Reuben Schafir

Durango

Environment and County Government Reporter at Durango Herald

A fan of hectic ski tours and chossy adventures. Enviro reporter @durangoherald. Send me your thoughts [email protected]

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Southern Ute Indian Tribe criticizes company over gasoline spill response

6 days ago | durangoherald.com | Reuben Schafir

A pipeline south of Durango burst in December, spilling 23,000 gallons of fuel The Southern Ute Indian Tribe this week criticized the fossil fuel company responsible for a historic gasoline spill that occurred within the reservation south of Durango in December. An underground pipeline owned by Enterprise Products Partners ruptured sometime on or before Dec.
Southern Ute Indian Tribe criticizes company over gasoline spill response

6 days ago | the-journal.com | Reuben Schafir

A pipeline south of Durango burst in December, spilling 23,000 gallons of fuel GHD Drilling drills a test well in January after 23,000 gallons of gasoline spilled nearby on Dec. 5. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file) The Southern Ute Indian Tribe this week criticized the fossil fuel company responsible for a large-scale gasoline spill that occurred within the reservation south of Durango in December.
Mediator will take over after Durango teachers’ pay negotiations stall

1 week ago | durangoherald.com | Reuben Schafir

District administrators and unions failed to reach an agreement Monday Negotiations over Durango School District 9-R teacher and support staff salaries will proceed to a mediation process after the unions and the school district failed to reach a consensus Monday.
Interim La Plata County manager named as search begins

1 week ago | durangoherald.com | Reuben Schafir

Kevin Hall will take over for outgoing Chuck Stevens La Plata County commissioners on Tuesday named Kevin Hall, the deputy county manager, to serve as interim county manager beginning May 31. County Manager Chuck Stevens announced last month that he had accepted a job in Maryland and would resign his position effective June 10.
La Plata County likely to withdraw from Visit Durango contract after city takeover

1 week ago | durangoherald.com | Reuben Schafir

Historically, tourism marketing was outsourced to now-defunct destination management group La Plata County officials never received a marketing plan or operating budget this year, according to a letter, likely to be approved, in the agenda packet for the Board of County Commissioners’ Tuesday meeting. And although the Durango Welcome Center is still in operation, the entity with which the county contracted to run it doesn’t exist.
Rains expected to continue through Thursday as storm trudges on

1 week ago | the-journal.com | Reuben Schafir

Monday, May 5, 2025 5:47 PM Updated Tuesday, May. 6, 2025 4:25 PM ‘This is not unusual,’ meteorologist says of May downpour Rusty Frank makes his way to downtown Durango on Tuesday. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald) A slow-moving, low-pressure system is making its way across Southwest Colorado and leaving behind some welcome precipitation.
Rains expected to continue through Thursday as storm trudges on

1 week ago | durangoherald.com | Reuben Schafir

‘This is not unusual,’ meteorologist says of May downpour A slow-moving low-pressure system is making its way across Southwest Colorado and leaving behind some welcome precipitation. And although the system is too late to be considered a winter storm and too early to be a monsoon, it is nonetheless seasonally appropriate, according to a National Weather Service meteorologist.
Progress slow in Durango teachers’ union negotiations

1 week ago | durangoherald.com | Reuben Schafir

After 10 hours of bargaining with district administrators, sides are a ways from agreement By the end of the first five hours of compensation negotiations, representatives bargaining on behalf of teachers and support staff in Durango schools were weary but content with their progress. They made quaint jokes as they prepared to close the meeting, which occurred a little before 9 p.m. – ahead of schedule – Wednesday.
Residents at packed meeting object to Animas Valley RV park ‒ again

1 week ago | durangoherald.com | Reuben Schafir

In third public showdown, developer tried to sway more than 200 residents In his third showdown with a growing contingent of La Plata County residents opposed to his proposed luxury RV park, Arizona-based developer Scott Roberts fielded pointed questions during a neighborhood meeting on Tuesday. More than 200 people attended the forum, a mandatory part of the land use compliance review under La Plata County code, held in the Extension Building at the county fairgrounds.
Bureau of Land Management restores significant water right north of Silverton

2 weeks ago | durangoherald.com | Reuben Schafir

Mineral Point Ditch once diverted 11 cubic feet per second from Animas River The 11-cubic-foot diversion is about in Silverton before the confluence with Cement Creek. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file) The Bureau of Land Management is restoring up to 11 cubic feet per second of water previously diverted to the Uncompahgre River Basin back to the headwaters of the Animas River north of Silverton.