Election - The Durango Herald

Upper Pine fire mill-levy increase squeaks through

Voters opened their wallets to the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District by approving a mill-levy increase to help offset lower property values and declining revenue from the gas industr...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Voters favor shrinking Durango School District board

Ballot Question 3A – a measure to shrink the size of the Durango School District 9-R Board of Directors – passed overwhelmingly Tuesday night. According to the La Plata County Cl...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Stumpf, Hillyer, Blatnick win Bayfield school seats

Three candidates prevailed in a close and unusually lively Bayfield School Board race: Of five candidates competing for two seats with four-year terms, Timothy Stumpf – the only i...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Palo Verde votes for city water

Residents of the Palo Verde subdivision have voted to form a public improvement district to provide the framework for a $430,000 water pipeline extension, according to results Tuesday. ...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Voters reject grocery bag fee

City Council enacted ordinance

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Moran wins tight school board race; four others not so close

The election for five open seats on the Durango School District 9-R Board of Directors provided one very close race. In District B, incumbent board member Stephanie Moran eked out...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Three fire districts merging to one

The third time was a charm for the Durango Fire Protection District. Voters were presented with two ballot measures this year: One asked city residents to approve a 15-year contr...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Preservation tax will double for Pine River Cemetery district

A tax proposal to help keep up the Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield, Ballot Issue 5D, passed Tuesday. With a majority vote of just over 58 percent, residents who live within the di...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Substantial taxes on marijuana cruise to victory

DENVER – A dime bag is going to cost a few cents more. Colorado voters, who made history in 2012 by legalizing marijuana for recreational use, voted Tuesday to impose heavy taxes ...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

School tax soundly defeated

Spending spree isn't enough to sway voters to raise income tax rate

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Inspecting the votes

DATE: Nov 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Heart sworn in as Ute Mountain Ute chairman

TOWAOC – The booming beats of the Catching Eagle Drum Circle introduced Manuel Heart, the newly elected Ute Mountain Ute Tribal chairman, during an impressive swearing-in ceremony Friday mor...

DATE: Nov 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News