Author - The Durango Herald
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Mary Shinn
Position: Staff reporter
Phone Number: (970), 375-4526

What’s the life expectancy in your neighborhood?

Poverty, income and education may contribute to trends

Local group forms to help restaurant workers cope with stress, share stories

Service workers face odd hours, low pay, high demand

When tenants become landlords of mobile home parks

Residents can form co-ops to purchase property and long-term housing security

Why are vaccination rates for children lagging in Southwest Colorado?

$55 million in hospital costs were related to preventable disease in 2017

Animas High School students learn about suicide prevention

Building resiliency requires authentic relationships, experts say

How many homeless in Durango? Survey attempts to find out

Three-day count attempts to quantify scope of homelessness

Cost of living outpaces a rising minimum wage

Family of four needs to earn $68,120 annually in Durango

City explores lifting lot restrictions for accessory dwelling units

Only 24 ADUs built in 4½ years suggests rules are too restrictive

Animas High students promote mental health

‘Community of Resilience’ efforts aimed at preventing suicide

Liquor stores feel pinch from grocery store beer sales

Supermarkets began selling full-strength brews in January

Health exchange sees healthy interest, but residents call for reform

More than 3,000 people in La Plata County use state insurance program

Salvation Army opens office in Durango

Coordinator asks community for input on future mission