The Durango Telegraph - May 8, 2025

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Stopping the steal Shared pain

LaVidaLocal

A total crock

Today, I find myself remembering that time my beans nearly burned my house down. And it all happened, because I – ludicrous and flawed human that I am – trusted people.

I really should know better by now. People are not universally trustworthy at doing the right thing, or doing things well or doing things at all. Sure, without people we would not have (as a random example) Pedro Pascal. But people are also the ones responsible for making the video game on which Season 2, Episode 2 of “The Last of Us” was based. And people are reportedly responsible for deciding that this – this! – was the best moment to keep a TV show fully true to the source material for the first time in recorded memory. And now, here I am, rooting for the fungus.

But, in my defense, the thing with the beans happened first.

My mistake was trusting that the people who work with electricity understand it. If electricity were my job, I would like to understand it. Electricity is far more interesting than marketing, which I have not cared to understand most anytime it has been my job.

But as it is, I don’t particularly care how electricity works, so long as it does. The electricity people can splice the wires, and I will unsplice the commas. This is how we will all make our contribution in the apocalypse.

OLD APPLIANCES. I don’t remember exactly what I’m not supposed to trust, because I stuck the outlet in a drawer and didn’t see it for a couple years. But it reminds me, in no uncertain terms, NEVER TO FORGET IT.

This, I do remember: I, for once, was not at fault. I’m pretty sure.

Holding this half-deformed electrical outlet takes me back to the time I pulled out my trusty slow cooker. It certainly did not have a familiar name brand that might come at me for damages. I had cooked many beans in this electrical pot in my day, and I had cooked them slowly. Any problems I had with these many batches of beans were due to me and my microbiome, not the generic slow cooker and the hidden workings of electricity in the wall.

So far, this trust in electricity hasn’t failed me. I plug things in, and the lightning goes from the wall to my vacuum or my rechargeable dog nail grinder that I keep hoping my dog will someday let me use. And then I pay my electricity bill. This is how I hold up my end of the bargain. It also requires trust. I have no real way of knowing how much electricity I use, or if it – the electricity, not the bill – actually exists.

This is the thing with trust, though: I get complacent and believe in the systems on which our lives have been built ever since Benjamin Franklin days. And that’s the moment when everything melts down.

That’s why I kept the electrical outlet from the thing with the beans. It will remind me forever: NEVER TRUST THE ELECTRICITY. Or, maybe NEVER TRUST

Thumbin’It

OK, so the April showers came a month late, but better late than never, especially given recent dust bowl-like conditions.

A bill, sponsored by Durango’s own Rep. Katie Stewart, is advancing in the state Legislature that would establish no-cost coverage for follow-up diagnostic and supplemental breast exams for higherrisk patients. The bill builds on a 2019 law that grants coverage for mammograms, ensuring cost is not a barrier to preventative care.

Last month’s Durango Devo bike swap netted $50,000 for the local cycling program to help offset costs, provide scholarships and teach kids about bicycle safety while keeping bikes out on the roads and trails and out of landfills.

And this, the fateful last pot o’ beans, came out as tasty as any of them. Even more so, in hindsight – the savory nostalgia of escaping death and/or an insurance investigation.

It wasn’t until I finally turned off the “keep warm” setting some hours or days later and tried to put the not-at-all-trademarked cooker away that I found I could not. The plug was stuck to the wall. Or, more like, it had merged with the wall. The two achieved oneness: the plastic of the socket, gone gooey and solidified again, claimed the prongs of the power cord as its own.

I did what any man would do in lieu of calling an electrician: I yanked on that plug until I broke it free. I did not want to know just how close I had come to my own not-so-slow-cooked end. So I left that socket the eff alone for a long time. Pretending problems don’t exist has long served me well.

The cooker? I shoved it, not unlike my sentimental attachment to it, to the back of a cabinet to deal with another time.

Eventually, I brought myself to the hardware store for a new outlet. I replaced it myself, with no electrical knowledge beyond “turn off every fuse in the box first.” I acquired a more modern, and presumably more trustworthy, brand of cooker.

