State’s national parks boost economy
Mesa Verde alone generated $45M in tourism from 460,237 visitors
DATE: Jul 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Herald Staff Report
Online school making presentation
A representative from Colorado Connections Academy, a virtual or online K-12 school, will be at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., on Tuesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. to chat with ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
9-R superintendent chairs state task force
Dan Snowberger, superintendent of Durango School District 9-R, was elected to chair the new Standards and Assessments Task Force looking at the state’s testing system.
The task fo...
DATE: Jul 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Google taking 360s of local businesses
Google Maps has provided a marketing opportunity for local businesses to showcase their facilities through an interactive tool, according to a news release issued by the Durango Business Imp...
DATE: Jul 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Utah fires bring haze to Western Slope skies
The U.S. Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center reports that smoke in western Colorado is drifting in from numerous wildfires in Utah and the Pacific Northwest. ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
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...
DATE: Jul 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
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...
DATE: Jul 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
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 ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
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...
DATE: Jul 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
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...
DATE: Jul 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
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...
DATE: Jul 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
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 ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
