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Community

Resilient at 100: Durango resident has endured Depression, war and pandemic

‘One day at a time – that's all there is,’ Maddy Surdey says

February 11, 2026 • Elizabeth Pond — Herald Staff Writer

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Federal budget cuts dry up funding for La Plata County Public Health resources

Department ordered to stop work related to childhood vaccination, infectious disease investigation grants

April 3, 2025 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Abortion

Bennet confronts Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about history of conspiracy theory claims

‘We'd be a lot better off with somebody in that job who has to hold the science’

January 30, 2025 • Kathryn Squyres — Herald Staff Writer

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

How American Rescue Plan funding is panning out for Durango and La Plata County

a nearly $16 million cash injection stave off COVID-19’s economic impacts?

November 23, 2024 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

RSV, flu and COVID-19 vaccines available as respiratory virus season dawns

Plata County Public Health is now accepting most insurance carriers

October 8, 2024 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Durango becomes ‘sentinel’ site for monitoring diseases like COVID-19 in wastewater

surveilling for enteroviruses, RSV’s and influenza

August 14, 2024 • Christian Burney — Herald Staff Writer

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

La Plata County Public Health warns of RSV outbreaks

Outbreaks hit three child care centers

February 7, 2024 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

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Sen. Michael Bennet briefed on ARPA funds in Durango

Lawmaker stopped at the La Plata County Administration building Friday

September 15, 2023 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

New COVID-19 vaccine expected ‘soon’ in Archuleta, La Plata counties

officials report uptick in number of cases locally

September 15, 2023 • Shane Benjamin — Herald Staff Writer

Archuleta County

Health officials advise residents get their COVID vaccines

is starting and new COVID-19 boosters could be around the corner

August 17, 2023 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

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Chieftains hoping to continue forward progress

off 4-6 campaign last year, Shiprock football still in rebuilding mode

June 22, 2023 • Steven Bortstein — Tri-City Record Sports Editor

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Departing public health director says communication most powerful tool agency possesses

Jollon reflects on her 10 years at the helm of San Juan Basin Public Health

June 3, 2023 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Business (general)

Hower Built says Southwest Colorado is growing market for camper buildouts

says more young professionals want to live out camper life

May 30, 2023 • Tyler Brown — Herald Staff Writer

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

San Juan Basin Public Health director announces departure

10 years at helm, Liane Jollon takes new job on Colorado’s Front Range

May 10, 2023 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Briefs

Additional COVID-19 booster available for high-risk people

Booster shots were approved for adults 65 and older and immunocompromised

April 21, 2023

airlines

United Airlines to offer flights this summer between Durango and Houston

Weekend flights to run from June 24 through Sept. 3

April 11, 2023 • Tyler Brown — Herald Staff Writer

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 cases up in Silverton, San Juan County

Residents urged to get boosted to lessen severity of illness

February 9, 2023 • Megan K. Olsen — Herald Staff Writer

Bayfield

Pine River Valley seniors express pandemic resilience through quilt work

in Place COVID-19 textile art project took two years to complete

January 31, 2023 • Megan K. Olsen — Herald Staff Writer

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Navajo Nation rescinds mask mandate on vast reservation

A sign urging safety measures during the coronavirus pandemic is displayed in Teesto, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation on Feb.…

January 21, 2023 • Felicia Fonseca — Associated Press

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Remaining Colorado COVID-19 testing sites to be closed

Alternative options are being offered at low or no cost

January 7, 2023 • Megan K. Olsen — Herald Staff Writer

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Happy healthy holidays in La Plata County

Children 6 months to 5 years now eligible for omicron boosters, CDC says

December 22, 2022 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Free vaccine bus makes a stop in Ignacio

mobile bus will at the community library beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday

December 20, 2022 • Megan K. Olsen — Herald Staff Writer

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 cases rise to level ‘high’ in Archuleta, La Plata counties

officials advise precautionary measures to prevent spread during the holiday season

November 21, 2022 • Tyler Brown — Herald Staff Writer

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Holidays could serve up a ‘tripledemic’ of respiratory viruses

Plata County reporting rising number of COVID-19, influenza and RSV cases

November 17, 2022 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer