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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 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Official: Nearly 1K homes destroyed in Colorado wildfire

SUPERIOR – A Colorado official says nearly 1,000 homes were destroyed, hundreds more were damaged, and that three people are missing after a wildfire charred numerous neighborhoods in a subu...

DATE: Jan 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

'So many memories': Over 500 homes feared destroyed by fire

Residents get their first, heartbreaking look what is left standing of their lives

DATE: Dec 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lauren Boebert announces she will run for second term in Congress

She is likely to face state Sen. Don Coram in primary challenge

DATE: Dec 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor reduces truck driver’s sentence to 10 years from 110; pardons 1,315 people for marijuana possession

Four people died in 2019 when an out-of-control semi crashed into them

DATE: Dec 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

Ring in the New Year at the Animas City Theatre’s New Year’s Eve circus, burlesque and dance party. The show features music from Secret Circus Society, Profetic Calaveras and DJ Vanny Vance....

DATE: Dec 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Front Range wildfires burn hundreds of homes, force evacuations

DENVER – An estimated 580 homes, a hotel and a shopping center have burned and tens of thousands of people were evacuated in wind-fueled wildfires outside Denver, officials said Thursday eve...

DATE: Dec 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor shortens trucker's prison term to 10 years

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his original 110-year term that drew wide...

DATE: Dec 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Advocates to push for overhaul of Colorado’s youth residential centers

Facilities are closing, staff is quitting and children are getting worse – not better

DATE: Dec 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Some failed Colorado congressional candidates still have campaign money. Here’s why.

Republican Cory Gardner and Democrat Mike Johnston both have more than $1 million left over

DATE: Dec 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday 7:26 p.m. Someone reported underage partying on County Road 302. 8:48 p.m. Someone reported a vehicle without its lights on swerving in and o...

DATE: Dec 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

When will federal law reflect what states have already done regarding marijuana?

Banking concerns and threat of federal enforcement loom over an otherwise legalized industry

DATE: Dec 29, 2021 | 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