Politics - The Durango Herald

Rubio, Cruz face barrage of attacks in GOP debate

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Marco Rubio, a first-term senator on the rise in the presidential race, faced a barrage of attacks in Saturday night’s Republican debate, with rivals challenging his readi...

DATE: Feb 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cruz tops Trump in Iowa

Clinton, Sanders in tight Dem race

DATE: Feb 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton, Sanders in tight battle for Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa – Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were locked in a tight battle in Iowa’s leadoff presidential caucuses Monday as the two rivals offered Americans a stark choice between ...

DATE: Feb 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump, Cruz, Rubio battle in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses

DES MOINES, Iowa – On Monday night, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz holds a 4 percent lead over Donald Trump in the Iowa Caucuses with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in third place with 23 percent of those ca...

DATE: Feb 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Analysis Will GOP establishment win out in the end?

DES MOINES – This year’s presidential campaign has proven to be a bleak season for mainstream conservative hopefuls, a story of frustration, rejection and disappointment. But will that be th...

DATE: Jan 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump won’t debate; calls Fox’s Kelly ‘a lightweight’

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – Donald Trump has bowed out of the final Republican presidential debate before the leadoff Iowa caucuses, saying Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly is “a lightweight.” ...

DATE: Jan 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

EPA blamed for delay on Superfund in Silverton

Attorney says March deadline ‘still in play’

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drone legislation crashes in Colorado Legislature

Legislation would have made dropping contraband illegal

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Indigenous Peoples’ Day bill inspired by Fort Lewis College student

State legislation follows effort by Durango

DATE: Jan 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado General Assembly works to spare education cuts

Budget would increase per-pupil funding by $18.28 per student

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

British Parliament pummels Donald Trump

But it doesn’t ban him from Britain

DATE: Jan 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton, Sanders clash on guns, health care, Wall Street

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Turning up the temperature, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled repeatedly in Sunday night’s presidential debate over who’s tougher on gun control and Wall Street a...

DATE: Jan 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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