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Boulder District Attorney visits Durango as ICE tensions escalate

Statewide outreach central to Michael Dougherty’s bid for Colorado’s top prosecutor spot

DATE: Jan 19, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado attorney general candidate Michael Dougherty talks ICE, constitutional rights

Residents raised questions about how to protest and how local law enforcement should respond to immigration operations

DATE: Jan 16, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gubernatorial candidates Michael Bennet, Phil Weiser clash at forum

Senator says nation needs ‘a vision,’ attorney general says it needs ‘fighters’

DATE: Jan 12, 2026 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Democratic state senator launches bid as ‘insurgent progressive’ to unseat Hickenlooper

Julie Gonzales said ‘go-along-to-get-along, poll-tested incrementalist politics have not made Coloradans’ lives better’

DATE: Dec 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Griswold argues feds have no right to Colorado voter data

Colorado’s top election official said the state will not comply with a new request from the Trump administration to turn over voters’ driver’s license numbers and the last four digits of the...

DATE: Dec 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Phil Weiser talks education plan in governor’s race

‘Colorado Blueprint’ addresses schooling, jobs and mental health

DATE: Nov 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Michael Bennet rolls out new education policy in race for governor

Candidate wants to expand apprenticeships, work experience opportunities

DATE: Nov 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Schools, taxes drive La Plata County voters on election day

Turnout on track to surpass clerk and recorder’s expectations

DATE: Nov 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

22% of La Plata County voters have returned ballots

Clerk anticipates turnout to nearly double by end of election night

DATE: Oct 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado attorney general weighs in on Trump lawsuits, governor’s race and rural-urban politics

Phil Weiser says he’s a fighter, and that’s what state needs

DATE: Sep 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Boulder district attorney visits Durango on campaign trail for Colorado’s top prosecutor job

Candidate urges residents to ‘hold him accountable’ on legislative promises

DATE: Jul 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Phil Weiser undeterred by polling gap in governor’s race

Attorney general says he’ll keep fighting Trump-era overreach despite trailing Bennet

DATE: Jul 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

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Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday