A driver suspected of hitting a motorcyclist and fleeing the crash scene was arrested last month by Colorado State Patrol on suspicion of felony vehicular assault while driving under the influence, ... Read More

A structure fire forced the closure of Highway 160 and the evacuation of a mobile home park in Durango. According to the La Plata County Sheriff's Office, several agencies are working to extinguish a ... Read More

Two motorcyclists were killed in separate crashes in less than 24 hours Wednesday and Thursday in La Plata County. The first crash occurred about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday on Camino del Rio where the ... Read More

A Durango man died March 14 after driving off of U.S. Highway 550 south of Durango. William '?Willy'? Frownfelter III, 31, was driving a Subaru Outback north on Bondad Hill, near mile marker 5, about ... Read More

Durango City Council has approved preliminary plans for Lightner Creek Commons, a 29-unit affordable housing project at the former Animas High School site at 271 Twin Buttes Ave. along U.S. Highway ... Read More

The Colorado Department of Transportation announced this week that it will be resurfacing 6 miles of U.S. Highway 160 southeast of Durango beginning Monday. A CDOT news release said the project is ... Read More

An abandoned property found with old possible explosives caused the closure of U.S. Highway 550 on Monday near Durango. Durango Fire Protection District, La Plata ... Read More

U.S. Highway 550 between Durango and Silverton will experience full road closures in both directions Aug. 25 through Aug. 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., each day. Northbound motorists ... Read More

A single-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 160 closed the westbound lane at mile marker 75 between Durango and Hesperus. Two people were in the vehicle, which caught fire after crashing, said Colorado ... Read More

Motorists should expect up to 40 minutes of additional travel time on U.S. Highway 550 between Durango and Silverton on Monday and Tuesday as the Colorado Department of Transportation performs ... Read More

Fire destroyed a home south of Durango on Sunday, displacing a La Plata County family and closing U.S. Highway 550 for more than five hours. The fire was reported about 12:20 p.m. in the 6000 block ... Read More

A crash on U.S. Highway 550 near Electra Lake, 4 miles south of Purgatory Resort, shut down all lanes of travel a little after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Emergency personnel responded to an initial ... Read More

Don't blow a fuse this Fourth of July driving from Durango to Silverton. As road construction continues on U.S. Highway 550 north of Molas Pass, drivers should expect delays over the Fourth of July ... Read More

In recent years, moose have returned to Silverton seemingly in full force, especially in the stretch northwest of town along U.S. Highway 550 toward Red Mountain Pass. In fact, moose are so common in ... Read More

Travelers planning to navigate the mountainous stretch of US 550 between Ouray and Silverton ... series of state highways, US 160 from Durango to Mancos, CO 184 from Mancos to Dolores, CO 145 ... Read More

A Durango High School student and football star, who was severely injured in a head-on collision north of Aztec, reportedly caused the crash that killed an Aztec man and severely injured his family. Read More

A Durango High School student, who was severely injured in a head-on collision north of Aztec, reportedly caused the crash that killed an Aztec man and severely injured his family. Braxton Waddell, ... Read More

Durango High School football star middle linebacker Braxton Waddell was among those injured in a head-on crash Sunday north of Aztec that killed one and injured four. The crash occurred at 11:20 a.m. Read More

One person was killed and another was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday west of Durango. The crash was reported about 2:40 p.m. in the 15000 block of U.S. Highway 160, which is ... Read More

One person was killed and another was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday west of Durango. The crash was reported about 2:40 p.m. in the 15000 block of U.S. Highway 160, which is ... Read More

Emergency workers were responding Wednesday afternoon to a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 160 west of Durango. The crash was reported about 2:40 p.m. in the 15000 block of U.S. Highway 160, which ... Read More

A fatal collision on U.S. Highway 160 at milepost 73 near Hesperus closed the highway for seven hours Sunday. Colorado State Patrol spokeswoman Sherri Mendez said the crash, which occurred at 9:17 ... Read More

