Regional News - The Durango Herald

Colorado Democrats file lawsuit to stop recall of state Sen. Kevin Priola

The recall is expected to happen in new conservative district, something Dems disagree with

DATE: Sep 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Boebert tells churchgoers to ‘rise up’ at far-right Christian conference

Truth and Liberty event hosted by pro-Trump preacher Andrew Wommack’s Woodland Park bible college

DATE: Sep 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rep. Lauren Boebert, Adam Frisch quarrel in race’s only live debate

Congresswoman begins event by attacking moderator for previous ‘partisan’ statements

DATE: Sep 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Sept. 12-Sept. 16

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: Sep 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tribes look to preserve natural sonic environment in Bears Ears

Wells, uranium extraction and recreation concern tribal leaders

DATE: Sep 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

A diverse slate of Colorado GOP candidates hopes to prove the party is more than ‘old white men’

Republicans focused on recruiting more people of color to run in state legislative races

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

West Nile virus cases in Colorado are up this year

Weather conditions likely contributing to the increase

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Thursday 11:15 a.m. A call about a person with an open container in Town Plaza resulted in an arrest for a warrant. 11:56 a.m. A woman was reported yelling ...

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New rules to prevent ‘orphaned’ oil wells could fail to cover cleanup costs, report says

Updated bond amounts could total $1.8 billion, but analysts say system ‘riddled’ with loopholes

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. changes names of places with racist term for Native women

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The U.S. government has joined a ski resort and others that have quit using a racist term for a Native American woman by renaming hundreds of peaks, lakes, streams and other...

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado recall effort OK’d for state senator who quit GOP

DENVER – Backers of a campaign targeting a Colorado lawmaker who left the GOP and joined the Democratic Party, citing the Republican Party’s embrace of discredited 2020 election conspiracies...

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado begins review of former Indian boarding school in Hesperus

‘We just need to keep teaching and talking about it so that this never happens again,’ said state Rep. Barbara McLachlan

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Photos: Wreaths Across America at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango

Photos: Durango High School girls basketball plays Piedra Vista High SchoolPanthers left Durango with 37-29 win on Tuesday night

Panthers left Durango with 37-29 win on Tuesday night