetermined. “The death certificate says pending,” La Plata County Coroner...
DATE: June 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
Medics administered CPR in Santa Rita Park to a 56-year-old man whose raft flipped Tuesday, but the man eventually died. “He apparently was in a boat that flipped in or before (the Whitewater...
DATE: June 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
Some people volunteer to serve on a board of directors. Others do hands-on tasks such as building trails or providing refreshments at events. And in La Plata County, there are 94 volunteers who...
DATE: June 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Durango Fire Protection District announced Wednesday that Chief Dan Noonan will retire at the end of 2015. Noonan has spent 39 years in fire service in La Plata County, 10 as a volunteer with...
DATE: June 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
A general fire alarm at the Comfort Inn at about 8:35 p.m. turned out to be the bell on a washing machine, according to Durango Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Karola Hanks. The DFPD...
DATE: May 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News
