Regional News - The Durango Herald

Colorado Parks and Wildlife sheds light on state’s 350 most sensitive species

Dashboard highlights leading threats across the state, agency’s progress in protecting them

DATE: Sep 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Debate intensifies on how much trail access to give e-bikes

DENVER (AP) – The sun was almost setting when 14-year-old Daniel Giffin crossed the finish line on his electric mountain bike last August, nearly the last in the pack of thousands of cyclist...

DATE: Sep 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Sept. 5-Sept. 9

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 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

More than 60 people displaced by fire possibly sparked by lightning

COLORADO SPRINGS – Dozens of residents in a Colorado Springs apartment complex have been displaced after a fire Friday night that was possibly caused by a lightning strike, fire officials sa...

DATE: Sep 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Thursday 1:13 p.m. A man was seen whipping a dog in the 20600 block of U.S. Highway 160. 4:29 p.m. A car was sideswiped by another vehicle at the intersecti...

DATE: Sep 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

Labor Day weekend means it’s time for the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally. Events will be held all day Friday through Sunday in Durango and Ignacio. Participants can enjoy demo rides, arm wre...

DATE: Sep 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado public defenders launch union drive over workloads

DENVER – Fed up with immense workloads, Colorado’s public defenders launched a unionization drive on Thursday hoping to organize attorneys, paralegals, investigators, social workers, and adm...

DATE: Sep 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Wednesday 7:53 a.m. A car hit a deer near the intersection of East Third Avenue and Florida Road. 12:04 p.m. A dump truck ran into a light pole at the inte...

DATE: Sep 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Defense: Forced medication likely won’t help accused gunman

DENVER – Forcibly administering antipsychotic medication to a man charged with killing three people and wounding eight others in a 2015 attack on a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic probabl...

DATE: Aug 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hispanic voters in Colorado prioritize economic issues, survey shows

Abortion rights emerge as unusually important to respondents

DATE: Aug 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

If Bennet is re-elected, he’ll be Colorado’s longest-serving senator. Here’s what he’s done in Congress

Republicans argue the Democratic incumbent has been ineffective in his 13-plus years in Washington

DATE: Aug 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Tuesday 9:11 a.m. A woman was reportedly spraying residents with a water hose in the 2500 block of Delwood Avenue. 11:42 a.m. A car rear-ended another at t...

DATE: Aug 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News