Travel and commuting – The Durango Herald

Head-on crash reported on Red Mountain Pass

Driver lost control of vehicle in icy, snowy conditions

DATE: Feb 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Viral Vegas: Deaths jump, tourism slumps amid long pandemic

LAS VEGAS – Six weeks ago, thousands of New Year’s revelers gathered beneath the neon-lit marquees on the Las Vegas Strip – even though the big annual fireworks show was called off due to th...

DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Italy won’t open its ski slopes because of virus fears

ROME – The Italian government on Sunday abruptly delayed opening Italy’s beloved ski season because a coronavirus variant was detected in a good portion of recently infected persons in the c...

DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Around the globe, virus cancels spring travel for millions

FRANKFURT, Germany – They are the annual journeys of late winter and early spring: Factory workers in China heading home for the Lunar New Year; American college students going on road trips...

DATE: Feb 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Red Mountain Pass reopens after avalanche mitigation work

21-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 550 was closed for several hours

DATE: Feb 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pompeii’s museum comes back to life to display amazing finds

Museum comes back to life to display Roman world frozen in time

DATE: Feb 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Crews work to repair washed-out scenic highway near Big Sur

SAN FRANCISCO – Crews worked Monday to determine when they can rebuild a section of scenic roadway near Big Sur after it collapsed in torrential rain last week, but the damage was not as bad...

DATE: Feb 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Canada to quarantine travelers, suspend flights south

TORONTO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced stricter restrictions on travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus – including making...

DATE: Jan 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Biden orders COVID-19 travel restrictions, adds South Africa

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Monday reinstated COVID-19 travel restrictions on most non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that al...

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Winter weather disrupts travel, schools across Southwest Colorado

Chance for snow remains until Tuesday evening

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

EU insists virus shots will remain voluntary before travel

The European Union sought Monday to ease concerns that citizens might be obliged to get shots against the coronavirus before they’re allowed to travel, as debate swirls over the use of vacci...

DATE: Jan 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Number of daily hikers triples at popular Southwest rock formation The Wave

SALT LAKE CITY – Outdoor enthusiasts and landscape photographers hoping to land one of the elusive permits needed to explore the colorful, contoured landscape of a hike called The Wave in th...

DATE: Jan 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel