Newsletter - The Durango Herald

Silverton merchants face another tough year

‘I think we’ll survive, but it won’t be a normal year’

DATE: May 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dangerously dry early summer looks likely for Southwest Colorado

Jet stream keeping rains north and west of Four Corners

DATE: May 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Coronavirus may trigger second-largest property tax cut in Colorado history

Reductions would further cripple local budgets, including school and fire districts

DATE: May 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southwest Colorado hospitals eager to resume elective surgeries

Bans on procedures cause financial losses

DATE: May 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Weekly planner for May 18-22

Information and agendas about local meetings City of Durango: La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us or call 382-6210. Town of Bayfield: www.bayfieldgov.org or call 884-9544. ...

DATE: May 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

State faces estimated $6.8 billion hit to state budget in coming years

Financial landscape worse than Colorado lawmakers were expecting

DATE: May 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Have you been keeping up with local headlines? Test your knowledge in Quiz No. 71

About 80 people participated in last week’s quiz. Participants scored highest on a question about Animas River flow projections, with 94% of respondents correctly answering, “Belo...

DATE: May 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County urges mail voting in June primaries

Durango video highlights latest community updates

DATE: May 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado changes data amid complaints that it inflated COVID-19 deaths

Nearly a quarter of listed fatalities don’t have COVID-19 on their death certificate

DATE: May 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pandemic upends life on isolated, idyllic Galapagos Islands

SAN CRISTOBAL, Ecuador – Before the coronavirus, sudden life-threatening ailments among tourists, fishermen and others on the Galapagos Islands were considered so rare that hospitals didn’t ...

DATE: May 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel