Regional News - The Durango Herald

Colorado clerk ordered to court for allegedly lying to judge

DENVER – A Colorado county elections clerk under investigation by federal and state authorities for an alleged security breach of voting machines has been ordered to appear in court to respo...

DATE: Mar 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Side show at a carnival’: Colorado lawmakers react to Boebert’s State of the Union outburst

Members on both sides of political aisle condemn antics

DATE: Mar 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ex-police officer pleads guilty in rough arrest of woman with dementia

DENVER – A former Colorado police officer shown on body camera video roughly arresting a 73-year-old woman with dementia and later seen joking about it with colleagues pleaded guilty to assa...

DATE: Mar 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Tuesday 2:21 p.m. Someone reported harassment in the 700 block of East Third Avenue. 5:06 p.m. Someone reported that a 58-year-old woman’s throat was slit a...

DATE: Mar 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Republicans file federal lawsuit to block unaffiliated voters from Colorado’s primary election

La Plata County Republican Central Committee chairman signs on as a plaintiff

DATE: Mar 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s former governor resigns from board of Russian bank

Bill Owens stepped down on Sunday, saying he stands with Ukraine

DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado sues to try to force cleanup of chemicals in foam

DENVER – Colorado is suing 15 companies in an effort to try to force them to pay for cleaning up contamination caused by firefighting foam that contains long-lasting chemicals associated wit...

DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis says vaccinated Coloradans can ‘live your normal, pre-pandemic life’

CDPHE director estimates 90% of residents are immune from getting severely ill from omicron variant

DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pandemic fears are fading along with omicron, AP-NORC poll says

Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans’ worries about COVID-19. As coronavirus pandemic case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths continue to plummet, fewer people now than in January ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Feb. 28-March 4

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: Feb 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officials say hunting wolves from aircraft prohibited

HELENA, Mont. (AP) – Despite a recent interpretation of Montana state law that aerial hunting of wolves is not prohibited, doing so runs afoul of federal law. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park...

DATE: Feb 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News