With January all but finished and February on the horizon, local winter sports are well over halfway through their seasons. High school and college basketball teams are beginning to look toward their ...

Like many schools districts across Colorado, Durango School District 9-R is bracing for budget cuts next year. The amount of money districts receive from the state is invariably tied to the number of...

Anyone who says that “Durango School District 9-R are encouraging nonheterosexual sex, or any sex, at all,” or “Who knows how many children have been coached to admire homosexuality, transgenderism, e...

A memo from the White House budget office on Monday placed a freeze on all federal government grant and loan disbursements, and other financial assistance, effective Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. Eastern...

As Los Angeles burned for days on end, scientists made an announcement that 2024 was the hottest year on record. With temperatures rising around the globe scientists are warning that the world has ent...

The recent article, “Disease die-offs continue to ravage bighorn sheep,” (Herald, Jan. 15), highlighting the failure of federal land management agencies to address risks to native bighorn sheep, under...

Game on, Durango. It’s SNOWtime! The 46th annual running of Snowdown, Durango’s midwinter festival, filled with fun and games (real ones this year), is off to another great start with a clever and cre...

The Fort Lewis College indoor track and field team competed last weekend at the Adams State Qualifier for the first time since Dec. 7. Hannah Hartwell, Brody Hubbard and Treyton Schaapherder led the S...