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Fracking could be a balancing act in Colorado General Assembly

Proposals include compensation for both homeowners and mineral rights

DATE: Jan 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County seeks to protect Phil’s World from oil and gas drilling

Commissioners seek to regulate oil and gas

DATE: Jan 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

State: U.S. 160 spill site poses no health risk

Oil-safety agency advises ‘corrective action’ taken

DATE: Jan 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Civil complaint seeks cleanup of M&M Truck Stop site

The Colorado Division of Oil and Public Safety has a filed civil action in district court demanding cleanup at the former M&M Truck Stop. In a four-page complaint filed in April w...

DATE: Jan 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

The oil patch feels pain

As prices plunge, energy companies cut jobs, postpone projects

DATE: Jan 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

How Low Can It Go?

Forecasts call for still lower oil prices

DATE: Jan 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Durango gas prices drop below $2 a gallon

Six-year low for state, nation

DATE: Dec 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fracking foes unveil 11 proposed ballot initiatives

Ban included among items in election package

DATE: Dec 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico foresees limits on infrastructure spending

SANTA FE, N.M. – Falling state revenue from the energy sector will limit New Mexico’s efforts to improve public infrastructure next year, legislative analysts warned. New Mexico l...

DATE: Dec 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s fracking battle goes before state Supreme Court

DENVER – Colorado’s loud public battle over fracking goes before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday when the justices hear arguments about whether local governments can ban the technique. ...

DATE: Dec 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission grapples with local-control issues

Consensus elusive in setting well standards

DATE: Dec 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ukraine stops buying Russian gas, closes airspace

It breaks the deal the two made two months ago

DATE: Nov 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

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