Local News https://www.durangoherald.com/feeds/local-news/ 2026-04-13 08:49:55 -0700 en-us https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ben-nighthorse-campbell-memorial-service-to-be-livestreamed-today/ A memorial service for former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell will be held today (Monday) at the Sky Ute Casino Event Center in Ignacio. Doors open at noon, and the ceremony will run from 1 to 3 p.m... 2026-04-13 05:15:00 -0700 a4be9561-bbb9-4e45-aa84-ea458bc17e74 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ska-brewing-sale-breathes-new-life-into-30-year-old-business/ Ska Brewing Co. in Durango has survived more than 30 years of shifting economic landscapes, a pandemic, a multiyear decline for craft breweries on the whole and a recent change of ownership after deca... 2026-04-13 05:00:00 -0700 11f1a2a6-f845-483f-a8d5-a5068f3f683e https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/public-meetings-for-the-week-of-april-13-17/ City of Durango Tuesday, April 14 Business Improvement District, 8:30 a.m., 850½ Main Ave., Suite 2. Wednesday, April 15 Community and Cultural Relations Commission, 10 a.m., Durango... 2026-04-12 03:00:00 -0700 e90f68c6-04ec-4f86-8369-72d02bfdbe61 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/phil-weiser-takes-aim-at-competition/ Colorado gubernatorial candidate and sitting Attorney General Phil Weiser fielded a wide range of questions Friday night at an event hosted by Indivisible Durango, touching on nearly every major issue... 2026-04-12 02:02:33 -0700 cb7fcdd2-e442-4226-b6aa-0885bcdff1c8 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-police-offer-prescription-drug-takeback-day/ The Durango Police Department will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 25. According to a Tuesday Facebook post on the department’s ... 2026-04-12 11:00:00 -0700 3349741f-d362-4c89-812b-95fc9337254a https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/new-clinic-brings-at-home-health-care-to-la-plata-san-juan-counties/ HERMOSA – The practice of a doctor traveling to a patient’s home to deliver care – as opposed to the patient traveling to a medical campus or visiting a doctor in an office – is largely bygone. Accord... 2026-04-12 05:00:00 -0700 a2c82d1d-6022-4e59-9468-11a8348705c1 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/photo-in-the-catbird-seat/ ... 2026-04-11 01:12:54 -0700 9a36f824-38ae-4392-ac0b-ef1c3fba48d8 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/sunnyside-elementary-may-consolidate-with-florida-mesa/ Durango School District is recommending Sunnyside Elementary be consolidated with Florida Mesa Elementary School beginning in the 2027-28 school year. No official decision had been made as of Friday,... 2026-04-11 11:05:01 -0700 59bae78e-c034-46ec-9a79-1aacdc4e75f1 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/hardware-showroom-and-coffee-shop-hybrid-opens-in-durango/ Sometimes, unusual pairings work out. In a unique move, Nathaniel Winkler, owner of Element Hardware, has shifted his previously fully online hardware business into a hybrid brick-and-mortar coffee s... 2026-04-11 05:00:00 -0700 5d5a6fc3-20ff-404e-902f-584476ec5f19 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-enacts-lawn-watering-restrictions-fines-for-violations/ The city of Durango announced stage 1 water restrictions effective immediately on Friday, limiting residential lawn irrigation to three days a week. The city cites record-low snowpack and snow-water e... 2026-04-10 04:49:27 -0700 d1dfb745-3e77-46b8-a860-3d1687f510be https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/san-juan-national-forest-urges-caution-in-high-country-as-weather-warms/ San Juan National Forest officials are urging outdoor recreators to use caution when exploring the backcountry, even as dry, warm weather persists across Southwest Colorado. Many of the San Juan Nati... 2026-04-10 03:49:45 -0700 aeab7b87-993d-4b06-b3aa-900ebe25fa8a https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/spring-storms-forecast-to-wet-southwest-colorado-this-weekend-early-next-week/ Weather is always a wildcard during springtime in the Rocky Mountains – something that will be especially true this weekend and the beginning of early next week as two storms blow into Southwest Color... 2026-04-10 02:52:22 -0700 0a593d5a-eb0b-4e15-ace7-8641f638e802 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/dry-year-prompts-water-sharing-decision-by-dolores-district-board/ With water supplies falling short, the Dolores Water Conservancy District Board faced a split decision over how to distribute scarce irrigation water. After a tie vote, the board voted again and divid... 2026-04-10 02:28:30 -0700 2d0a4ef1-326e-4b39-8d44-42e18a0afc79 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/southwest-colorado-to-celebrate-life-of-ben-nighthorse-campbell-next-week/ A memorial service for Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the groundbreaking Native American U.S. senator from Colorado, will be held next week, just over three months after his death. Campbell, who died in De... 2026-04-10 05:00:00 -0700 5c6b7cb7-6771-4346-837b-ec5907fdaf2e https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/bayfield-school-district-launches-online-learning-program/ Enrollment is now open for the Bayfield School District’s new online learning program. The program, which will be available for grades five through 12, intends to provide “flexibility, personalizatio... 