Regional News - The Durango Herald

Colorado guilty plea a first for U.S. election task force

DENVER – A Nebraska man has pleaded guilty to making death threats against Colorado’s top elections official in a what officials say is the first such plea obtained by a federal task force d...

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arizona fires sweep land rich with ancient sites, artifacts

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – As Jason Nez scans rugged mountains, high desert and cliffsides for signs of ancient tools and dwellings unique to the U.S. Southwest, he keeps in mind that they're part o...

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tribal leaders and feds reestablish Bears Ears Commission

SALT LAKE CITY – Federal officials and tribal nations have formally re-established a commission to oversee land management decisions at a national monument in Utah – among the first such joi...

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Monday 3:11 a.m. A man and a woman were fighting in the 1200 block of Escalante Drive. Sunday 9:33 a.m. Someone was reportedly making threats to Gospel Chu...

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘It’s our new cash crop’: A land rush for renewable energy is transforming the Eastern Plains

A race to meet Colorado climate goals has led to a flurry of wind and solar activity

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Clela Rorex, who issued 1st same-sex marriage licenses, dies in Boulder

BOULDER – Clela Rorex, a former Colorado county clerk considered a pioneer in the gay rights movement for being the first public official to issue a same-sex marriage license in 1975, has di...

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for June 20-24

Information and agendas about local meetings: City of Durango: www.durangogov.org or call 375-5000. La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us or call 382-6210. Town of Bayfield...

DATE: Jun 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

No tickets yet from team enforcing Denver’s camping ban

DENVER (AP) – The temperature ticked upward recently as members of Denver’s Street Enforcement Team talked with two men living in tents and under patio umbrellas near a scrap yard just south...

DATE: Jun 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Boulder’s camping ban leaves unhoused residents no alternatives, plaintiffs say

Lack of choices and resources prompt lawsuit against city

DATE: Jun 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ski area settles lawsuit with family of mother killed by faulty chairlift

Kelly Huber was killed and her daughters injured when they were thrown from a lift

DATE: Jun 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Wednesday 8:01 a.m. A vehicle was sideswiped by another vehicle near River Road and Escalante Drive. 1:58 p.m. A man was refusing to leave the T-Mobile stor...

DATE: Jun 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News