And today, at long last, I threw out the melted outlet. I don’t need such tangible reminders of why I shouldn’t trust people. I’m feeling weirdly optimistic about humanity; we haven’t burned down the metaphorical house yet, despite our most untrustworthy efforts. And everywhere I look, there’s Pedro Pascal. – Zach Hively

SignoftheDownfall:

There are new concerns about Party Pete Hegseth’s internet passwords, which were exposed in a cyberattack. Reportedly, he used the same password multiple times and some contained easily guessed alphanumeric combinations. Maybe try, “PeteisCool!” next time?

Trump wants to restore Alcatraz as a prison, never mind it will cost millions. Apparently, this latest stroke of brilliance came after PBS aired “Escape from Alcatraz” in Florida. We sure hope he doesn’t watch “Sharknado” and get any ideas.

Even though this latest storm helped boost the local snowpack, it’s still sitting at a paltry 32%, and local farmers and ranchers are expected to get about a third of their usual water allotment this summer.

Premature E-speculation

As reported last month, the first ever “sperm race” was held in L.A. on April 25, wherein sperm from two donors was placed on a microscopic track to see whose swimmers were fastest. The problem, however, was that people actually watched the event, including fertility specialist Steven Palter, who claims the livestream was fake, because the imagery was CGI, thereby putting Sperm Race’s creators in a sticky situation. Eric Zhu, the event’s founder, has since admitted that the “race” occurred before the show and that the televised version was a “reenactment,” but since people wagered real money on the spectacle, fans are pulling out. And now, many critics feel vindicated, because they knew all along that sometimes, men fake it, too.

WritersontheRange

Stopping the steal

Think public lands will never be sold? Think again ...

by Tracy Stone-Manning

Public lands are one of our country’s great equalizers. It doesn’t matter how much money you have – a billionaire and a bus driver both get the same access to our parks, deserts, rivers and forests. Each one of us owns these lands together. They are literally America’s common ground.

Like so many Americans, I’ve built a life around public lands – exploring them, defending them and working to ensure they remain open to all. From my early days in Montana to leading the Bureau of Land Management and now as president of The Wilderness Society, I’ve seen what these places mean to people. And I’ve never seen a threat to them as serious and shocking as the one we face right now.

For weeks, there have been indications that the Republican-controlled Congress was going to sell off chunks of this priceless shared heritage to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. Not too long ago, that would have been an unthinkable idea. Surely, Congress or the administration wouldn’t sacrifice prime wildlife habitat, access to favorite places, lands along a quiet stream or a wildlife refuge. Right? Surely, they wouldn’t auction this extraordinary legacy of clean air, clean water and open spaces as a one-time favor to donors and corporations?

But earlier this month, the Senate proved just how serious they were about it. Democrats offered an amendment that would block selling off our public lands in the budget bill. The vote failed along party lines, with just two Republicans voting to oppose a sell-off. Those two Montana senators who supported the Democrats’ amendment completely understood how their constituents feel about public lands.

But it’s not only Montanans who care. Public lands are figurative common ground, uniting people across the country. Poll after poll shows that people of all stripes support public lands and want them conserved to protect wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation areas for future generations.

While it is a nice proof-point to have, we don’t need polling data to tell us what people’s photo libraries, social media feeds, old family albums and bucket lists show us. Americans care deeply about public lands, intuitively understanding they are a national treasure.

These lands hold the long arc of the story of humankind, etched in petroglyphs on desert walls and

Long talked about, the selling off of public lands seems closer to reality than ever, with a majority of Republicans opposing an amendment in the latest budget bill that would block selling off public lands. It is up to Congress to stop it and us to remind them./

handed down in the creation stories of Indigenous peoples that have stewarded them since time immemorial. Public lands are our shorthand for freedom and exhilaration. In car ads, they promise an escape from the ordinary. In books about finding ourselves, they are a proving ground for the soul. In our anthems, they bind us as one nation: “This land is your land; this land is my land.”

My nephew caught his first trout on a fly rod while standing on public land along a clear, cold mountain stream. More than 25 years later, he still remembers everything about that moment. I expect he’ll bring his kids there one day. His is a common story.

