Death and dying - The Durango Herald

Man arrested in murder of 2 nuns

Residents in Mississippi town struggle with killings

DATE: Aug 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Voters to decide if terminally ill can choose death

Similar measure rejected twice in state

DATE: Aug 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Silverton man dies in rollover on Kendall Mountain

Bill Alsup, 78, killed when crane rolls

DATE: Aug 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado aid-in-dying proponents submit signatures

Organizers believe they have enough to qualify for ballot

DATE: Aug 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

IS attacker: Germans “won’t be able to sleep peacefully”

ANSBACH, Germany – A Syrian man who tried unsuccessfully to claim asylum in Germany pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and vowed the nation’s people “won’t be able to sleep peacef...

DATE: Jul 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Durango’s ‘Godfather of Barbershop’ Carroll ‘Dr. Pete’ Peterson dies at 86

Longtime Fort Lewis College professor created thriving English department

DATE: Jul 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gudy Gaskill, ‘Mother of the Colorado Trail,’ dies at 89

She’s credited with making 500-mile trail a reality

DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Former Fort Lewis College President Joel Jones dies

Community leader, poet and philosopher and Citizen of the Year was 78

DATE: Jul 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

67-year-old La Plata County Jail inmate died of heart attack

Authorities withhold identity while they search for kin

DATE: Jul 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

67-year-old inmate found dead in La Plata County Jail

The Durango Police Department is investigating the death of an inmate Sunday in the La Plata County Jail. La Plata County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Dan Bender said the inmate, a ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Coaches, friends remember Haley Clarke

Bayfield woman who drowned in Cascade Creek loved Colorado’s beauty and adventure

DATE: Jul 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Woman identified in Cascade Creek accident

A 19-year-old woman died in the Cascade Creek waterfalls Sunday afternoon. Haley Clarke, from Bayfield, drowned in the waterfalls, according to the San Juan County Sheriff’s Offic...

DATE: Jul 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News