Regional News https://www.durangoherald.com/feeds/regional-news/ 2026-05-28 05:30:27 -0700 en-us https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/colorados-primaries-are-june-30/ Colorado voters will be weighing in on a long list of races – from U.S. Senate to county commissioner contests – in the state’s primaries this year, which will be held June 30. The Colorado Sun is her... 2026-05-28 04:20:43 -0700 154e6dba-acb0-4a14-96a3-233218e19520 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/colorado-mountain-town-real-estate-slowing-down-after-post-pandemic-surge/ The mountain real estate frothiness from pandemic pandemonium is settling. Across the high country, the overall number of deals is dropping compared with last year. Total dollars trading hands is plat... 2026-05-27 12:36:19 -0700 e6f6b550-060b-4f37-943d-f7cd9d8c5536 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/the-blotter-may-15-25/ La Plata County Sheriff’s Office May 15 8:03 a.m. Someone reported that their welder was stolen from somewhere along Colorado Highway 151. 8:17 p.m. A stranded 18-wheeler was blocking both la... 2026-05-26 05:38:27 -0700 45075bd3-1829-4fd2-9c9b-00cd0b3a516c https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/colorado-democrats-censure-jared-polis-condemning-his-release-of-tina-peters/ The Colorado Democratic Party on Wednesday night voted overwhelmingly to censure Gov. Jared Polis, condemning his decision to shorten the prison sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. The e... 2026-05-20 09:36:46 -0700 902de810-f15d-4ffe-bd8b-ea590491cede https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/a-company-of-buffalo-soldiers-was-stationed-at-colorados-desolate-fort-garland-in-1876/ As fortune-seekers continued to flock toward the gold and silver mining camps of San Juan Mountains, word reached the Colorado Territory that its non-voting congressional representative was petitionin... 2026-05-20 12:54:40 -0700 08ab2ef6-d6f2-47d5-b4f2-07d2de51833c https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/colorado-congressional-delegation-seeks-answers-about-lost-colorado-air-national-guard-jobs/ Colorado’s Congressional delegation wants some answers about what the secretary of the Air Force is going to do about Colorado Air National Guard members who have lost their assignments. The National ... 2026-05-19 03:31:29 -0700 05b4aaa1-316f-404e-81a0-e4be31c6eeb5 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/colorado-governor-cuts-tina-peters-prison-sentence-in-half-will-release-her-on-parole-june-1/ Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday cut former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ nine-year prison sentence in half, and ordered the 70-year-old, who has become a national martyr for election conspiracy t... 2026-05-15 03:18:13 -0700 ca7858d5-4fd5-41ea-8faf-0c377b38730f https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/travelers-can-peruse-nepali-culture-with-new-exhibit-at-dia/ Wedding dresses like those worn in five-day events, ornate replicas of mandalas and miniature brass lions are among the heirlooms from the homes of Colorado’s Nepali residents that can now be seen by ... 2026-05-15 03:07:22 -0700 989886fb-4940-4881-a6f6-01d22c791e8b https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/republican-candidates-sue-to-block-unaffiliated-voters-from-participating-in-june-primary/ A last-minute lawsuit filed by three Republican candidates for office in Colorado claims allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in the GOP’s upcoming primary election violates their constitutiona... 2026-05-12 04:54:14 -0700 497e05c3-146a-4eb9-acba-1dc52cf5ca14 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/the-blotter-may-6-11/ La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday 6:45 a.m. Someone reported that 20 to 25 cows were blocking the road on County Road 330. 8:17 p.m. A person called deputies to inform them that their... 2026-05-12 03:51:39 -0700 88b9e067-028f-4edb-b389-8d7b585fad46 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/man-identified-after-fatal-runway-incident-at-denver-international-airport/ The man who died after being struck by a plane on a runway at Denver International Airport last week has been identified as 41-year-old Michael Mott. Airport CEO Phil Washington confirmed Tuesday at a... 2026-05-12 12:28:39 -0700 865e9b50-4584-41be-a026-81629d7475d5 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ice-must-retrain-arresting-officers-in-colorado-federal-judge-rules/ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement must retrain its arresting officers in Colorado, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. In a 60-page order, U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson in Denver also found ... 2026-05-12 11:56:14 -0700 3bb0319b-2af9-4d56-8735-b47a5d55482a https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/colorado-wolf-restoration-at-a-tenuous-time-amid-high-mortality-rate-federal-pressure/ It’s been more than two years since Gov. Jared Polis opened metal crates in northwest Colorado, kicking off a voter-mandated effort to restore wolves almost a century after hunters and trappers eradic... 2026-05-10 03:00:00 -0700 93503789-7bb0-41a2-817c-29365fb484d4 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/frontier-plane-hits-kills-person-on-runway-during-takeoff-at-denver-airport/ A Frontier Airlines plane taking off from Denver International Airport struck and killed a person on a runway Friday night, airport authorities said, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to ... 