Death and dying

Local News

Rancher Jerry McCaw dies from pancreatic cancer

Rancher, engineer served community

September 2, 2015

Local News

Durangoan Kelsey McLean killed in Montana car crash

Kelsey McLean was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee westbound on Montana Highway 64 when she crossed the center line and…

August 18, 2015

Local News

Flags lowered statewide for fallen firefighter

Flags are lowered to half-staff Tuesday at the La Plata County Courthouse in memory of fallen Denver firefighter John Whelan.Peter…

July 21, 2015

Local News

County surveyor dies

Connolly first elected in 2000

July 7, 2015

Local News

Family to hold service for son

Volunteers still searching for Cody Pierce in Upper Animas

July 7, 2015

Local News

Durango teen falls, dies near Silverton

19-year-old was hiking in high country

June 21, 2015

Business

Even in death, your best friend

Funeral homes increasingly using dogs to comfort mourners

June 16, 2015

Local News

Heroin suspected in local death

Grotts was ‘always trying to help others’

June 11, 2015

Local News

Durango woman honors lost husband

project takes Durangoan back decades to Vietnam

June 4, 2015

Nation & World

Wingsuit fliers died doing routine jump

Potter, Graham Hunt, flew into rock

May 18, 2015

John Peel

Tom Byrne goes his own way

The big man propped up in a bed in his Riverview area living room also used something called Biotene, an…

May 10, 2015

Local News

A little TLC for this cemetery?

graveyard in Durango is deteriorating

March 23, 2015

John Peel

‘Death with dignity’ hits home

Durangoan disappointed he won’t have all options available

February 22, 2015

Local News

No obvious cause in local woman’s death

Officials fast-tracking toxicology tests

February 11, 2015

Local News

Loved ones remember an ‘adventurous soul’

native loved the West, moved to Durango in 2001

February 9, 2015

Local News

Lawmakers vote down ‘death with dignity’ bill

Emotions high in effort to allow life-ending medication for patients

February 7, 2015

Local News

‘Death with dignity’ bill dies at the Capitol

Emotional 11-hour hearing ends with measure’s defeat

February 6, 2015

Local News

Longtime mortuary owner dies at 84

Young helped found hospice here

January 27, 2015

Local News

Terminally ill offered ‘Death with Dignity’

Measure would allow Coloradans to end their lives

January 27, 2015

Local News

‘Death with dignity’ to be discussed Thursday

The lecture coincides with what Denver politicos anticipate will be a big week for the “death with dignity” movement, with…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Plane crash still under investigation

adults from Austin killed on the way to Durango

January 5, 2015

Local News

Durango Inn death determined to be suicide

Authorities responded to a man who was found dead at the Durango Downtown Inn on Sunday. The death has been…

December 12, 2014

Local News

No foul play suspected in hotel death

Authorities responded to a man who was found dead at the Durango Downtown Inn on Sunday. The cause of death…

December 8, 2014

Local News

Man found dead at Durango hotel

BRANDON MATHIS/Durango Herald<br><br>Authorities responded to a man who was found dead at the Durango Downtown Inn on Sunday. The cause…

December 7, 2014