Talk about Town - The Durango Herald

How democratic is Colorado?

Your ZIP code is a telltale sign of the effectiveness of the democratic process in the United States, and it turns out Coloradans are among the lucky ones. The Center for American...

DATE: Jul 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango, calling all small-business entrepreneurs

A study released Monday ranked Durango as the seventh best place to start a business in Colorado. Durango had a natural disadvantage because it is so far from Denver, but a high a...

DATE: Jul 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield band writes song about Dylan Redwine

Local band Carbon Red plans to share a somber song about Dylan Redwine’s death with his mother, Elaine Hatfield Redwine, on Saturday during a July Fourth concert in Bayfield. The...

DATE: Jul 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Blind, 91, and an ace in the hole

There are golfers, there are avid golfers, and then there’s Fred Mang. On Wednesday, Mang, who is 91 and legally blind, made a hole-in-one on a 120-yard hole. He knows ...

DATE: Jun 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos may be getting sister city in France

Southwest Colorado and northwestern France may seem like worlds apart, but the Mancos Town Board hopes to close the distance with a new sister-city designation. Town Administrator...

DATE: Jun 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango has a new sister city – Chyamtang, Nepal

Karma Bhotia’s love for his home in Chyamtang, Nepal, has spread through town, and it now has been formalized with sister city proclamation that Mayor Dean Brookie signed Monday. ...

DATE: Jun 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Doing Durango proud

The world is getting larger for recent Durango High School graduates Evatt Salinger and Emma Buchanan. They performed a memorable “Les Misérables” before hundreds of Durangoans. T...

DATE: Jun 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

One of the most dangerous in the world?

When USA Today’s travel section decided to do a feature about the most dangerous roads in the world, it looked at isolated areas in Bolivia, China, Siberia, Norway, Pakistan, Alaska and war-...

DATE: Jun 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Website ranks Durango No. 3 small town in U.S.

Internet listicles sure love Durango. The latest? Livability.com named Durango No. 3 in a list of the “Top 100 Best Small Towns” in the U.S. The only small towns to bea...

DATE: Jun 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ska Brewing Co. earns plaudits

Durango’s Ska Brewing Co. continues to draw praise for its canned beers. Imbibe, a Portland-based beverage magazine, highlighted Mexican Logger – Ska’s summer seasonal beer – in a...

DATE: May 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fight hunger – buy a bowl of soup

Students in one of the “small learning communities” at Durango High School have scheduled their third annual Empty Bowls meal – soup and bread – from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the school cafete...

DATE: May 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Canyons of the Ancients gets exposure

Located in the far southwest corner of Colorado, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is getting its day in the sun as a featured attraction in Colorado Life magazine’s March/April edit...

DATE: Apr 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News