Regional News - The Durango Herald

Southern Colorado’s ‘dismal’ snowpack has water managers worried

Can storms make up for a dry winter?

DATE: Mar 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Study suggests proximity to oil and gas wells increases risk of childhood leukemia

Colorado’s energy industry strongly disputes findings

DATE: Mar 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

How Colorado Republicans plan to navigate the town hall trap this time around

Democrats are trying to deploy the same tactics they used to sink previous reelection campaigns

DATE: Mar 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawmakers delay budget introduction as they agonize over final cuts

Committee has been working to cut $1.2 billion from next year’s spending plan

DATE: Mar 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Portrait of Donald Trump – that he called ‘distorted’ – is removed from Colorado Capitol

A portrait of Donald Trump that he said was “purposefully distorted” was removed from a wall at the Colorado state Capitol where it had been since 2019. After Trump posted complaints about ...

DATE: Mar 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Colorado psychedelic mushroom experiment has arrived

State’s first ‘healing centers’ are expected to open late spring or early summer

DATE: Mar 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

As tariffs take effect, a new struggle for small town newspapers arises – the cost of paper

The copublisher of the World Journal in Walsenburg admits it’s a “grandiose name for a very little paper.” Still, the “world” for Brian Orr’s team of three staff reporters and a handful of f...

DATE: Mar 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wolf from Canada released in Colorado shot and killed in Wyoming after it killed multiple sheep

Wolves are managed differently in Wyoming, and state officials said the wolf was legally shot after finding evidence of depredation

DATE: Mar 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bennet grapples with party’s future. ‘I think we should be looking at all the Democratic leadership’

Sen. Michael Bennet’s town hall at Harrison High School in Colorado Springs Thursday marked his third stop in the state this week, as Colorado’s senior senator continues to grapple with his ...

DATE: Mar 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawmakers approve bill to classify nuclear power as ‘clean’ energy

A bill adding nuclear power to Colorado’s definition of “clean energy resources” won final approval in the state legislature last week. If signed by Gov. Jared Polis, the proposal, HB25-1040...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News