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Herald Staff Report

Durango to Grand Junction bus off and running

The first Road Runner Stage Lines bus left the Durango Transit Center at 7 a.m. Tuesday, arriving in Grand Junction at 12:37 p.m., according to a Durango Business Improvement District news r...

Old S.W. Colo. rail lines subject of Saturday talk

Local historian John Porco will talk about old railroad lines in Southwest Colorado at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Navajo State Park Visitors Center near Arboles. Porco specifically wi...

Region 9 lands $500,000 in new funding

The Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado received an additional $500,000 in funding, according to a news release sent by Region 9. The money came through ...

Snow Top rodeo is Tuesday

A day of Western-themed events, with kids and people with special needs in mind, will be held Tuesday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. The fifth annual free event is geared tow...

Beaver dams breached on Hermosa Creek

About 20 volunteers from the Five Rivers chapter of Trout Unlimited on Saturday breached beaver dams to lay the foundation for extending the range of the native Colorado River cutthroat to t...

Drunken drivers nabbed over 4th

Colorado State Patrol troopers and local law-enforcement officers made 296 drunken-driving arrests in the state during the Fourth of July holiday. Six DUI arrests were made by sta...

July is anniversary of two deadly Colorado wildfires

This month marks the anniversaries of two wildfires that took lives and property – events that should serve as a reminder that extreme care is required to prevent wildfires. In ...

Farm incubator open house set for this month

The Old Fort at Hesperus has scheduled an open house July 31 to introduce the public and potential growers to the Market Garden Incubator project, which starts again in the fall. ...

Carmen Small feels the heat in Giro Rosa

Carmen Small of Durango sits in 92nd place overall heading into the final weekend of the Giro Rosa, after placing as high as fourth in a single stage of the 10-day event. Small, r...

KV fire put out

Firefighters contained the KV Fire on Friday between Bayfield and Pagosa Springs in the San Juan National Forest. The lightning-ignited fire, burning about 1½ miles north of U.S....

Animas High to stay cool under Oracle sail

Animas High School is going to receive a sail from Oracle Team USA, the winner of the 2010 America’s Cup. It will be used as a shade at an outdoor amphitheater on the campus. ...

Lane closures next week at CDOT intersection

The work that the Colorado Department of Transportation and its contractor, Concrete Works of Colorado, are doing at and around the DoubleTree Hotel intersection will require lane closures M...