The Durango Herald

01/15/2025

Farmington police are investigating a case in which a man appears to have been struck and killed by his own vehicle after the vehicle “began to roll away due to improper parking."

The Farmington Police Department is investigating the death of a man struck by his own vehicle. Farmington Police were called at 11:45 p.m. Jan. 12 to the 2000 block of Summit Drive, where they repor...

01/15/2025

The newly sworn in elected officials all offered brief remarks after taking their oaths.

Chief Judge Jeffrey Wilson of the 6th Judicial District administered the oath of office to three La Plata County officials on Tuesday, all to offices they previously occupied and to which they were el...

01/15/2025

A break-in and a resignation over the weekend are a speed bump, but little more, organizers say.

Durango’s overnight emergency warming center – a place where almost anyone can go for the night, but not technically to sleep – closed Friday after someone broke into the facility. Despite what the n...

01/14/2025

The wide range of topics include mysterious gut microorganisms, presidential pardons, profiles of Anne Frank, misconceptions about Ozempic and more.

Topics to be covered in the next free Life-long Lectures at Fort Lewis College include the grand and the granular. From smart planet Earth guidelines to our mysterious gut microbiome, from presidentia...

01/14/2025

This photo captures the wedding party entering St. Columba Church, with the corner of 18th Street and East Second Avenue in the background.

And the West is History: Wedding party at St. Columba Church – 1948 Monday, Jan 13, 2025 5:00 AM Shirley Young wed Robert Butler in Durango on Aug. 21, 1948. This photo captures the wedding party entering St. Columba Church, with the corner of 18th Street and East Second Avenue in the background. ...

01/14/2025

Colorado will receive over $100 million from the federal government to support transportation and water infrastructure projects around the state.

Colorado will receive over $100 million from the federal government to support transportation and water infrastructure projects around the state. U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, both ...

01/14/2025

Residents received a letter in November notifying them of the owner's intent to sell. It spurred them into action.

Residents of Apache Mobile Home Park in west Durango hope to buy the property after being informed of the owner’s intent to sell, according to park residents. The owner, CODU Apache LLC, distributed ...

01/14/2025

Jason Morrison has refused to work with public defenders, preferring to go it alone. “If my ship sinks, it sinks on my own behalf,” he told jurors.

A Durango man suspected of assaulting a laundromat owner is defending himself in a criminal trial this week in 6th Judicial District Court. Jason Morrison, wearing shackles and an orange jail-issued ...

01/14/2025

The woman is suspected of pointing a gun at a cabdriver who was attempting to return her phone.

A woman was arrested and charged with menacing after allegedly pointing a handgun at a cabdriver who was attempting to return her phone on Jan. 4. Officer Jacob Bourdon was dispatched to 108 S. Chestn...

01/14/2025

Are you planning to attend President Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 20?

The Durango Herald is interested in chatting with anyone going, before and after the event.

If you're willing to talk about your experience, please reach out to Kathryn Squyres, who is based in D.C., at [email protected].

01/13/2025

Bayfield High School’s Patient Care Technician program is working to fill entry-level workforce voids in nursing.

A number of nursing positions require particular training, namely the work that goes into certified nursing assistant certification. Despite that straightforward prerequisite, the path for students pu...

01/13/2025

Sanct Salon is a safe space for clients seeking to avoid toxic products, toxic environments and toxic people, the owner says.

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01/13/2025

Fenceline Cider in Mancos has reopened with a new addition out front: A wood-fired pizza food truck called Sweetwater Gypsies.

Fenceline Cider in Mancos reopened Friday after being closed for 10 days with a new addition out front: A wood-fired pizza food truck called Sweetwater Gypsies. “We’ll miss the Fencepost, but we’re re...

01/13/2025

Aggravated assaults on Durango police officers have nearly quadrupled since 2022.

Spitting, punching and kicking are common forms of violence police, sheriff’s deputies and other law enforcement personnel face in the line of duty. But just because violence comes with the job doesn’...

01/13/2025

Durango's police chief told new officers their badges are hard-earned and easily lost: "You will act with courage in the face of danger and compassion in times of crisis."

Durango Police Department received four new officers on Friday at a swearing-in ceremony in Smith Council Chambers at Durango City Hall. Craig Beauchamp, Crystal English, Heather Gunn and Faith McKenz...

01/13/2025

Columnist: Utah politicians have often been cantankerous, but this latest piece of legislative legerdemain is especially threatening.

Utah, politicians seek to ignore the U.S. Constitution by claiming 18.5 million acres of your federal public land – most of it administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Utahans have often been ca...

01/13/2025

The shooting happened in late December on Bureau of Land Management land where the animals graze. Two cattle were killed and another was injured.

Two young men are now facing charges in connection with the shooting deaths and injury of three cattle in Montrose County. The Montrose County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened in late Decem...

01/12/2025

The Colorado governor has been on several short lists as a possible 2028 presidential contender, but now a few Democrats are moving him down several spots.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis donned safety glasses and seized the handle of the electric saw, guiding the buzzing blade down through a stack of printed-out executive orders dating back decades. Polis' pr...