This Valentine’s Day, The Durango Herald played Cupid. We contacted people from opposing viewpoints on controversial topics to see if the leaders of those movements could come together in a reasonabl...

News literacy is ​the ability to recognize the standards of fact-based news in order to trust, share and act on accurate information. In this digital age where information spreads like wildfire, it is...

HESPERUS – Chuck Hare recalls grabbing the rope tow and being pulled 30 mph up the snowy slope – about as fast as he’d come down it. In those days, the rope tow ran off the rear axle of a Chevrolet pi...

When the Durango High School alpine ski team is racing through gates at a competition, one thing they have to balance is going fast enough to place well, with going slow enough to stay in control of t...

Colorado’s worst-ever avian flu outbreak has crossed over into more mammals, including a black bear put down in Huerfano County and a mountain lion found dead in Gunnison County, state wildlife offici...

The city of Durango plans to combine and dissolve a number of volunteer boards and commissions that advise City Council on a number of topics. in an effort to reduce redundancy and return the functio...

Beloved local comedian Mary Quinn has two magic princess powers. She can make things up, and she has a decent smile. Such gifts help her defeat the evil witch in her upcoming one-woman play, Felony Ev...