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Sep 10 2019 
Setting goals is a positive first step
This famous quote coined by Zig Ziglar was taken to heart by the city of Durango at its Aug. 20 board meeting (see the Herald’s Aug. 27 article). Never heard of Ziglar? He was an American author, salesman and motivational…
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Sep 06 2019 
Durango City Council adopts specific policy goals to guide staff
Durango City Council’s policy goals changed this week for the first time in five years, despite an almost $30 million revenue increase since 2014.
Most of the money the city spends to keep services and maintain infrastructure comes from taxpayers, and…
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Aug 09 2019 
Durango residents call for 100 percent renewable energy by 2050
City Council vows to research how to achieve carbon-neutral goal
Dozens of area residents are asking the Durango City Council to set a goal of powering the city with 100% renewable energy by 2050, even if there isn’t a clear path… -
Aug 09 2019 
Durango City Council drafts job evaluations for top officials
Durango’s city manager may soon be under a more watchful eye as the City Council mulls dozens of evaluation criteria for the municipality’s top administrator.
Five city councilors identified more than 100 measures of success for Durango’s city manager at a…
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Jul 30 2019 
Farmington Daily Times: Aztec, Durango mayors call for tough methane regulations
As elected officials in Durango, Colorado, and Aztec, New Mexico, we each serve communities that are very different. But what we have in common is a 2,500-square-mile problem that affects our shared economy, watershed and airshed. The Four Corners methane…
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Jul 19 2019 
Homelessness divides Durango City Council
Two recently elected city councilors pushed their colleagues to answer a question some members of the community, city government and civil rights groups have been asking for years: What role does the city have to play in addressing homelessness?
The question,…
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Jul 15 2019 
Report finds that the city of Durango worker wages are too low
Durango doesn’t pay its workers enough, and if the municipality doesn’t start paying more soon, residents may see a decline in services, according to a study on city employee compensation. -
Jul 13 2019 
Motels converted into long-term housing on north Main Avenue
Life as a homeless camper “wasn’t easy” for Bella Brown. Once, while living outdoors near Durango, her tent collapsed in the snow. She propped it up with her walking sticks. -
Jul 09 2019 
Draft goals released for how to address homelessness in Durango
Draft goals for tackling homelessness in La Plata County call for more housing, greater understanding of the issue and more services with a higher quality to assist homeless residents. -
Jun 11 2019 
Weighing in on Cannabis Clubs in Durango
Durango marijuana enthusiasts have almost a dozen places to buy cannabis, but there aren’t any public venues to consume it. That may change next year, but only if city leaders decide, or are prodded by residents, to do so…
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