Regional News - The Durango Herald

When people die recreating, sometimes friends are the ones to find them

Civilian-led rescues have recovered fallen comrades in Colorado’s backcountry

DATE: Oct 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado woman moves on after surviving 1984 hammer attack

DENVER (AP) – On a frigid January night in 1984, Kim Rice woke to a flash of pain and sat up in bed to see a stranger’s silhouette, his arm raised to strike another blow with a hammer. She s...

DATE: Oct 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver Zoo apologizes a decade after visitor's death

DENVER – The Denver Zoo has apologized more than a decade after a Black man died after a confrontation with police on zoo grounds. Zoo president Bert Vescolani on Friday publicly apologized ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Oct. 4-Oct. 8

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: Oct 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southwest hits impressive rainfall during summer monsoon

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Cities across the Southwest hit impressive rainfall totals this summer, bringing much-needed – but temporary – relief to a region that has been mired in drought. The winte...

DATE: Oct 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

At least 92% of Denver city workers vaccinated after mandate

DENVER – At least 92% of Denver’s municipal employees were vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday, a day after the city’s vaccine mandate took effect in a bid to slow the spread of the vir...

DATE: Oct 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bureau of Land Management hopes goats can slow wildfires

DENVER (AP) – A group of horse trailers pulls up to a trailhead outside Carbondale. The doors open and more than 800 goats jump out onto the gravel parking lot. The goats head straight for t...

DATE: Oct 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Why climate change is making it harder to chase fall foliage

Leaf peeping seasons have been disrupted as the planet warms

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Silverton is about as vaccinated as it can get. But it still has COVID.

Shots alone aren’t enough to prevent spread because of porous geographic boundaries and waning vaccine effectiveness

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Thursday 9:27 a.m. A woman with three dogs spit and cussed at someone in the 1200 block of Escalane Drive. Police made an arrest. Wednesday 8:39 a.m. A man...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Four Corners Comedy Festival. The annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering features a full schedule of musical performances, comedy, ...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Body composting a ‘green’ alternative to burial, cremation

LAFAYETTE (AP) – In a suburban Denver warehouse tucked between an auto repair shop and a computer recycling business, Seth Viddal is dealing with life and death. He and one of his employees...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life