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Pipeline protest planned for downtown Durango

A rally in support of the Standing Rock Sioux effort to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline is planned for 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in Durango. The protesters will gather at Buckley Park, M...

Mercy earns 8th straight ‘A’ for patient safety

Mercy Regional Medical Center has earned an ‘A’ from the New Hospital Safety Scores, which is compiled by The Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety watchdog. New Hospital Safe...

Caption This!: ‘They’re under a buck!’

Durango Herald Facebook reader Billy Eggers sent in this week’s Caption This! winning headline “Leftover Halloween pumpkins cheap. They’re under a buck!” Coming in a close second ...

Rural residents in La Plata County question code enforcement

Political commentator and journalist Walter Lippman said that private property was the original source of freedom, and to some rural residents, that’s a concept thwarted by land-use and buil...

For Colorado veterans, marijuana a controversial treatment

Relief worth risk of punishment some say

State to test taxing drivers by the mile

Model could replace Colorado’s gas tax

Survivors of Suicide Loss Day is Saturday

Saturday is International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day. You are not alone. Join with a community of suicide loss survivors to find comfort and gain understanding. Share stories of healing a...

Know the city’s designated snow routes and sign up for alerts

Residents are asked to learn about the city’s snow routes and sign up for city alerts. Visit www.durangogov.org/snow to view a map of snow routes, or type in your address into the...

EPA to hold public meetings about Superfund work in S.W. Colorado

Meetings in Durango, Shiprock and Silverton

Volunteers needed for Thanksgiving dinner

Everyone is invited to the Durango Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the La Plata County Fairgrounds on Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Dinner will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., or unti...

Methodist Church’s 43rd Holiday Bazaar Saturday

The First United Methodist Church will hold its 43rd Holiday Bazaar from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Vendors will be selling handmades, crafts, plants, baked goods and Trash to Treasures. ...

13th Annual Festival of Trees kicks off in Durango

Proceeds benefit Community Connections