2026-05-09 11:46:29 -0700 d83a8479-2e55-4aa4-b54f-a0194f58031b https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/colorado-democratic-gubernatorial-candidates-face-off-in-first-televised-debate/ Democratic gubernatorial candidates U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser faced off in their first televised debate ahead of the June 30 primary election Thursday evening.... 2026-05-08 02:29:51 -0700 ae29b368-82cc-4d16-96b9-33da2da4b841 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/effort-to-attract-data-centers-to-colorado-with-tax-incentives-fails/ Colorado lawmakers have pulled the plug on a bill to offer steep tax breaks for data centers, the energy-hungry facilities behind the artificial intelligence boom and other cloud-based software produc... 2026-05-08 12:58:08 -0700 2b2397e0-f8b0-4178-afd4-e41c766a94d0 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/boulder-firebomber-pleads-guilty-gets-life-in-prison/ Mohamed Soliman will spend the rest of his life in prison. All that’s left to determine is how long that life will be. If he gets his way, it may be short. Soliman, 46, pleaded guilty Thursday to more... 2026-05-07 04:29:27 -0700 04eec75f-dde7-4b65-b4ec-55154f59f5ea https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/fuel-spill-from-train-truck-collision-highlights-dangers-of-moving-oil-by-rail/ A fuel spill after a tanker-truck, passenger-train collision in Rifle on Wednesday morning put a spotlight on the dangers of transporting fossil fuels in and around Union Pacific’s train tracks that f... 2026-05-07 01:52:51 -0700 ba85a21f-fb97-4cd6-a389-534dc9ced959 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/1876-marked-the-start-of-colorados-decades-long-free-silver-crusade/ The special cargo arrived on the evening of May 3, 1876, on a westbound express train to Denver, where it was watched carefully and wheeled in through the side door at the Colorado National Bank. The ... 2026-05-06 01:59:50 -0700 0990f811-63c0-414b-ae94-6b1e43fb2f88 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/its-been-a-very-deadly-year-so-far-for-colorado-motorcyclists/ Colorado is seeing its deadliest start to a year for motorcycles in almost a decade. Fifteen motorcyclists were killed on Colorado roads between January and March, according to the Colorado Department... 2026-05-05 02:38:18 -0700 cfabd624-8c8e-4977-9859-3b521f745cce https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/states-across-the-wildfire-prone-western-u-s-are-using-ai-for-early-detection/ On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona’s Coconino National Forest. Human analysts verified it wasn't a cloud or dust, then aler... 2026-05-04 01:49:49 -0700 5e036b83-bdc3-4871-8b91-976705db1182 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/exemptions-to-colorados-right-to-repair-laws-shot-down-in-house-committee/ A bill that would have carved out exceptions to Colorado’s right-to-repair laws was voted down 7-4 in a House committee Monday. The proposal, Senate Bill 90, arrived after three consecutive years of l... 2026-05-01 03:00:00 -0700 155a5c7c-63f6-4bca-aafe-090140f662e7 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/two-colorado-parks-and-wildlife-commissioners-resign/ One governor-appointed commissioner to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife board was confirmed by the Senate on April 24 and two will not be confirmed after they withdrew their nominations just before the... 2026-04-30 06:15:31 -0700 a3587171-6440-4085-ba60-2e5a53987d7a https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/amid-budget-cuts-legislators-and-statewide-officeholders-set-for-pay-increase-next-year/ The winners of elections for legislative seats and statewide offices in November can expect to receive larger paychecks than elected officials get now. A set of pay increases that resulted from a 2024... 2026-04-30 05:39:19 -0700 40396537-6eed-4c05-94a9-8e43af909954 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/the-blotter-april-24-26/ La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Friday 10:04 a.m. Someone contacted deputies to say they had camera footage of a police chase that occurred in Nighthorse Circle. 1:50 p.m. Campers on County R... 2026-04-29 09:22:55 -0700 df23a05e-9ce9-43c9-a04b-7e600c2a77d4 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/proposed-ban-on-sports-prop-bets-dies-amid-state-budget-woes/ Proposition bets are popular in Colorado – too popular (and lucrative) to kill. State lawmakers voted Tuesday morning to remove a proposed ban on prop bets from Senate Bill 131, a larger sports gambli... 2026-04-22 04:04:33 -0700 eca6b306-09a2-4b3b-82b4-bfab475995fa https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/crossword-test/ ... 2026-04-21 11:27:42 -0700 ab773ada-7422-421f-b79c-ea89101be575 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jury-finds-that-ticketmaster-live-nation-had-anticompetitive-monopoly-over-big-concert-venues/ A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of... 2026-04-20 02:14:49 -0700 389604b9-394f-4d0a-a08c-fb05be9b80ed https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/jared-polis-says-colorado-needs-a-new-prison-asap-how-did-we-get-here/ A dramatic decrease in the number of people in prison being granted parole and a slew of recent laws that lengthen sentences is causing Colorado’s adult prison population to balloon, experts and advoc... 2026-04-16 04:18:07 -0700 de492334-f071-472e-9218-bc177f47b519 https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/olathe-sweet-corns-most-famous-grower-scales-back-operations/ Roughly 40 years after farmer John Harold introduced Olathe sweet corn to the world, he and his family are scaling back their growing plans for a crop that’s become a symbol of the Western Slope. The ... 2026-04-16 04:17:00 -0700 9f7353a7-8a91-4fdb-97fd-1f91654b3a03