Constitution - The Durango Herald

Bill to protect Coloradans rights passes committee

Measure would prohibit state agencies from assisting federal agencies

DATE: Apr 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Petition seeks to bypass Congress to amend Constitution

Group wants to reverse regulations, rein in spending and enact term limits

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Amendment 71 creates odd bedfellows

Effort to toughen constitutional amendment process creates strange coalitions

DATE: Oct 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez police likely to face lawsuit in Make My Day case

A Denver attorney has confirmed that a civil lawsuit is likely against the Cortez Police Department in connection to a 2014 Make My Day criminal trial. In a 1,154-word letter date...

DATE: Jan 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Obama defends forthcoming gun restrictions as constitutional

WASHINGTON – Gearing up for a certain confrontation with Congress, President Barack Obama defended his plans to tighten the nation’s gun-control restrictions on his own, insisting Monday tha...

DATE: Jan 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kentucky case divides religious groups

Some say clerk isn’t helping their cause

DATE: Sep 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Udall bill will do little to fix Hobby Lobby

Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., has a great set of eyebrows he deploys effectively to punctuate his point. They can add levity. They can scold. They can empathize. They can connote the seriousness...

DATE: Jul 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Policy and Politics

Criminalizing the sick

Durango man’s isolation in jail exacerbated his mental illness

DATE: Jun 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Single-issue fixation loses bigger picture

When I was a young picky kid, my mother went through a healthy cooking phase. Never a natural in the kitchen, she set about to prepare for my sister and me wholesome meals chock f...

DATE: Sep 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Policy and Politics

Photos: Durango gets ‘Wet and Wild’

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.