Regional News - The Durango Herald

Environmental group taps reservoirs to boost Rio Grande flow

SANTA FE – Cities, water managers and a key irrigation district along the Rio Grande have agreed to sell water they don’t immediately need to help boost flows along a stretch of the river in...

DATE: Jul 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Drought spurs extreme measures to protect West’s wild horses

‘We’ve never seen it like this’

DATE: Jul 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Great Sand Dunes park born out of cooperation

Is there a drought lesson for today?

DATE: Jul 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Colorado VA hospital opens ... late and over budget

AURORA – A $1.7 billion veterans hospital in suburban Denver has opened its doors to visitors after a ceremonial ribbon-cutting. Veterans strolled the halls and peered into operat...

DATE: Jul 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Reckoning with history: The legacy of lynching in the West

‘Frontier justice’ disproportionately targeted people of color

DATE: Jul 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Workforce additions help Colorado’s unemployment rate tick down

Colorado’s unemployment rate has decreased a small amount – from 2.8 percent in May to 2.7 percent in June – reflecting slightly more participation in the workforce. Colorado now has the thi...

DATE: Jul 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Use of force “fight club” competition at jail revealed

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) – Wearing a tiara and posing for a camera, El Paso County sheriff’s Deputy Sandra Rincon smiled next to a cake with two candles on top displaying the number 50. ...

DATE: Jul 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man driving tractor leads Denver police on slow-speed chase

DENVER â€“ The Denver Post reports that a man driving a tractor led authorities on a slow-speed chase through the city Friday night before hitting a police vehicle downtown. The n...

DATE: Jul 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Thousands of Colorado court cases hidden from public view

La Plata County has highest number of suppressed cases

DATE: Jul 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Phoenix area ozone advisories issued for the last 11 days

PHOENIX – For each of the last 11 days, environmental regulators have issued ozone pollution advisories for metro Phoenix, warning that the area is expected to exceed the federal health stan...

DATE: Jul 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

A year after fiscal deal, Colorado may owe taxpayer refunds

Senate Bill 267 draws mixed reactions from Democrats, GOP

DATE: Jul 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Oregon State studies embers to fight spread of wildfires

CORVALLIS, Ore. – An Oregon State University professor is using federal funds to conduct research on how embers form and spread during devastating wildfires. Assistant professor D...

DATE: Jul 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News