Regional News - The Durango Herald

Colorado governor to let go of pandemic executive powers

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said he will begin phasing out the executive authority he has been granted during the coronavirus pandemic after creating, amending and extending about 40...

DATE: Jun 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 5 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported five new COVID-19 cases and no deaths. Tribal health officials said the total number of virus-related deaths on the Navajo Nation r...

DATE: Jun 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ken Salazar nominated by Joe Biden to be U.S. ambassador to Mexico

Former interior secretary and U.S. senator has been working in the private sector

DATE: Jun 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Monday 12:11 p.m. A man was shooting a BB gun at rafts floating by in the east 100 block of 16th Street. 2:27 p.m. A boy climbed into a garage window i...

DATE: Jun 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man dies after falling into river at Grand Canyon

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. – A Colorado man has died after falling into the Colorado River while boating in Grand Canyon National Park, authorities said Tuesday. Park officials said t...

DATE: Jun 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former student guilty of murder in Colorado school shooting

DENVER – One of two former students accused in a fatal shooting at a suburban Denver school in 2019 was found guilty of murder, attempted murder and other crimes Tuesday. The verdict against...

DATE: Jun 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Sunday 1:50 a.m. People were fighting in front of a bar in the west 100 block of Eighth Street. 12:49 p.m. A 45-year-old man was unconscious after cra...

DATE: Jun 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis: No to GOP delegation request to end jobless benefit

DENVER – Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has rejected a request by Colorado's Republican congressional delegation to stop paying jobless residents $300 extra a week in federal pandemic relief. T...

DATE: Jun 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver police shoot man suspected of firing shots

DENVER – Police officers shot a man suspected of firing shots into a vehicle after he allegedly threatened them with a gun on Sunday, police said. The man in his 20s was taken to a hospital ...

DATE: Jun 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Backcountry skier dies in Rocky Mountain National Park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – A backcountry skier died Sunday after losing control and sliding about 400 feet on a snowfield and into rocks in Rocky Mountain National Park, authorities said...

DATE: Jun 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for June 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: Jun 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Defense rests its case in Colorado school shooting trial

DENVER – One of the suspects in a fatal attack at a suburban Denver high school in 2019 had become such a chronic drug user in the months before the shooting that he likely “couldn’t think,...

DATE: Jun 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News