Regional News - The Durango Herald

These young adults are shredding, pedaling, climbing – and fighting cancer

Thousands fighting life-threatening illnesses have benefited from First Descents programs in the past 20 years

DATE: Feb 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Proposed law would allow Coloradans convicted of DUIs to get licenses reinstated sooner

Third offense would trigger 90-day continuous monitoring requirement

DATE: Feb 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ting Internet coming to Durango, Cortez

Ting will be Durango’s first citywide fiber internet provider

DATE: Feb 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Haaland: 16 tribal water settlements will get $1.7 billion

PHOENIX – The Biden administration will use $1.7 billion from the recently enacted federal infrastructure bill to fund 16 tribal water rights settlements, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland...

DATE: Feb 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

So you want to caucus? Here’s how to do it when parties gather next week

Precinct-level events start March 1; times and locations vary by county

DATE: Feb 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Prosecutor: Fentanyl likely killed 5 in Colorado apartment

DENVER – Preliminary evidence suggests that five people found dead in an apartment in suburban Denver overdosed on fentanyl while taking what they believed to be cocaine, the district attorn...

DATE: Feb 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Friday 2:49 a.m. Someone reported a burglary at Cowgirls Wholesale Outlet, 501 Main Ave. Thursday 9:28 a.m. Someone reportedly found a firearm in the 500 bl...

DATE: Feb 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Small jet goes off runway in Aspen, closing airport

ASPEN – A departing small jet went off the end of the runway at Aspen’s airport on Monday, leading to the closure of the Colorado ski resort community’s airport on a busy travel day. No one ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mushroom rabbi grows psilocybin for Denver congregation

DENVER (AP) – On a picturesque autumn evening in early November, the sunset belied a briskness to the Denver breeze. But inside a nondescript brick building downtown, anticipation was heatin...

DATE: Feb 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Feb. 22-25

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 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado seeks election hard drive copies in security probe

DENVER – Colorado’s Democratic secretary of state filed a lawsuit on Thursday to compel a Republican elections clerk who says he copied his voting system’s hard drive to deliver those copies...

DATE: Feb 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News