Regional News - The Durango Herald

Amid housing crises vacation towns limit short-term rentals

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – In the Colorado ski town of Steamboat Springs, motels line the freeway, once filled with tourists eager to pitch down the slopes or bathe in the local hot springs. Now r...

DATE: Aug 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Vail Resorts to limit number of day lift tickets during 2022-23 season

Cap is meant to prevent overcrowding and maintain a quality experience for skiers

DATE: Aug 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lauren Boebert didn’t file required reports on stock and cryptocurrency transactions

Campaign Legal Center calls failure to report ‘disturbing,’ but notes ethics laws rarely enforced

DATE: Aug 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado mushroom forays, improved by monsoons, are becoming more popular

Colorado Mycological Society has experienced a boost in membership in recent years

DATE: Aug 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arizona levee breached, hiker missing after floods hit West

A levee was breached Monday in a small town near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, forcing the evacuations of 60 people after a weekend of flash floods across the American Southwest that al...

DATE: Aug 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Sunday 3:36 p.m. A drunken man “flung” a woman out of a car in the 600 block of Main Avenue. Police were investigating. 4:22 p.m. A driver hit a pole near T...

DATE: Aug 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State Sen. Kevin Priola switches party registration to Democrat, citing conspiracies

‘There is too much at stake right now for Republicans to be in charge,’ Henderson lawmaker writes

DATE: Aug 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Aug. 22-26

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: Aug 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ukrainian cobbler works, watches war from afar in Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) – At the front end of a modest shoe repair shop in Colorado Springs, a smartphone played YouTube field reports from Ukrainian military officials, as it does throughout ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judicial discipline proceedings would be public in Colorado under proposal

A legislative committee discussed several changes to state law in wake of Judicial Branch misconduct allegations

DATE: Aug 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea believes abortions should be legal up until 20 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions after

Bennet’s challenger had refused until Friday to provide specifics on his stance

DATE: Aug 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Crisis looms without big cuts to over-tapped Colorado River

SALT LAKE CITY – Hydroelectric turbines may stop turning. Las Vegas and Phoenix may be forced to restrict water usage or growth. Farmers might cease growing some crops, leaving fields of let...

DATE: Aug 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News