Last summer, I happened upon a young couple on a large rock outcrop overlooking a wilderness in Oregon. They had driven all the way from the Midwest to take in the view. I offered to snap a photo for them and then found myself documenting a remarkable moment as he dropped to one knee, pulled out a ring and wove the magnificent scenery into the intimacy of his proposal.

People make lifetime memories on our public lands. From that rim on Steens Mountain to that bank along Rock Creek, to Yellowstone and Yosemite, to the desert Southwest and the wilds of Alaska, to national forests in every state – these lands are our heritage, our common ground and a key part of our American identity and story.

Public lands must never be for sale – at any price.

It’s not too late. Congress still has mountains of details to sort through to finalize the president’s budget and tax cut agenda. It’s up to them to stop the selloff of our national heritage, and it’s up to all of us to remind them that they must. When public lands are sold off for profit, we lose the places that define our country and unite us as Americans.

Tracy Stone-Manning is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. She is president of The Wilderness Society and a former director of the BLM. She lives in Montana and Washington, D.C. ■

Shared pain

by Allen Best

Retired civil and water engineer Louis Meyer awoke Monday morning at his farm about 10 miles north of Durango to see the mountains wearing a fresh blanket of snow. They had been scantily clad for much of the winter.

The spring snow was welcome, he said, but unlikely to change the story of Southwest Colorado: Runoff will be abysmal.

A resident of Southwest Colorado for about eight years, Meyer has been active in statewide water issues for the past 45 years and was lead author for Colorado’s Water Plan for the Colorado Basin. He has conferred with others with deeper local knowledge, and right now, it appears area farmers and ranchers in the region who might normally get three or four cuttings of hay will get

no more than two. In La Plata County, they will be lucky to get one.

Snowpack in the San Miguel, Animas, San Juan and Dolores river basin was at at 32% of median as of Wednesday, according to Snotel data, which is managed by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

East of Wolf Creek Pass, in the upper Rio Grande drainage, numbers were a little better – 40% of median courtesy this week’s storm. Last week, before the fresh snow, levels in both basins had been languishing below 30%.

Water managers in the San Luis Valley warned in a May 1 Facebook post that they expect early runoff, low flows and a short boating season. Heather Dutton, manager of the San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District, said there had been high hopes of big dumps several times throughout the winter but, “it just never materialized.”

Snowpack in Colorado’s southern mountains has al-

ways been uneven. Some years are better than others. But a trend has emerged of earlier springs and less moisture in the San Juan and Sangre de Cristo ranges.

Colorado State Climatologist Russ Schumacher and associates at the Colorado Climate Center have analyzed data from Snotel stations across Colorado going back to at least 1979. (Snotel stands for SNOwpack TELemetry, an automated system.) Although in Colorado’s northern mountains, trends over the last 45 years are fairly modest, many stations in southern mountains show levels below the 10th percentile, he said.

A Snotel station near Wolf Creek Pass had the second lowest peak snow-water equivalent since the station was established in 1979. The lowest reading was in 2002.

“In the southern mountains, the data make a very clear statement: snowpack is declining, and the peak is happening earlier. At many of the stations in the San

Juan and Sangre de Cristo mountains, the peak snowwater-equivalent has declined by 3% to 5% per decade, and the peak has shifted two to four weeks earlier,” Schumacher said.

The 1980s were unusually wet, which makes recent declines look even worse. Contributing to the declines have been dust-on-snow events and rising temperatures.

During the 21st century, Colorado has had just one year of below-average annual temperatures. Seven of the top 10 hottest years on record have occurred since 2010.

At his farm along the Animas River, Meyer first noticed a problem in February. The well that taps water for domestic use went dry. The water table had dropped 35 feet. He persuaded others on the ditch to begin diverting water from the Animas to cause groundwater levels to rise. It eventually worked, although he was out of water for a week to 10 days.

Meyer operated a water consulting firm in Glenwood Springs for 35 years before he retired. He then bought ranch property near Mancos. After a drought in 2021, he resolved to get a property with better access to water and moved to his current home in the Animas Valley.

In Cortez, Ken Curtis, director of the Dolores Water Conservancy District, has been monitoring snowpack. In late April, data suggested a runoff of 30% of average. Because his district owns more senior water rights, the farmers in his district will probably do better than that.

