Defining workplace culture, elevating customer service and strengthening collaboration have been the name of the game for José Madrigal, Durango city manager, since he was hired in September 2020. Oth...

Colorado’s Western Slope faces a daunting health care affordability crisis as private insurance premiums for 2026 threaten to skyrocket. Preliminary filings with the Colorado Division of Insurance sho...

The weather forecast on the back page of the Herald is between 5 and 10 degrees lower than the actual temperature most days. I have called the Herald twice with no return call. Before the Herald swi...

Heather Shotton, recently appointed president of Fort Lewis College, greeted parents and students Friday, helping them carry bags and boxes to dorms, and working with staff members to make FLC’s 2025 ...

It might be worth noting that someone has already been killed on Animas View Drive. They were killed because the driver was going too fast or was inattentive, not because of speed bumps. Unfortunatel...

I have practiced medicine including immunology for 40 years. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admits to having no medical or scientific education or experience. Despite this, he has used his position of power to...

A couple of Herald letter writers have said the answer is not what appears on the retaining wall below the Golden Arches at the head of Wilson Gulch east of Durango. A row of methodically placed hand ...

Are Durango city councilors really so naive that they think that easing ADU regulations in our city will somehow magically solve the affordable housing problem in Durango? They are simply being played...

We live less than 7 miles from the Blue Ridge Fire, which started at the Forest Lakes Subdivision the afternoon of Aug. 15. We were thinking about the possibility of needing to evacuate when we learne...