How Much Have Candidates Raised?

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House District 59  Ignacio Mayor Clark Craig (R) Total Contributions: $57,639.09 expenditures $36,093.04 Durango school board member Katie Stewart (D) Total Contributions: $123,046.53, expenditures $46,361.65 Senate District 6 Incumbent Cleave Simpson (R) Total Contributions: $154,697.38,  Expenditures: $90,400.20 Colorado Association of REALTORS endorses Cleave Simpson. Vivian Smotherman (D): Total Contributions: $72,969.83, Expenditures: $58,861.71 La Plata County

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What’s Happening with Durango’s Next Step?

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The City of Durango installed temporary painted curb extensions October 8 on Main Avenue at the intersections of College Drive and 7th and 8th Street. The pilot project is funded through a Revitalize Main Street grant awarded by the Colorado Department of Transportation, to demonstrate elements of the Next Step design. The Next Step Design

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DRO breaks ground, breaks records & adds service

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October 2nd, DRO broke ground on Phase 1B of its terminal development project. The project will add two new airline gates and passenger hold rooms, a new and expanded TSA passenger screening checkpoint, new food and beverage concession areas, and a new and expanded baggage claim area. The entire project is preliminarily anticipated to be

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City Council Suspends Construction on Next Step

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A forum was hosted on August 27th by Durango Chamber of Commerce, Business Development District and Local First and featured City of Durango staff answering questions about Downtown’s Next Step.  The project aims to make downtown more walkable and bikeable, to reduce crashes and slow down traffic, and to widen sidewalks, among other goals. The

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Airport Beats Records and Wins Grants

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Durango-La Plata County Airport had its busiest summer ever with a 21% increase compared to summer of 2023.  That’s a 6% increase over the previous record setting summer in 2021. The Durango-La Plata County Airport (DRO) has received nearly $13 million in federal grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration to support a multi-phase terminal

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What’s on the Ballot?

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Colorado’s Ballot Questions COLORADO’S BLUE BOOK Initiative 89 – Right to Abortion – a constitutional amendment that would protect the right to abortion Initiative 91 – Prohibit Trophy Hunting – a statutory measure proposing a ban on trophy hunting of mountain lions, bobcats or lynx Initiative 112 – Concerning Eligibility for Parole – a statutory

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Business owners push back on Downtown Next Steps

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Several business owners spoke at the public comment section of the City Council meeting on August 20th against the Durango Downtown Next Steps project. They said the number one problem downtown is parking, that the Next Steps project was ill conceived, and that the council is being  perceived as non-business friendly. City staff says the project

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County to ask voters about tax in November but City will probably not

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The La Plata Board of County Commissioners plan to ask voters to reallocate the Lodgers Tax this November.  The question will likely ask if the County will be allowed to use a significant portion of the tax to provide childcare programs and affordable housing opportunities for the tourism-related workforce, seasonal workers, and other workers in

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Special legislative session to start on August 26th

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Gov. Jared Polis has called Colorado Legislature back for a special session beginning  at 10 a.m. on Aug. 26th to pass an expanded property-tax-relief package and avoid a ballot showdown on the subject. Initiative 50, which already has been certified for the ballot, would cap annual statewide increases in property-tax revenue at 4% and require

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County to Update Land Use Code

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La Plata County’s sketch plan process is designed to help developers and planners determine basically if a project is the right use in the right place without having to go through a full planning process. But public feedback has been that while it has some value, the process is taking too long and costing too

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