“It’s been a weird year,” he said. “We are definitely going to have a shortage.”

This was the eighth or ninth year out of the last 15 that runoff from the winter snowpack has been on the low side. The good news, he reported, was the relative absence of dust-on-snow events.

At least part of this drought is the result of rising temperatures created by accumulating greenhouse gases, a process called aridification. Since about 2017, scientists have convincingly shown that it is responsible for roughly half of declined flows. Drought may go away, but human-caused aridification will not any time soon.

In the last 25 years, the Colorado River has yielded significantly less water than the 20th century average –and far less than delegates from the seven basin states assumed when they drew up the Colorado River Compact in 1922. The compact assumed far more water than occurred in the 20th century. That faulty assumption was tolerable until the 1990s, when the Central Arizona Project withdrawals began, followed by drought and aridification of the 21st century. The river now delivered 14.5 million acre-feet – unlike the 20 million acre-feet that was assumed.

Flows into Lake Powell on March 2 were 61% of average. The reservoir is 31.4% full, far better than in 2022, when it dipped below 23%. Although runoff in the last couple years has been OK, this year will be a stern reminder that new agreements must be hammered out.

The states, divided into the Upper and Lower basins, have been trying to come to grips with the new reality. Colorado to a small extent, but Wyoming and Utah especially, have not been using the amount of water that was assumed by the compacts. California and Arizona had been – and then some.

In recent years, California and Arizona cut back their use dramatically. However, a recent paper by water journalist and author John Fleck, along with other experts, argues there must be shared pain in reduced water use. That runs counter to the stance of Colorado

and other basin states that it’s a lower-basin problem.

In the paper, issued April 25, the authors outline seven essential pillars for post-2026 management of the river. The first calls for enforceable reductions in water use in both the Upper and Lower Basin.

“Shared pain is also critical to inducing the various states not to litigate over the interpretation of the 1922 Compact,” they wrote. “Shared does not mean equal, either in amount, triggers or duration.”

Meanwhile, at his farm near Durango, Meyer agrees. Colorado must recognize it needs to cut back somewhat in line with what Arizona and California have done.

The following was edited for length. To read it in its entirety, go to www.bigpivots.com, where Allen Best writes about the climate and clean energy transition in Colorado and beyond. ■

Thursday08

Ska-B-Q with Rob Webster, 5 p.m., Ska Brewing, 225 Girard St.

Weekly Dart Tournament, 5:30 p.m., Union Social House, 3062 Main Ave.

Crafternoons DIY Gift Bags, 4-5:30 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.

Bluegrass Jam, 6 p.m., Durango Beer & Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.

A Class for the Casual Cyclist bike commuting tips and workshop with Bike Durango, 6-7:30 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.

Jeff Solon Jazz, 6-8 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.

Name That Tune Trivia Bingo, 6-8 p.m., Barons Creek Vineyards, 901 Main Ave.

Tim Sullivan plays, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

Moe Coole plays, 6-9 p.m., 11th Street Station

Andrew Schuhmann plays, 6-9:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

Nerds Night Out Trivia, 6:30-8 p.m., EsoTerra Ciderworks, 558 Main Ave.

Bhakti Yoga Kirtan Chanting, 7 p.m., Pause Yoga Studio at The Riverside Building, 1970 E. 3rd Ave., Ste. 111

“Guys and Dolls: A Musical Fable of Broadway,” presented by Merely Players, 7 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center Dr.

Drag Trivia Night hosted by Aria PettyOne, 7:309:30 p.m., Starlight Lounge, 937 Main Ave.

Open Mic, 8-11 p.m., The Tangled Horn, 275 E. 8th Ave.

Friday09

“Permaculture Picnic” a festival of music, art and sustainability, 7:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m., Tico Time

Art Fundraiser for Ray Martinez, 4-7 p.m., The ArtRoom Collective, Smiley Building, 1309 E. 3rd Ave., ArtRoom #10

Durango Gallery Association Spring Gallery Walk, 4-7 p.m., various locations downtown Durango

“Visions of Johanna” invitational art exhibit centered around the music of Bob Dylan, opening reception, 5-9 p.m., Studio & Gallery, 1027 Main Ave.

