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Navajo Nation increases ability to do COVID testing, vaccinations

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Health facilities on the Navajo Nation are increasing the ability to test for COVID-19 and vaccinate people as the omicron variant spreads, tribal leaders said. Navajo P...

DATE: Jan 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man lying on Colorado road is run over by police SUV, dies

AURORA – A man who was lying on a road in a Denver suburb died after he was run over by a police vehicle, authorities said Tuesday. The 37-year-old man from Salt Lake City was hit Monday ni...

DATE: Jan 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Court text reminders would become automatic under proposed state law

Bill sponsors hope a simple text message might improve appearance rates

DATE: Jan 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuit seeks to block Mesa County clerk from overseeing 2022 election

Colorado secretary of state says she wants to ensure ‘voters have the elections they deserve’

DATE: Jan 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado graduation rates post slight dip amid pandemic

Area schools in Southwest Colorado show mixed results compared with 2020

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Facing rising COVID-19 case numbers, the Navajo Nation issues new tribal public health orders

Officials recommend wearing two masks in public spaces to protect against omicron variant

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Aspen thrives after allowing ‘Rider Invasion’ 20 years ago

ASPEN (AP) – It was billed as a generational battle, as an on-mountain culture clash, a safety hazard and “the end of Ajax.” But when the Aspen Skiing Co. finally opened Aspen Mountain to sn...

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mobile vaccination bus will make stops in three Southwest Colorado counties

Shots are free, and no ID or insurance is required

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mesa County clerk announces re-election bid amid grand jury investigation

Tina Peters is suspected of allowing an unauthorized person to attend a voting software update

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

What we can learn from the 10,000 tweets sent by Colorado’s congressional delegation in 2021

Boebert sent the most tweets, but she didn’t have the one with the most engagement

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

ER doctors sound alarm as Colorado’s hospital system shows cracks from omicron wave

Health care workers exhausted from nearly two years of the pandemic

DATE: Jan 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Jan. 17-20

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: Jan 16, 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