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Budget writers fine Colorado Mesa University for exceeding tuition cap

Legislature told the state’s colleges and universities they couldn’t raise tuition for any in-state undergraduate students by more than 2%

DATE: Jan 30, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Jan. 30- Feb. 3

Information and agendas about local meetings: City of Durango: www.durangogov.org or call 375-5000. La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us or call 382-6210. Town of Bayfield...

DATE: Jan 30, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fee exceptions for journalists proposed for Colorado public records law

Cost for retrieval could exceed $38 an hour next year

DATE: Jan 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

What is meth contamination and how do you clean it?

Meth residue was detected in the Boulder Public Library and several other public spaces, prompting all of them to close for cleaning

DATE: Jan 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis administration opposes new climate targets in Democratic-backed bill

Colorado Senate bill also includes permitting reforms, incentives for electric lawn equipment

DATE: Jan 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawmakers look to AI to detect wildfires earlier

Proposal would create a $2 million pilot program to station cameras on mountaintops in high-risk locations

DATE: Jan 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Heat pumps are having a moment in Colorado, but do they really work in the bitter cold?

Developed in 1857, tech improvements are making heat pumps a viable element in the contemporary transition to cleaner, more energy efficient homes

DATE: Jan 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Catastrophe’ would befall economy with national default, warn Colorado Democrats

Republicans faulted for politicizing a historically bipartisan process

DATE: Jan 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Nearly 25% of Colorado’s state lawmakers have landed a statehouse seat by vacancy committee

There will be 24 lawmakers this year who secured a statehouse seat through a vacancy appointment

DATE: Jan 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Juvenile violent crime is rising in Colorado

Researchers are looking into the link between violent crime and teenagers spending more time virtually connected but physically alone

DATE: Jan 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Monday 11:30 a.m. A snowplow crashed into an enclosed utility trailer near the intersection of Oxbow Circle and Sage View Street. 1:15 p.m. A hit-and-run cr...

DATE: Jan 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Monday 12:30 a.m. An drunken woman called 911 and asked for an officer to come get her in the 900 block of Twin Buttes Avenue. She was arrested on suspicion of ...

DATE: Jan 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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