Donny Johnson plays, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

“Inside Out” movie screening, 5:30-8 p.m.,

Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.

Tim Telep plays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Barons Creek Winery Tasting Room, 901 Main Ave.

The Bowmaneers play, 6-8:30 p.m., Durango Beer & Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.

Blue Zeal bluegrass band plays, 6-9 p.m., The Oxford, 119 W. 8th St.

La La Bones plays, 6-9 p.m., Fenceline Cider, 141 S. Main Street, Mancos

Dustin Burley plays, 6-9:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

Salamander Collective plays, 7-10 p.m., 11th Street Station

Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” musical, 7 p.m., St. Columba School, 1801 E. 3rd Ave.

“Guys and Dolls: A Musical Fable of Broadway,” presented by Merely Players, 7 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center Dr.

Open Mic Comedy, 7-9 p.m., EsoTerra, 558 Main Ave.

A Night of Improv, 7-9 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

Saturday10

“Permaculture Picnic” a festival of music, art and sustainability, 7:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m., Tico Time

“Working with Wool,” 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Animas Valley Grange, 7271 CR 203

National Science Foundation STEM Day Community Celebration, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., The Powerhouse, 1333 Camino del Rio

Manna Garden Annual Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Manna Garden Pavilion at Manna Soup Kitchen, 1100 Avenida del Sol

Nature Center Opening Day, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., SJMA Nature Center, 63 CR 310

Introduction to Addiction Recovery & Wellness, hosted by Community Compassion Outreach, 1-2:30 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.

Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” musical, 1 p.m., St. Columba School, 1801 E. 3rd Ave.

Yarn Meetup, 1-3 p.m., Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave.

Garden Party & Mother’s Day Craft Show, 2-6 p.m., The Subterrain, 900 Main Ave., Ste. F

Folkdadelic with Pete Giuliani and Ross Douglas plays, 5:30-9 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave.

Karaoke, 6 p.m., Durango Beer & Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.

“We are Water” Film Festival, 6-8 p.m., Fort Lewis College Noble Hall room 130

Build & Bloom spring fundraiser for Habitat, 68:30 p.m., Powerhouse, 1333 Camino del Rio

Ian Lennox plays, 6-9 p.m., 11th Street Station

Matt Rupnow plays, 6-9:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

“Guys and Dolls: A Musical Fable of Broadway,” presented by Merely Players, 7 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center Dr.

“Shakespeare: Sing Me a Scene,” presented by San Juan Symphony Chamber Singers, 7 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” musical, 7 p.m., St. Columba School, 1801 E. 3rd Ave.

Mommy Milkers, TOB, Acid Wrench play, 7 p.m., Anarchy Brewing, 225 E. 8th Ave.

Sunday11

“Permaculture Picnic” a festival of music, art and sustainability, 7:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m., Tico Time

Forest Thump plays, 6-9 p.m., 11th Street Station

Board Game Sundays, 12-3 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.

Mother’s Day Spring Fling, music, art & wine festival, 12-6 p.m., Wines of the San Juan, 233 NM 511, Blanco, N.M.

Irish Jam Session, 12:30-3 p.m., Durango Beer & Ice Co., 3000 Main Ave.

“Guys and Dolls: A Musical Fable of Broadway,” presented by Merely Players, 2 p.m., Merely Underground, 789 Tech Center Dr.

“Shakespeare: Sing Me a Scene” presented by San Juan Symphony Chamber Singers, 3 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave.

Weekly Peace Vigil & Rally for Gaza & Palestine, every Sunday, 4 p.m., Buckley Park

Blue Moon Ramblers play, 6-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave.

Ben Gibson plays, 6-9 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave.

Monday12

Mahjong Mondays, 5-7:30 p.m., Lola’s Place, 725 E. 2nd Ave.

Deadline for Telegraph classified ads is Tuesday at noon

Ads are a bargain at 10 cents a character with a $5 minimum.

Even better, ads can now be placed online: durangotelegraph.com Prepayment is required via cash, credit card or check. (Sorry, no refunds or substitutions.)

