Regional News - The Durango Herald

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

Woman, 91, still missing two weeks after massive Colorado fire

DENVER – Near the starting point of a Colorado wildfire that destroyed more than 1,000 homes and buildings, one man stayed home in an apparent attempt to save a voluminous collection of pape...

DATE: Jan 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

25-year-old Colorado skier found dead near Lost Trail resort

SULA, Mont. – A 25-year-old Colorado skier who went missing Thursday from the Lost Trail Ski Area on the Montana-Idaho border has been found dead. The man’s identity was not immediately rele...

DATE: Jan 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Horse photographed during Colorado wildfire recovering

DENVER (AP) – Pinned down by fast-approaching flames and overcome with smoke near homes on a small road with no outlet, Colorado State Patrol Master Trooper Travis Hood and his partner Troop...

DATE: Jan 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado to ‘aggressively assert’ water rights with Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. – Colorado’s governor is warning he will “protect and aggressively assert” his state’s water rights after Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced a plan to spend $500 million on ...

DATE: Jan 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gov. Polis: Colorado strong after year of pandemic, disaster

DENVER – Gov. Jared Polis sought to rally a state besieged by a year of natural disasters, a mass shooting and the coronavirus pandemic Thursday, declaring in his annual state of the state a...

DATE: Jan 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The 7 biggest lines from Gov. Jared Polis’ 2022 State of the State address

Colorado governor discussed saving people money and reducing crime

DATE: Jan 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mesa County grand jury will investigate Clerk Tina Peters, prosecutors say

Mesa County election official has been under scrutiny in connection with a security breach

DATE: Jan 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘A fighting tone’: Colorado Republicans are heading into the 2022 legislative session on the offensive

The GOP’s main strategy has been to slow down the Democratic machine through delay tactics

DATE: Jan 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver area grocery store workers go on strike

DENVER – Grocery store workers in the Denver area went on strike Wednesday after their union rejected the latest contract offer from a chain of stores owned by Kroger Co., the nation’s large...

DATE: Jan 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Six-figure ad campaign pressures Polis to act on abandoned oil and gas wells

Environmental groups have criticized Colorado governor as being weak on climate change

DATE: Jan 12, 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