Addiction - The Durango Herald

Ignacio High School students win silver medal at state competition

Wilmer and Velasquez tackled opioid addiction with their project

DATE: May 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education

Investor of rehab center north of Durango frantically searches for new director

A 30-day inpatient treatment center for those with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and substance addiction opened for a few months this summer north of Vallecito Reservoir before abruptly...

DATE: Nov 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drug and alcohol addiction treatment center approved on Goeglein

Residential center could serve 20 people

DATE: Aug 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drug, alcohol residential treatment center proposed on Goeglein Gulch Road

Durango Planning Commission gives project early nod

DATE: Jun 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Overdose confirmed in homeless man’s death

Randy Shaw was found on Animas riverbank in May

DATE: Jun 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Body found on west bank of Animas River identified

Family members: Randy Shaw a good man plagued by drugs

DATE: May 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Healing Spirits to hold trio of events this week

Group focuses on community health in Ignacio

DATE: Apr 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Teen brains lose IQ, don’t form properly with drug use, anti-drug advocate says in Durango

‘Pay attention to what you see, what you smell and what you hear’

DATE: Feb 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Heroin scourge changes role of police in hard-hit areas

CINCINNATI – Forehead furrowed, a woman drags on a Camel cigarette, admitting she has only vague memories of nearly dying five days earlier. Some flashes of images of being inside...

DATE: Feb 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

At Wit’s End with addiction? Vallecito ranch can help

Offers 30-day inpatient equine therapy

DATE: Jan 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Criminalizing the sick

Durango man’s isolation in jail exacerbated his mental illness

DATE: Jun 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

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