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Lost/Found

My Cat Cid is Missing

Long hair, white with black spots, green eyes. Last seen near 18th St. and E. 2nd Ave., by St. Columba. Reward. Call 970-403-6192

Announcements

Sol Sparkle Hair Tinsel

Now offering feather extensions! Subterrain Sat 5/10 2-6pm; Meadows Market @ Edgemont 5/11 1-4pm; Animas Trading Co Sat. 5/24 1-4pm; Subterrain Sat. 5/24 5-8pm.

Classes/Workshops

Meditative Plant and Nature

Immersions 4 seasonal retreats in Dolores, 2025: May 16-18; July 18-20; Sept. 19-21; Dec. 6. Build skills, deepen connection and support your healing journey through: medicine making, meditation, plant walks, nourishing meals, song and more. www.livinginto mindfulness.com/about-3

Are You Ready for Guitar Lessons in Durango? I teach all ages and experience levels. Please contact Seth at 602-908-4475

Wanted

Books Wanted at White Rabbit

Donate/Trade/Sell 970 259-2213

Cash for Vehicles, Copper, Alum Etc. at RJ Metal Recycle. Also free appliance and other metal drop off. 970259-3494.

HelpWanted

Reliance is Hiring! Community Association Manager. $25/ hr, 20 hrs/week start. Please share, & more here: reliancemanagement.co/aboutus

GarageSale

Moving Sale - Rain or Shine

2503 Borrego Dr., Durango, Sat/Sun May 10-11, 9am 4pm. Books, clothes, toys, housewares, misc., plus futon, trampoline, basketball hoop. 759-9739

ForSale

Honda Scooter

PCX150, 2019. Like new. Great commuter; 90mpg. $2300. 970-442-0694

Reruns Home Furnishings

Time to spruce up your outdoor space. Multiple patio sets, bistros, vintage patio sets and yard art. Also looking to consign smaller furniture pieces. 572 E. 6th Ave. Open Mon.-Sat. 385-7336.

Great Starter Raft Package 16’ self-bailing 2013 Aire Tributary. Solid shape with some cosmetic blems but no patches and good river juju. Brand new floor. 4-bay aluminum NRS frame w/seat and custom deckboards. 3 Sawyer oars, 3 thwarts plus slightly rickety bimini. We’ll even throw in a free tall table and maybe a few random straps! Price reduced: $2,700 OBO. Call/text: 970-7498271

ForRent

Professional Office Downtown near Main Ave, sunlit patio with Buckley Park views. All utilities included. Lease terms negotiable. 970.247.1233

BodyWork

Massage by Meg Bush LMT, 30, 60 & 90 min., 970-759-0199

Services

Residential Fabrication

Planter boxes, gates and fences and other outdoor property enhancements. North Shore Fab. 970 749 6140. Jon

Garage Goals Achieved

From tools to toys, our garages keep your valuables safe. Customize yours at rockymountainsheds.com. 29318 US 160 Durango | 970-335-8060

Chapman Electric Mike 970-403-6670

New construction, remodel, service upgrades, EV chargers, split systems and more. Colorado state licensed electrical contractor.

HaikuMovieReview

‘Conclave’

The sins of pride, lust, wrath, greed and envy, plus smug vapes & explosions – Lainie Maxson

Boiler Service - Water Heater Serving Durango over 30 years. Brad, 970-759-2869. Master Plbg Lic #179917

Lowest Prices on Storage!

Inside/outside storage near Durango and Bayfield. 10-x-20, $130. Outside spots: $65, with discounts available. RJ Mini Storage. 970-259-3494.

Electric Repair

Roof, gutter cleaning, fence, floors, walls, flood damage, mold, heating service.

CommunityService

Workshops for Nonprofits

The Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado is hosting two leadership trainings this June. “Beyond Governance: Building a Thriving Board-Staff Relationship,” Tues., June 17, 1-4 p.m. at TBK Bank, 259 W. 9th St. “Board Leadership Bootcamp,” Wed., June 18, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at same location. To register or learn more, visit: swcommunityfoundation .org/cna-june-trainings/