Regional News - The Durango Herald

Lauren Boebert is becoming a big name in fundraising – for Democrats

Candidates, some who won’t even face her, use congresswoman as foil to bring in campaign cash

DATE: Sep 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Joe Biden will make a stop in Denver on Monday

President will participate in a ‘Build Back Better’ event, according to White House

DATE: Sep 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include the WholeExpo, a concert at Chapman Hill and a talk about the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. The 25th annual WholeExpo: The Four Corners Showcase of Holistic and ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Airman’s attorney aims to limit evidence at murder trial

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – An Arizona judge ruled Thursday that expert testimony on cellphone data will be allowed in the case of a U.S. Air Force airman who is accused of kidnapping and killing a M...

DATE: Sep 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Girl who died at amusement park identified as probe continues

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – The family of a 6-year-old girl who died at a Colorado amusement park is raising money to pay for her funeral as an investigation continues into what happened. The girl wa...

DATE: Sep 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Latest draft of Colorado’s congressional map may spell trouble for Lauren Boebert

Freshman House member may find herself in 2nd Congressional District

DATE: Sep 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

4 teens killed, 2 injured in crash on Colorado's plains

WILEY – Four teenagers were killed and two other people were hospitalized when the SUV the teens were riding in was hit by a semitrailer on Colorado’s rural southeastern plains on Wednesday ...

DATE: Sep 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Forced medication approved for wildfire suspect, lawyers say

DENVER – A judge has approved the forced medication of a mentally ill Danish man accused of starting a wildfire that burned 149 homes in Colorado in 2018, lawyers said Wednesday. The develop...

DATE: Sep 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado county COVID vaccine workers harassed over holiday

DENVER – A Colorado county’s public health department took its three mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinics off the streets after its staff members were harassed while providing inoculations ov...

DATE: Sep 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

$3M deal reached in rough arrest of woman with dementia

DENVER – A Colorado city has agreed to pay $3 million to a 73-year-old woman with dementia who was roughly arrested by police last year, officials announced Wednesday. An officer arrested Ka...

DATE: Sep 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Thursday La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Monday 10:55 a.m. Someone reported a camera was stolen from a vehicle on East Animas Road (County Road 250)...

DATE: Sep 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mental health exam ordered for supermarket shooting suspect

BOULDER – A judge on Tuesday ordered a state mental health evaluation for the man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in March to determine whether he is competent to proc...

DATE: Sep 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News