2026-04-09 04:40:05 -0700 37b67099-03d6-4a4c-b20c-fe1e413d8c6c https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/colorado-snowplow-driver-faces-charges-after-fatal-crash-with-hockey-team-van/ The driver of a Colorado Department of Transportation snowplow faces nine charges after a collision with a hockey team van that killed one adult and injured a young player in late January, according t... 2026-04-09 03:58:50 -0700 3818f71f-dfb2-494a-8023-e8e0e82ac7ef https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/photo-jibbing-around/ ... 2026-04-09 03:38:10 -0700 cc51c9d7-b636-451a-bdad-9e8821fc6ed8 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-police-use-drone-to-locate-missing-boy-near-animas-river/ Durango Police Department quickly located a 12-year-old boy with autism who went missing from the Durango Mall on Tuesday by using a drone to survey the area from above. Cmdr. Nick Stasi, operating th... 2026-04-09 03:15:25 -0700 5439401f-426b-4c56-8eae-9ad461304800 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/la-plata-county-to-add-water-supply-section-to-comprehensive-plan/ Amid statewide concerns about water supply – heightened by a record-breaking dry winter – La Plata County is working to add a required water supply component to its comprehensive plan by the end of 20... 2026-04-09 11:00:00 -0700 c9294ba4-cdea-4f8f-833a-cd77a00711df https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-to-set-water-restrictions-amid-extreme-drought/ The city of Durango plans to implement water restrictions this week or next as it anticipates a difficult water year during extreme drought conditions. Public Works Director John Harris said the city’... 2026-04-09 05:00:00 -0700 5a65cef6-384a-49d3-b597-5b9c8c02f732 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/local-news-day-recognizes-role-of-community-journalism/ Dear Readers, Today, news organizations across the country recognize Local News Day. It is a moment to reflect on the role local journalism plays in communities like ours and why that work contin... 2026-04-09 04:45:00 -0700 6a851422-158c-4d35-9804-2b7ee550cc4d https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/coroner-identifies-man-killed-in-head-on-crash-south-of-ridgway/ A fatal head-on crash Monday night on U.S. Highway 550 south of Ridgway resulted in one person being killed and two seriously injured after one of the cars traveled out of its lane and collided with t... 2026-04-08 05:14:07 -0700 7c4780c6-79aa-4448-8ca5-1ccfc4590ac2 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/fifteen-bayfield-school-district-staff-members-accept-buyouts-amid-budget-cuts/ More than a dozen Bayfield School District staff members have accepted buyouts and will leave their positions amid budget cuts. The cuts – which include natural attrition, unfilled vacancies and redu... 2026-04-08 04:54:36 -0700 39960fdf-d815-475e-a6e1-5d2857097823 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/suicide-awareness-bus-looks-to-make-cortez-its-home-base/ As a quirky bus named “Zephyr” rumbles across rural Missouri, carrying Kelly Logan and her husband, Cory Richez, its passionate owners are seeking to make Cortez the home base for a so-called “mobile ... 2026-04-08 04:44:36 -0700 a3f1fac9-4714-4291-9f91-d0ebaab68713 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/middle-east-veterans-reflect-on-past-wars-as-iran-conflict-enters-sixth-week/ As the U.S. war with Iran approaches its sixth week, Durango area veterans of past Middle East conflicts are reflecting on their experiences and applying them to the current conflict. Pagosa Springs r... 2026-04-08 05:00:00 -0700 cdfcad58-e9ab-441d-87ea-1707509db547 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/community-pushback-grows-over-mining-exploration-in-la-platas/ Tensions flared during Metallic Minerals’ first open house in Durango, where company officials introduced an exploratory drilling project in the La Plata Mountains and fielded pointed questions from r... 2026-04-07 06:40:59 -0700 db873b97-38ee-433b-b1c7-140b26de9d04 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/local-news-day-celebrates-community-journalism/ Small-scale newspapers, television channels and radio stations that report on community quirks, hometown happenings, and the inner workings of municipal and county governments will be celebrated on Th... 2026-04-07 04:22:21 -0700 2a972732-a199-4268-b5af-a89f9b9cc6ab https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/photos-lemon-reservoir-sitting-pretty-going-into-irrigation-season/ ... 2026-04-07 04:10:21 -0700 def1ea70-35ee-4683-8443-570a2d80b7a0 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/durango-artist-helps-wounded-soldiers-in-ukrainian-heal-through-art/ Durango resident Suzanne Horwich, who founded Artists Giving Back four years ago, returned last week from her latest trip to Ukraine where she worked with Ukrainian soldiers wounded in the war with Ru... 2026-04-07 04:02:56 -0700 e756f3ae-c3fc-4fea-ada8-b0508837be27 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/mancos-valley-chamber-of-commerce-to-open-new-visitor-center-in-may/ The Mancos Valley Chamber of Commerce will open a new visitor center this spring and celebrate with a membership gala on Thursday, May 7. The visitor center will be located in the same building as Mil... 2026-04-07 12:40:11 -0700 432a1c68-b744-4009-aead-ec5813a3a536