Durango Fire Protection District responded Saturday to two separate reports of mountain bike crashes involving one person injured and stranded at Junction Creek and another found unresponsive at ... Read More

A Sunday rainstorm caused a mudslide on U.S. Highway 550 near mile marker 33 just north of the Hermosa Speedway gas station. The area received around 0.25 inches of rain on Sunday as of 5 p.m. Read More

For most people, a Colorado holiday is anchored by images of Front Range cities ... Before heading to Durango on U.S. Highway 550, also known as the Million Dollar Highway (so named as it purportedly ... Read More

A Sunday afternoon rainstorm brought roughly up to 0.8 inches of rain, causing a mudslide in the 4500 block of Main Avenue between Mild to Wild and Red Cliff Apartments. The slide reduced traffic to ... Read More

Motorcycle crashes and fatalities are on the rise this summer in Colorado. This year, 15.5% of the fatal crashes statewide have involved motorcycles, according to Colorado State Patrol. In the first ... Read More

A Utah woman charged in a 2023 hit-and-run that left a Durango motorcyclist missing part of her leg was arrested last week on suspicion of drunken driving. Brittany Dee, 24, was taken into custody ... Read More

A 25-year-old Durango woman was killed and another person was severely injured in a boating collision Saturday at Navajo Lake State Park. Law enforcement received a 911 call about 2:30 p.m. from one ... Read More

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is on the scene of a crash involving a motorcyclist and a vehicle on the southwest part of the valley.The incident was reported just before 3:30 p.m. at ... Read More

Homes in the area of Highway 160 and CR 225A in Durango have been evacuated after a crash caused a truck carrying liquid natural gas to begin leaking. Read More

Crews were on the scene of a single-vehicle crash involving a liquid natural gas tanker that injured the driver and closed U.S. 160 in both directions 5 miles east of Durango Monday morning. The ... Read More

A fatal crash south of Durango closed U.S. Highway 550 in both directions Tuesday morning. The crash was reported at 11:17 a.m. near mile marker 9, near Sunnyside Elementary School and County Road ... Read More

A 73-year-old Durango man died Monday while skiing at Purgatory Resort, according to emergency responders. La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith identified the man as Richard '?Rick'? Boebel. The crash ... Read More

On average, 500 truckloads of snow hauled from downtown after large winter storm events Heavy snows turn the city of Durango into a winter wonderland ... state highways such as U.S. highways 160 and ... Read More

Following heavy snowfall from Sunday's storm, the Colorado Department of Transportation will temporarily close an 8-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 160 between Wolf Creek ... Service forecast estimates ... Read More

This Mobile Home Tax Lien is located at Highway 550, Durango, CO 81301. It has , 1,092 sqft of living space. This property is Tax Lien with an estimated market value of $242,080. This mobile home ... Read More

Carrie Peterson, a physician assistant, said she was riding in an open-air rail car looking west toward Highway 550 when the crash occurred ... of Trimble Lane (County Road 252), according to the ... Read More

Durango Police Department officers were dispatched to the scenes of six crashes and nine stranded motorists on Friday as the area's first snowstorm of the season took hold of roads in and around the ... Read More

The Durango was awarded the National Highway Traffic Safety ... power-adjustable driver's seat, and 160-amp alternator. The SLT comes standard with the same cloth seats as the SXT, but leather ... Read More

Wildlife bridges and underpasses led to a dramatic decline in animal-related car crashes, according to Mark Lawler, a biologist for Colorado ... U.S. 160, in the area between Durango and Bayfield ... Read More

The Colorado Department of Transportation says all the funding pieces are in place to connect U.S. Highway 550 south of Durango with the Grandview interchange - known locally as the '?Bridge to ... Read More

DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4) - A rock slide has closed a lane of Highway 550 about 12 miles south of ... of the slide is about 6 miles north of the Colorado-New Mexico border. Read More

U.S. Highway 550 reopened about 4:40 p.m. after a rollover crash north of Coal Bank Pass on Thursday. A single car was southbound when it rolled, said Capt. Adrian Driscoll with the Colorado State ... Read More