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Durango Farmers Market opens for the season from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the TBK Bank parking lot, 259 W. Ninth St. Live music will be provided by Jolie, a local band playing a French/Ca...

DATE: May 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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Durango Police Department Thursday 2:14 a.m. A woman was harassing customers and refused to leave at Speedway, 602 Camino del Rio. Wednesday 10:55 a.m. A woman was hit by a car in a...

DATE: May 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sweeping fentanyl bill caps Colorado lawmakers’ 2022 session

DENVER – Colorado’s Democratic-led Legislature capped its 2022 session Wednesday by passing a bill designed to confront the fentanyl crisis by giving prosecutors more room to pursue felony c...

DATE: May 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

100 bills debated at the Colorado Legislature this year that you should know about

Roughly 650 pieces of legislation were introduced this year at the Capitol

DATE: May 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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Durango Police Department Tuesday 9:04 a.m. A vehicle dumped a bunch of mulch on the highway at the intersection of Camino del Rio and River Road. 10:58 a.m. A parent and child were...

DATE: May 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Flying Pig Boutique earns award in Dolores

Iconic clothing boutique is 2021 Business of the year

DATE: May 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado gas prices hit record high of $4.11 a gallon and keep climbing

In Southwest Colorado, fuel is more expensive than state average

DATE: May 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Decision to relocate Space Command out of Colorado was justified, inspector general concludes

Congressional delegation requested a review, saying plan to move headquarters was politically motivated

DATE: May 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Heartbreaking and undeniable’ – preliminary review of federal Indian boarding schools is out

Colorado was home to five such institutions, including what became Fort Lewis College

DATE: May 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Democrats abandon pursuit of wildfire building code as Colorado legislative session ends

Dozens of pending bills are held up by Republican stall tactics on last day of session

DATE: May 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arizona plans to execute first prisoner in nearly eight years

PHOENIX – An Arizona man convicted of killing a college student in 1978 is scheduled to become the first person to be executed in the state after a nearly eight-year hiatus in its use of the...

DATE: May 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Effort to ban sale of flavored tobacco, nicotine products in Colorado goes up in smoke

Senate Appropriations Committee voted 5-2 to reject House Bill 1064

DATE: May 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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

Photos: Noel Night in downtown Durango