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A helicopter has been working for the past several days to take water from Lemon Reservoir to douse a quarter-acre fire northeast of Durango. The 816 Fire was first reported Monday and was...
DATE: Sept. 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Emergency services found a local 16-year-old girl dead Friday about 4½ miles up a bumpy Forest Service road high above Lemon Reservoir, La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith said Saturday. It took...
DATE: July 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Southwest Colorado’s snowpack is right on track with historic averages, a far cry from last year, but all that potential water may not make it into the region’s needy reservoirs. A number of...
DATE: Feb. 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
It appears Southwest Colorado is slowly digging its way out of severe drought conditions. Every Thursday, the U.S. Drought Monitor releases a map that shows areas of drought throughout the country...
DATE: Jan. 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Even if El Niño materializes and brings a wet winter to the West, it likely will not be enough to bring the Four Corners out of an exceptional drought, weather forecasters said this week. It would...
DATE: Dec. 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
A man experiencing medical complications, possibly high-altitude sickness, was rescued by helicopter Monday evening near Lemon Reservoir. The outfitter set up camp in the Young’s Canyon area, on...
DATE: Aug. 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
Rock fall injured two women Saturday afternoon at the climbing area north of Lemon Reservoir, about 20 miles northeast of Durango. Tom Brueckner of La Plata County Search and Rescue said a rock...
DATE: April 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
A 36-year-old man was airlifted to Mercy Regional Medical Center on Saturday in critical condition after an ATV accident near Lemon Reservoir. According to Upper Pine River Fire Protection District...
DATE: Aug. 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
Motorized boats will not be allowed on Lemon Reservoir for up to three years in an effort to protect against aquatic invasive species, which pose a risk to the city of Durango’s water supply and...
DATE: April 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
Long overdue work on Lemon Dam is set to finish by the end of April, according to a spokeswoman with the Bureau of Reclamation. Justyn Liff, public affairs specialist for the Bureau’s office in...
DATE: April 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
For the first time in well over a century, the city of Durango will rely exclusively on the Animas River for its water supply throughout the winter. “There’s always a first time for everything,”...
DATE: Nov. 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Crews will begin work Monday on the dam at Lemon Reservoir, and the work will affect water release flows and access to the reservoir 16 miles northeast of Durango. The Bureau of Reclamation ...
DATE: Oct. 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Fort Lewis College is updating about a dozen panels at the Clock Tower in the center of campus to better recognize the past, "in a way that's fully inclusive of our Native American community on campus and the families directly affected by Indian boarding schools."
