Regional News - The Durango Herald

Pandemic homeless hotels close, sending some back to streets

DENVER – As Charlie Gilmore collected his belongings Friday to leave the Denver hotel that had been a home to him and 137 other previously homeless people during the pandemic, he pondered wh...

DATE: Sep 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Four people die after two small planes collide over Boulder County

At least four people were killed Saturday morning when two small planes collided in the air over Boulder County and then crashed. The Federal Aviation Administration says a single-engine Ces...

DATE: Sep 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Coloradans can expect political ads to interrupt their TV viewing – and streaming – for the next two months

New 8th Congressional District attracts 40% of general election TV ad spending

DATE: Sep 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Thursday 7:24 a.m. Someone reportedly broke into the End O’Day Motel through a window. 11:56 a.m. A car was rear-ended in the intersection of Camino del Rio...

DATE: Sep 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado election officials take physical security into their own hands

In the face of threats, county clerks adopt law enforcement-style tactics to ensure their safety

DATE: Sep 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man, 71, convicted in 1982 slayings of 2 women

DENVER – A 71-year-old Colorado man has been convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the cold case slayings of two women whose bodies were found near the mountain resort town o...

DATE: Sep 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

Mary Weahkee, assistant archaeologist at the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies and a member of both Santa Clara Pueblo and the Comanche Nation, is recognized for her research and p...

DATE: Sep 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Wednesday 10:26 p.m. A woman was reported to be “doing drugs” in a bathroom of a business on Camino del Rio. 12:12 p.m. Someone was waving a knife near the...

DATE: Sep 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

BLM director lays out plan for Grand Junction office

The idea is to make Western Slope city home of a government agency, but not headquarters

DATE: Sep 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

We are so bad at composting, whole truckloads are rejected and sent to the dump

Glass, plastic and rubber gloves showing up in organic waste

DATE: Sep 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pam Anderson wants to run ‘evidence-based’ elections if elected secretary of state

Republican is set to face Democratic incumbent Jena Griswold this fall

DATE: Sep 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Small plane buzzes boaters in Colorado before crashing

DENVER – The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a small plane that buzzed low over boats on a Northern Colorado reservoir before crashing, the board said Wednesday. The pi...

DATE: Sep 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News