Author - The Durango Herald

Russia presses invasion to outskirts of Ukrainian capital

KYIV, Ukraine – Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from th...

DATE: Feb 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Parents of baby among 5 who died in suspected mass overdose

DENVER – The five people who died of suspected fentanyl overdoses in a suburban Denver apartment included both parents of an infant who was found alive in the home, police said Wednesday. Th...

DATE: Feb 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico regulators approve plan to keep San Juan Generating Station open

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico regulators on Wednesday approved a plan by the state’s largest electric utility to keep open part of a coal-fired power plant for an extra three months as a way to k...

DATE: Feb 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Investor pushes McDonald’s to change the way it buys pork

CHICAGO – An activist investor is trying to make McDonald’s change the way it buys pork for its bacon cheeseburgers and sausage patties. Investor Carl Icahn has nominated two new candidates ...

DATE: Feb 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Food

Haaland: 16 tribal water settlements will get $1.7 billion

PHOENIX – The Biden administration will use $1.7 billion from the recently enacted federal infrastructure bill to fund 16 tribal water rights settlements, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland...

DATE: Feb 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Small jet goes off runway in Aspen, closing airport

ASPEN – A departing small jet went off the end of the runway at Aspen’s airport on Monday, leading to the closure of the Colorado ski resort community’s airport on a busy travel day. No one ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation maintains mask mandate as New Mexico drops it

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation is maintaining a mask mandate to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, even as the last of the states that surround the reservation dropped the requi...

DATE: Feb 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor lifts state’s indoor mask mandate

SANTA FE – Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham lifted the state’s mask mandate for indoor public spaces on Thursday. She made the surprise announcement at a news conference that came aft...

DATE: Feb 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Utah senator drops opposition, internment camp bill advances

DENVER – A proposal to create a national historic site at a former World War II Japanese American internment camp in rural Colorado has passed the U.S. Senate after Republican Utah Sen. Mike...

DATE: Feb 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation sues New Mexico county over redistricting map

FARMINGTON – The Navajo Nation is suing San Juan County over a recently adopted map that will determine political boundaries for the northwestern New Mexico county through 2030. The tribal g...

DATE: Feb 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Man accused of lifting $25K dinosaur claw at Tucson gem show

TUCSON, Ariz. – A man has been arrested for allegedly stealing a fossilized dinosaur claw valued at $25,000 from a vendor in Tucson last month and then trying to resell it, according to auth...

DATE: Feb 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis launches bid for second term as Colorado's governor

DENVER – Democrat Jared Polis formally announced his bid Tuesday for a second term as Colorado’’s governor, citing his record in confronting the coronavirus pandemic, efforts to curb health ...