Zink Family Celebrates 50 Years on Main Avenue

3/1/2018

BREAKING NEWS

Sign up for City of Durango alerts durangogov.org/AlertCenter

Colorado activates 2-1-1: online 211Colorado.org, dial 2-1-1, or text your zip code to 898-211. Only call 911 for medical emergency, colorado.gov

Statewide “Stay At Home,” exceptions: critical and necessary business, medical care, essential tasks like grocery/walking pets, colorado.gov

Southwest Colorado confirmed cases: La Plata (18), Archuleta (1), Montezuma (0), Dolores (0), San Juan (0). No deaths. sjbpublichealth.org

March 28th - CO COVID-19 totals (as of 3/26, 4 pm): 1,734 cases, 31 deaths, 11,676 tested, 9 outbreaks at residential and non-hospital health care facilities colorado.gov

Mountain Bike Specialists started out as a general sporting goods store that opened with Ed Zink at the helm on March 1, 1968. Zink is still there "trying to figure things out."

View Full Transcript +

PAST DURANGO LOCAL NEWS STORIES

Kids Need Structure during Stay Home

Dr. Doug Miller offers useful advice while you’re sequestered at home with you kids during the pandemic. It’s all a matter of adjusting your attitude and doing something meaningful for others.

Emergency Fund Gets $50,000 Start

The Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado and United Way of Southwest Colorado have kick-started the community emergency fund to help with food, housing needs.

Three Additional COVID-19 Cases ID’ed

San Juan Basin Public Health has confirmed three more cases of COVID-19 infections in La Plata County as a result of last week’s drive-through community testing.

First COVID-19 Case Confirmed in SWCO

San Juan Basin Public Health reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19. The infected resident was tested at the SW Memorial Hospital drive-through clinic last week.

What Kind of Financial Relief Is There?

Unemployment payments, Small Business Administration disaster-relief loans are among the sources of financial assistance now available to workers and businesses impacted by COVID-19

District to Provide Meals during Closure

Schools are closed in Durango, but District 9-R has plans for online and at-home instruction support. It also plans to deliver meals to any child under the age of 18.

An Update on Developments During the Virus Crisis

We've summarized some of the highlights of the changing social and medical environnent during the pandemic.

What the County's doing during this Crisis

La Plata County Commissioner Julie Westendorff explains how the county continues to provide services in creative ways during the epidemic while supporting the health department.

Teach Your Kids to Solve Their Own Problems

Dr. Doug Miller offers some strategies for teaching your kids to solve their own problems. Could be a handy tool to have as you spend time at home through this crisis.

Do We Have Enough Coronavirus Tests?

Until the federal government distributes more coronavirus tests, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is strictly limiting who can be tested.

Dgo Creative District Could Generate Millions

Durango’s designation as a creative district means that creative industries will be eligible for grants to infuse creativity as a major contribution to the economy.

Summary of COVID-19 Closures, Issues

What’s closed, what’s open, how you can protect yourself with the COVID-19 virus now in Colorado. You’ve heard it all before. We offer a quick and easy summary and contacts to learn more.

Serving Up Help for Restaurant Workers

Waiting tables, turning out orders on demand in a hot kitchen, dealing with obnoxious customers can take its toll on hospitality workers. Here’s how one man hopes to help them cope in the weeds.

Teens Find Themselves in Nowhere

Deer Hill Expeditions has been helping teenagers explore the wilderness of themselves in the wilds of the deserts and mountains of the Four Corners Region for 37 years.

Can Private Business Save the World?

A Durango marketing professional believes private business can save the world, and she and friends have started Live Creative Studio to help ‘businesses with a purpose’ make a difference -- and a profit.

Southwest Healthy Systems Wins Quality Award

When Southwest Health Systems in Cortez had to cut nearly 20 percent of its workforce to balance its budget, it promised to do so without sacrificing quality care. A new award proves it didn’t.

Council Explores Animas Trail Options

A proposed pedestrian bridge that crosses the Animas River adjacent to the traffic bridge on 32nd Street has been in the planning stages for 15 years, but last-hour protests have spawned another look.

No Town Snow Heats Up Real Estate

The pace of in-town real-estate sales was far higher than the same time last year. Could it be that’s because buyers and sellers haven’t been struggling with massive amounts of snow this year?

SWCO Follows State, Selects Sanders

All five counties in Southwest Colorado followed the state in selecting Bernie Sanders as the front-runner in the Democratic Presidential Primaries. Here are the county-by-county results.

SWCO Teachers Ask for State Support

Southwest Colorado teachers regaled lawmakers with stories of colleagues living in cars, working two to three jobs, and dealing with underfunded programs in a bid to gain support for more pay.

It’s Your Money: What Your CPA Can Do

If you’re looking for an accountant who will do more than your taxes, Michelle Kooi from Tafoya Barrett & Associates has some questions you should ask to get what you want.

WATTS UP: Earn a $700 Energy Credit from LPEA

Learn how you can qualify for up to $700 in energy rebates in a trial for hot-air exchange electric water heaters. Deadline to apply is March 31. Only 30 homes will be selected, so apply now!

Healthy Living: Advances in Cataract Surgery

Dr. Moss Fenberg with Southwest Retina Consultants explains what happens during cataract surgery and how new technologies are improving the outcomes for patients.

Need more Local DURANGO News?

Click here for past stories

Copyright © 2020 Local News Network Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy

Become an Affiliate