Author - The Durango Herald

After wandering into New Mexico, Colorado gray wolf rereleased in Grand County

The male wolf, a yearling from the Copper Creek pack, is the offspring of wolves blamed for livestock attacks in Grand County last year

DATE: Dec 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s volunteer search and rescue teams to get funding boost

Colorado Backcountry Search and Rescue Program fee will now be $1.25, up from 25 cents

DATE: Nov 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fast-moving wildfires burn nearly 21,000 acres across northwestern Colorado

Elk and Lee fires, which were sparked by lightning over the weekend, made big runs Monday

DATE: Aug 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado water deaths have plummeted this year

At least 15 people have died on Colorado’s reservoirs and rivers so far this year – down from 32 dead by the same point last year

DATE: Jul 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s Western Slope is dry. Here’s where you can – and can’t – start a campfire this weekend.

As counties and forest areas enact fire restrictions, fireworks are also on the list of no-go during stage 1 warnings

DATE: Jul 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado is split into snowpack haves and have-nots, drought report shows

The northern mountains are loaded with snow, but to the south, paltry snowpack illustrates alarmingly high temperatures recorded in the past few months

DATE: Mar 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment I: Should Colorado judges be able to deny bail to people charged with first-degree murder?

Measure is an effort to remedy an unintended consequence from when state’s death penalty was abolished in 2020

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Experienced climber falls 800 feet to his death on ridge near Telluride

21-year-old man from Arizona is second person to die while hiking in Colorado this week

DATE: Jul 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Three people found dead at campsite were sisters, 14-year-old boy who planned to ‘live off the grid’

All were Colorado Springs residents, according to Gunnison County coroner

DATE: Jul 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 decomposed bodies found near remote campsite in western Colorado

A hiker made the grim discovery Sunday northeast of Gunnison

DATE: Jul 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mountain lion euthanized after swatting 11-year-old girl in Colorado chicken coop

Child was treated for wound on her face and released from a hospital

DATE: May 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mountain lion spends lazy day lounging in tree at Garden of the Gods Park

Midday sighting is ‘extremely rare’ for an area that attracts 4 million people a year

DATE: May 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News