Author - The Durango Herald

Author - The Durango Herald

The Associated Press

New Mexico man pleads guilty in Delaware swatting case

WILMINGTON, Del. – A New Mexico man has pleaded guilty to making interstate bomb threats against an elementary school and a Walmart in southern Delaware. Twenty-nine-year-old Step...

DATE: Aug 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

NCAA amends ‘Rich Paul Rule’ after criticism

Agents no longer require bachelor’s degree

DATE: Aug 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

FCC awards $2.5M to bring broadband to San Juan County, N.M.

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ Rural and underserved communities in northern New Mexico will have access to internet service thanks to federal dollars. The Federal Communications Commission anno...

DATE: Aug 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico confirms first human West Nile case

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ New Mexico health officials have confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in the state. The Health Department said Monday a 42-year-old woman from Dona An...

DATE: Aug 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FBI seek sex abuse suspect awaiting trial in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Federal authorities are searching for a defendant in a sexual abuse case who went missing from a halfway house in Albuquerque. FBI officials said Monday that Jan Jay...

DATE: Aug 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Memorial service held for Colorado girl after remains found

GREELEY â€“ Hundreds gathered in a Colorado church to remember a 12-year-old girl, whose remains were found last month more than three decades after her disappearance. The Gree...

DATE: Aug 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuit pauses Forest Service’s logging project in Colorado

ASPEN – The U.S. Forest Service has put a logging project in Colorado on hold as it deals with a lawsuit. The Aspen Times reported Monday that the agency had authorized the pla...

DATE: Aug 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation, Albuquerque sign deal to combat racism

GALLUP, N.M. – The nation’s largest Native American reservation and New Mexico’s largest city have signed an agreement aimed at protecting Navajo Nation members from discrimination. ...

DATE: Aug 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

1 of the missing ‘moon trees’ in New Mexico believed found

SANTA FE – Officials believe they may have found one of the missing trees planted in New Mexico from seeds taken to the moon during the Apollo 14 mission. KOAT-TV reports former N...

DATE: Aug 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Serena Williams retires in WTA Rogers Cup final

Andreescu becomes first Canadian to win Cup in 50 years

DATE: Aug 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Bear breaks into house, leaves by pushing through a wall

DENVER – A black bear broke into a Colorado house over the weekend and left by breaking through a wall “like the Kool-Aid Man.” Estes Park police say the break-in occurred Friday ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico prepares to overhaul medical marijuana market

SANTA FE – A hearing officer has endorsed key provisions of a plan designed to shore up cannabis supplies to New Mexico’s medical marijuana program without flooding the expanding market, acc...

DATE: Aug 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News