News - The Durango Herald

Four deaths reported on northbound U.S. Highway 550 in August

One car rolled 320 feet down side of Red Mountain Pass

DATE: Sep 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores County lifts last preevacuation order; crews finish fire lines

San Juan Team 8 moves command center into forest; fire activity slows to a creep

DATE: Sep 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Upper Pine River Fire Protection District to request sales tax increase on November ballot

Funding hike will help pay firefighters, ensure better services

DATE: Sep 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fully online school receives academic excellency award

Southwest Colorado eSchool offers asynchronous education to the region

DATE: Sep 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Space Command to leave Colorado Springs, move to Alabama

President Donald Trump expected to make announcement today

DATE: Sep 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘It’s just the current state of the world’

Attendees share their gloom at the 101st burning of Zozobra

DATE: Sep 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Bayfield Primary School honors life of student after long battle with cancer

Positive attitude, shining personality of Ozzie Goldman inspires town, school faculty, students, to ‘Live Like Ozzie’

DATE: Sep 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango man’s invention helped others in crisis – then he faced his own

The Levitator is a specialized gurney for backcountry search and rescue extractions

DATE: Aug 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

City accepting pro and con statements for Durango fire district’s property tax ballot question

Proposal to voters would raise property taxes by 4.45 mills

DATE: Aug 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Peer mentorship program enters second year at Miller Middle School

Where Everyone Belongs program connects seasoned eighth graders with sixth grade newbies to ensure all students feel welcome

DATE: Aug 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Education

PHOTO: A different kind of rodeo

DATE: Aug 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sen. Hickenlooper rebukes anti-renewable energy policies at Durango press conference

Solar power stakeholders stick up for threatened federal funding programs

DATE: Aug 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

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