Travel - The Durango Herald

Slaying puts focus on ride-hailing safety, fake drivers

CHICAGO – Whenever Rachel Orden calls for an Uber, the 20-year-old Michigan State University sophomore immediately walks to the back of the vehicle to check the license plate number, then op...

DATE: Apr 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Wild beach, historic district make Mazatlan an eclectic gem

Our cab ride from the airport was a quick one: less than 30 minutes from the curb to our beachside hotel in the historic district of Mazatlan. Along the route, my husband chatted in Spanish ...

DATE: Apr 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Delta tops long-running ranking of U.S. airlines

Delta Air Lines comes in first in a long-running study that ranks U.S. airlines by how often flights arrive on time and other statistical measures. Researchers who crunch the numb...

DATE: Apr 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Sorrow revisited: Re-creating Katrina’s muck in New Orleans

Exhibit depicts how flooding ravaged homes

DATE: Apr 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

First verse: Searching for America’s first published poet

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Anne Bradstreet was the North American continent’s first published poet, yet her legacy has largely been lost to time. Now, professors and students at Merri...

DATE: Apr 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

High March temperatures shortened Alaska’s winter weather

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Unusually high March temperatures lopped weeks off Alaska’s long winter and reflect a warming climate trend, state climate experts say. March is normally relia...

DATE: Apr 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Last grants coming for endangered Route 66 program

ALBUQUERQUE – An endangered federal program that has helped preserve the historic Route 66 Highway for two decades has issued its last call for grants aimed at saving aging buildings and lan...

DATE: Apr 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

South Florida sees a boom in ‘birth tourism’

MIAMI – Every year, hundreds of pregnant Russian women travel to the United States to give birth so that their child can acquire all the privileges of American citizenship. They p...

DATE: Mar 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

The great getaway: Start planning your summer adventures in Colorado

No matter how long you’ve lived in Colorado and how much you love it, I’ll bet there still are places you haven’t explored. I’ve lived here 40-plus years and continue to discover...

DATE: Mar 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Exploring the enduring bond between dogs, people

Exhibit allows you to see, smell with powers of a canine

DATE: Mar 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

The Vessel: Soaring sculpture is centerpiece of massive NYC development

NEW YORK – A towering sculpture called Vessel – made up of 2,500 twisting steps the public can climb – is the visual centerpiece of Hudson Yards, a $25 billion urban complex on Manhattan’s W...

DATE: Mar 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Flight attendant detained by immigration on return to U.S.

A Texas flight attendant who was enrolled in the government’s program for “Dreamers” flew to Mexico for work and was stopped by immigration authorities who forced her to spend more than a mo...

DATE: Mar 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

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