Regional News - The Durango Herald

Patagonia, REI others threaten to boycott Outdoor Retailer show

Companies would not participate if event moves to Utah

DATE: Feb 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years

The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds.

DATE: Feb 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Feb. 14-18

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: Feb 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wildfire worries dominate discussion of Rocky Flats refuge

DENVER – December’s Marshall Fire spared the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, an expanse of grasslands between Superior and Arvada that, had winds shifted, could have provided 6,200 acr...

DATE: Feb 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utah senator blocks internment camp designation, draws ire

DENVER – On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the forced internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans at the onset of World War II, Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah is getting backlash for...

DATE: Feb 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your loved ones on the train this weekend with Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge’s “Romance on the Rails” event. The train will travel through Cascade Canyon a...

DATE: Feb 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New charges for Colorado clerk targeted in voting probe

GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado county elections clerk under investigation by federal and state authorities in a security breach of voting machines posted bond on Thursday on two misdemeanor cha...

DATE: Feb 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s COVID-19 positivity, hospitalization rates drop, state officials say

861 people were hospitalized as of Wednesday, a decrease from more than 1,800 several weeks ago

DATE: Feb 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Thursday 12:01 a.m. Someone reported a possible party with excessive noise in the 2900 block of Richard Drive. Wednesday 11:21 a.m. A man reportedly attempt...

DATE: Feb 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News