taxation and budget - The Durango Herald

La Plata County sets cost-saving goals for 2017

Money from gas drilling plummets

DATE: Feb 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Property taxes give fire districts money headaches

Gallagher Amendment gradually reduces homeowners’ tax bill

DATE: Feb 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ignacio School Board sets increased mill levy

Assessed valuation falls with gas, oil industry downturn

DATE: Dec 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

A quick Medicare overhaul worries GOP senators

Republicans have called for major Medicare changes for years, but now that they may be in a position to push something through, some party leaders are wary of sparking a fight over a popular...

DATE: Nov 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

State approves Durango separation from San Juan BOCES

Appeal possible, Department of Education says

DATE: Nov 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County faces 10 percent budget cut

As revenues dive, services will be cut

DATE: Nov 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ballot Issue 3B: Bayfield seeks tax hike to build schools

Request for $28.6 million would go for new elementary, other projects

DATE: Oct 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

District 9-R requests $1.7 million mill levy override

At the end of a long ballot for the Nov. 8 election, voters residing within Durango School District 9-R’s boundaries will be asked to approve a tax increase for the district. A “Y...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

New public art not funded in 2017 budget

City applied for grant to fund new art for U.S. Highway 550/160 intersection

DATE: Oct 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango-La Plata County Airport tax hike gets Bayfield OK

Town trustees offer support, barely

DATE: Oct 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

November ballot comes with a price tag

If state, local ballot measures pass, what will you owe?

DATE: Sep 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango’s utility bills set to jump

Sewer rate increases may be lower than expected

DATE: Sep 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

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