Sports
Durango boys soccer controls Farmington in 3-0 victory
Demons never looked back after taking 2-0 lead in first half
Headlines
Local News
Metallic Minerals will host open houses about La Plata exploration
Sessions are Thursday in Breen and Friday in Cortez
Local News
Durango residents urge city to take reducing greenhouse gases more seriously
Climate Study Group presents two-step plan with over 70 signatories
Local News
State Board of Education approves climate-related revisions to K-12 science standards
After yearlong process, influence from student activism group and bipartisan 7-2 board vote, decision pushed through
Local News
Dolores County lifts last preevacuation order; crews finish fire lines
San Juan Team 8 moves command center into forest; fire activity slows to a creep
Regional News
The Blotter, Aug. 29-Sept. 2
Durango Police Department Friday 7:35 p.m. Someone was mooning people outside Walgreens in Town Plaza. 11:34 p.m. Two men were running around La Plata Place in ski masks, acting suspiciously.…
Local News
Upper Pine River Fire Protection District to request sales tax increase on November ballot
Funding hike will help pay firefighters, ensure better services
Local News
Fully online school receives academic excellency award
Southwest Colorado eSchool offers asynchronous education to the region
Regional News
Colorado launches new building code designed to encourage efficient, all-electric homes
New houses under construction in the Wolf Ranch neighborhood on the northeast side of Colorado Springs. (Hayley Sanchez/CPR News) Colorado has officially adopted a new building code designed to make…
Local News
Four deaths reported on northbound U.S. Highway 550 in August
One car rolled 320 feet down side of Red Mountain Pass
Regional News
Trump announces that Space Command is moving to Alabama from Colorado Springs, saying Colorado’s use of mail-in voting was “big factor”
Space Command’s functions include conducting operations like enabling satellite-based navigation and troop communication and providing warning of missile launches
Regional News
Special session change to Colorado’s tax code that will most affect small businesses
Colorado’s so-called sales tax vendor fee is being shut off next year to generate about $57 million in new tax revenue each year
Local News
Space Command to leave Colorado Springs, move to Alabama
President Donald Trump expected to make announcement today
New Mexico
‘It’s just the current state of the world’
Attendees share their gloom at the 101st burning of Zozobra
Food
Farmers Market: Wordplay Coffee gets clever with local ingredients
Megan Milstead got into business partly to support LGBTQ+ groups
Food
Lilybee Farm raises bees for honey and mentors new beekeepers
Kristie and Scotty Hinds’ hives multiplied by over tenfold after they fell in love with the insects
Local News
Bayfield Primary School honors life of student after long battle with cancer
Positive attitude, shining personality of Ozzie Goldman inspires town, school faculty, students, to ‘Live Like Ozzie’
And the West is History
And the West is History: Denver & Rio Grande Train Depot Ignacio – ca. 1940
The Denver & Rio Grande Ignacio station was an important transportation hub for residents of Ignacio and the Southern Ute Reservation from the earliest days of the railroad’s incursion into…
Local News
Durango man’s invention helped others in crisis – then he faced his own
The Levitator is a specialized gurney for backcountry search and rescue extractions
Sports
Turnovers costly as Skyhawks football drops home opener
FLC’s starting quarterback left game with lower leg injury in first quarter
Local News
City accepting pro and con statements for Durango fire district’s property tax ballot question
Proposal to voters would raise property taxes by 4.45 mills
Education
Peer mentorship program enters second year at Miller Middle School
Where Everyone Belongs program connects seasoned eighth graders with sixth grade newbies to ensure all students feel welcome
Local News
Sen. Hickenlooper rebukes anti-renewable energy policies at Durango press conference
Solar power stakeholders stick up for threatened federal funding programs
Gallery
Photos: Four Corners Motorcycle Rally
Lots of motorcycles and tattoos were on display on Saturday
Gallery
Photos: Four Corners Motorcycle Rally Rodeo
People gather at the La Plata County Fairgrounds on Friday for the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally Rodeo. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)Wyatt Richards People gather at the La Plata County…
Sports
Durango’s Carver Willis ready for last year of college football for Washington Huskies
Willis worked hard in offseason to prepare for position change to left tackle
Local News
PHOTO: A different kind of rodeo
People gather at the La Plata County Fairgrounds on Friday for the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally Rodeo. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)Wyatt Richards
Community
Free Life-long Learning series begins Wednesday
Fort Lewis College offers variety of presentations
Business
Agile Space Industries to expand operations at Durango-La Plata County Airport
Agreement expected to create new jobs, support manufacturing growth
Sports
Durango High cruises past Farmington in 35-6 road win
Demons pick up first win of season in Scorpions home opener with offensive efforts powered by wide receiver Mason Miller and running back Gus Halls