School is Back in Session!

Students and families can connect with local resources and youth programming at a back to school event. The Four Corners Region’s First Tattoo Convention comes to Ignacio and a new Colorado law clarifies when drivers need to stop for school buses and how it will be enforced. Your watching the local News Roundup, brought to you by Sirius, Texas Barbecue, and to FOIA Barrett and Associates. I’m Sadie Smith. The Durango Education Foundation invites school aged children and their families to the back to school fair from four to 6:30 PM on Tuesday, August 26th at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. The Fair will feature 60 local resource providers, including the Hive Boys and Girls Club, pediatric Partners of the Southwest and more, along with representatives from every Durango School district school. The fair also will include free food, face painting, and school supply giveaways while supplies last visit, the Durango Education Foundation website. For more information. Tattoo artists and ink enthusiasts are invited to the Sky Casino Resort Event Center in Ignacio for the Four Corners Tattoo Convention. Friday through Sunday, August 29th through the 31st. The convention is the first event of its kind in the Four Corners region and will feature live tattooing vendors, piercing services, tattoo contests, live music and educational seminars. Admission is $15 per day or $25 per the full weekend. The convention coincides with the 32nd annual four Corners motorcycle rally in Durango for four Corners. Tattoo Convention details and tickets. Visit the tattoo convention page on the Sky U Casino website with school back in session. Colorado State Patrol reminds drivers to watch for school buses and know when to stop. In May, 2025, Colorado enacted a new law that dictates wind drivers must stop for school buses in a new way. It’s enforced if a school bus is stopped with flashing red lights and an extended stop arm. All vehicles must stop including those in oncoming lanes unless separated by a physical median. Previously, vehicles traveling in the opposite direction could proceed if they were separated from the bus by a painted median. The new law specifies that the median must be physically raised or depressed to qualify as a separate roadway. Colorado also passed a house bill, allowing automated vehicle identification systems to record violations. In partnership with law enforcement, school buses may install mounted traffic cameras that detect and document when a vehicle passes the bus illegally, violators could be fined up to $300. For more information, visit the Colorado State Patrol and Colorado General Assembly websites. Learn more about these and other stories online at Durango Local News. Thank you for watching this edition of the Local News Roundup. I’m Sadie Smith.