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Colorado River talks: States are still at odds but working toward a 5-year plan

With just weeks to decide how to share the Colorado River’s shrinking water supply, negotiators from seven states hunkered down in a Salt Lake City conference room. Outside was busy traffic...

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Horses leap through flames and pets go to church in Spanish animal rituals honoring St Anthony

SAN BARTOLOME DE PINARES, Spain – Hundreds of Spaniards watched horses gallop through towering flames, hours before pet owners in Madrid on Jan. 17 took their dogs and cats to church to be b...

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Travel

Olympic visitors to Milan get a rare chance to glimpse restoration of a long-hidden Leonardo gem

MILAN – In honor of the Milan Cortina Olympics, Milan cultural officials are for a brief time only allowing visitors access to a long-hidden wall and ceiling painting by Leonardo da Vinci wh...

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Travel

‘I’m stuck here’: Dozens of Minneapolis ICE detainees shipped to NM detention facility

Minnesota lawyer says out-of-state transfers are ICE strategy to ‘disappear’ entire communities

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

DHS graduate named to CSU dean’s list

Jackson Hubertus, a 2024 Durango High School graduate, was named to the fall 2025 dean’s list at the CSU College of Health and Human Services. Hubertus is studying construction management. T...

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Community

DHS to host Eighth Grade Family Night

Durango School District invites eighth grade students and their families to attend Eighth Grade Family Night from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at Durango High School, 2390 Main Ave. The evening wil...

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Community

Before it dies, electrify: A smarter path forward for your home

You may not be familiar with the term “beneficial electrification,” but you have probably heard about elements of it. The concept is simple, and understanding it might change how you think a...

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Community

Bridge scores

Durango Bridge Club online and in-person play. All pairs received 50+ percent Jan. 18 – Open Pairs First: J. Edmondson/J. Edmondson Second: L. Anderson/B. Dobson Third:...

DATE: Jan 23, 2026 | CATEGORY: Community

February Library Calendar

Durango Public Library 1900 East Third Ave. Contact: 375-3380. Weekly events for youths Mondays, 2-4:30 p.m.: Lego Club. For children ages 5-12 who love to build, tinker, sort and imagin...

DATE: Jan 22, 2026 | CATEGORY: Community

And the West is History: Daredevil auto show at Fairgrounds – ca. 1952

DATE: Jan 19, 2026 | CATEGORY: And the West is History

Mountain towns tighten their belts as pandemic-fueled tourism high starts declining

Colorado’s mountain towns, once overcrowded with out-of-towners fleeing their homes in the pandemic, are now planning for fewer people, fewer booked hotels and less spending. Most are expect...

DATE: Jan 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Rules cut methane pollution across Colorado

A recent analysis of satellite data showed a substantial decline in methane emissions associated with oil and gas development in Colorado. The reduction correlated closely in time with the i...

DATE: Jan 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

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Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday