Regional News - The Durango Herald

Facing rising COVID-19 case numbers, the Navajo Nation issues new tribal public health orders

Officials recommend wearing two masks in public spaces to protect against omicron variant

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Aspen thrives after allowing ‘Rider Invasion’ 20 years ago

ASPEN (AP) – It was billed as a generational battle, as an on-mountain culture clash, a safety hazard and “the end of Ajax.” But when the Aspen Skiing Co. finally opened Aspen Mountain to sn...

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mobile vaccination bus will make stops in three Southwest Colorado counties

Shots are free, and no ID or insurance is required

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mesa County clerk announces re-election bid amid grand jury investigation

Tina Peters is suspected of allowing an unauthorized person to attend a voting software update

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

What we can learn from the 10,000 tweets sent by Colorado’s congressional delegation in 2021

Boebert sent the most tweets, but she didn’t have the one with the most engagement

DATE: Jan 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

ER doctors sound alarm as Colorado’s hospital system shows cracks from omicron wave

Health care workers exhausted from nearly two years of the pandemic

DATE: Jan 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Jan. 17-20

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 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman, 91, still missing two weeks after massive Colorado fire

DENVER – Near the starting point of a Colorado wildfire that destroyed more than 1,000 homes and buildings, one man stayed home in an apparent attempt to save a voluminous collection of pape...

DATE: Jan 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

25-year-old Colorado skier found dead near Lost Trail resort

SULA, Mont. – A 25-year-old Colorado skier who went missing Thursday from the Lost Trail Ski Area on the Montana-Idaho border has been found dead. The man’s identity was not immediately rele...

DATE: Jan 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Horse photographed during Colorado wildfire recovering

DENVER (AP) – Pinned down by fast-approaching flames and overcome with smoke near homes on a small road with no outlet, Colorado State Patrol Master Trooper Travis Hood and his partner Troop...

DATE: Jan 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado to ‘aggressively assert’ water rights with Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. – Colorado’s governor is warning he will “protect and aggressively assert” his state’s water rights after Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced a plan to spend $500 million on ...

DATE: Jan 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gov. Polis: Colorado strong after year of pandemic, disaster

DENVER – Gov. Jared Polis sought to rally a state besieged by a year of natural disasters, a mass shooting and the coronavirus pandemic Thursday, declaring in his annual state of the state a...

DATE: Jan 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News