Regional News - The Durango Herald

New rules to prevent ‘orphaned’ oil wells could fail to cover cleanup costs, report says

Updated bond amounts could total $1.8 billion, but analysts say system ‘riddled’ with loopholes

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. changes names of places with racist term for Native women

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The U.S. government has joined a ski resort and others that have quit using a racist term for a Native American woman by renaming hundreds of peaks, lakes, streams and other...

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado recall effort OK’d for state senator who quit GOP

DENVER – Backers of a campaign targeting a Colorado lawmaker who left the GOP and joined the Democratic Party, citing the Republican Party’s embrace of discredited 2020 election conspiracies...

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado begins review of former Indian boarding school in Hesperus

‘We just need to keep teaching and talking about it so that this never happens again,’ said state Rep. Barbara McLachlan

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

Durango Pride is here and it’s bringing a full parade this year! The kickoff event will be at Lola’s Place to energize you for the weekend. The whole affair will be marked by lots of music, ...

DATE: Sep 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Wednesday 2:45 p.m. A T-bone car crash occurred around the intersection of west 17th Street and Main Avenue. 4:57 p.m. A man was reported unconscious in a b...

DATE: Sep 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

How do you keep Colorado hikers from falling 300 feet down a mine shaft? Foam

Since 1980, officials have gated and plugged more than 13,000 inactive mines

DATE: Sep 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado clerk pleads not guilty in election system breach

DENVER – A Colorado county clerk accused of allowing an unauthorized person to break into her county’s election system in search of proof of the conspiracy theories spun by former President ...

DATE: Sep 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Tuesday 9:14 a.m. A possible death was looked into at the Tamarin Square apartments, as it was reported a man was potentially not alive for several days. 1:...

DATE: Sep 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Monday 6:24 p.m. A tree was reported on fire in a backyard on the 200 block of Rockridge Drive. Sunday 4:03 p.m. A yellow Labrador dog was reported at larg...

DATE: Sep 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado judge throws out recount challenge by indicted clerk Tina Peters

Challenge came too late to be considered, judge says

DATE: Sep 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman dies in 900-foot fall from Colorado mountain peak

ASPEN – A Colorado woman died in a 900-foot fall while scaling a dangerous peak in the Rocky Mountains near Aspen, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said. The woman was hiking solo on Capit...

DATE: Sep 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News