Colorado Department of Transportation contractor Skanska Civil USA West Rocky Mountain District Inc. has resumed work on Colorado Highway 145 from Cortez to the Dolores River Bridge.

Resurfacing is underway and the first section to be completed will be within Cortez city limits.

Crews are milling the top layer of the existing asphalt surface between mile point 0 and mile point 1.5. Then, likely starting Friday, crews will begin paving the section with two layers of asphalt. Once milling and paving in the city limits wraps up, likely by Aug. 1, crews will begin paving Colorado Highway 145 to the Dolores River Bridge.

The project is scheduled for completion by late August. Drivers can expect single-lane, alternating traffic between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., reduced speeds and delays of up to 15 minutes.

For more information, visit www.coloradodot.info/travel/scheduled-lane-closures.html.

New walls, fences must be approved

City of Durango Community Development reminds residents of new land-use code requiring that new walls and fences higher than two feet must be approved with a city-issued fence permit.

Permits are issued by the Community Development Department at 1235 Camino del Rio in the same building as the fire station. Fence permits will be issued in about five days. Retaining walls do not require fence permits. For more information and to get an application, go to http://durangogov.org/codepermits and scroll down to “Fencing.”

For more information, call 375-4850 from 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Signal cabinets to be upgraded in Pagosa

The Colorado Department of Transportation is in the process of upgrading signal cabinets on U.S. Highway 160 through Pagosa Springs.

The new signal cabinets will enable uninterrupted power through a battery backup, as well as provide the option for fiber optic upgrades in the future. Seven cabinets will be replaced at each signalized intersection through town. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, traffic will be reduced to a single lane in all directions, and motorists should expect short delays as flaggers direct traffic. The work will continue into fall.

For more information, visit www.coloradodot.info.

Old Fort Farm Stand to be open today

The Old Fort Farm Stand will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. today outside of the Fort Lewis College Student Union.

Produce for sale will include: snow peas, sugar snap peas, garlic bulbs, lettuce mix, arugula, kale, chard, radishes, beets, carrots, garlic scapes, green onions, cilantro, basil, sesame pickled radishes, garlic pickled radishes, kale chips, garlic scape pesto, arugula pesto, basil pesto, roasted poblano peppers, pickled garlic scapes, garlic scape powder, grass fed beef and pork products. Checks, cash and Skycash are accepted. Free parking is available on campus.

Quilters guild to meet today

The La Plata Quilters Guild will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 495 Florida Road.

This month’s program will be “Christmas in July” presented by Pat Baguley. People who are interested in quilting are invited to visit or become a member.

For more information, call 259-1863.

Mancos resident receives honor

Barb Richhart, will be honored Saturday on the National Day of the Cowboy.

For the last 10 years, the National Day of the Cowboy has been celebrated across North America as an annual commemoration of cowboy culture and the cowboy way of life.

Richhart is one of four recipients of the 2014 Cowboy Keeper Award. Richhart was born in Williamson, West Virginia, raised in Kentucky and moved with her family to Colorado. She is now living in Mancos and is a radio DJ hosting the weekly two-hour country radio show “Cow Trails,” broadcast on KSJD based in Cortez.

For her work as a radio DJ, she has been honored with the “DJ of the Year” award by the Western Music Association in 2009. She also was named “Cowbelle of the Year.” She has been a member and officer of the Cowbelles and the Colorado Cattle Women associations.

Herald Staff