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New Mexico opens museums to furloughed federal workers

SANTA FE – New Mexico is offering furloughed federal employees and their families free admission to state-run museums and historic sites. Department of Cultural Affairs Secretar...

Beware, Durango, of the IRS tax-season scam

Nothing can sink an American’s spirit more than a call from the Internal Revenue Service. After all, it’s the agency that brought down Al Capone after the FBI had failed. So, Dura...

Guv to Congress: Act for states

Association for governors urges push when feds fail to act

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...

Shutdown hangover: Beer release on hold

Ska has to keep cork in it, for now

What do you think about the government shutdown?

The Durango Herald asked people Tuesday on Main Avenue: “What is your opinion of the government shutdown?” “I think it’s bull (expletive). Congress is getting paid, but they expec...

Durango feels shutdown

Unresolved political squabble in D.C. cuts federal services

Blame game filters down to Colorado

The bitter political ramifications of the federal government shutdown washed from Washington, D.C., to Southwest Colorado and back again in great roiling waves all day Tuesday, with politici...