Newsletter Lead

The Liberty School prepares to build its own facility

The private school uses specialized curriculum, teachers and tutors to work with students who have dyslexia, are intellectually gifted or…

November 14, 2016

Local News

Music infuses the visual art of Fort Lewis professor

As an associate professor at Fort Lewis College, his art career has taken him around the country and across the…

November 13, 2016

Local News

Rural residents in La Plata County question code enforcement

In La Plata County, code enforcement processes about 200 violations per year, enforcement officials estimate, and the department runs on…

November 12, 2016

Local News

Volunteers of America housing veterans in need

“We are finally seeing that long-term change in people’s lives. It’s fantastic,” said Rachel Bauske, the Volunteers of America Southwest…

November 10, 2016

Local News

Trump’s victory emotional for many

Unitarians offers service of healing after turbulent election

November 9, 2016

Local News

Taxpayers to foot bill for Freda Mine cleanup

Arrow Gold Corporation’s former site requires remediation

November 7, 2016

Local News

Trump, Clinton camps pound the ground in final days

headed back to Colorado; surrogates for both camps out in full force

November 4, 2016

Local News

Safety at heart of organic park debate

York City uses Durango as organic-management model

November 3, 2016

Local News

Minimum wage ballot question centers on economics

Businesses say it could cause harm, proponents say it could get more money circulating

October 28, 2016

Local News

Elks Club helps put the fright in Halloween

A kids’ version offered as a weekend matinee

October 27, 2016

Local News

La Plata County barking dog law advances

residents complain government shouldn’t regulate

October 25, 2016

Nation & World

An accidental shooting kills a child every other day

Associated Press and USA TODAY Network Hours earlier, he was a happy 4-year-old who loved Ironman and the Hulk and…

October 23, 2016

Local News

Raymond Cain to be resentenced for 1995 murder

video, Cain expresses remorse for his role in double shooting

October 20, 2016

Local News

Parking tickets may increase to pay for transit

funding sources needed

October 14, 2016

Local News

Wilson Gulch Road nears completion

‘Bridge to Nowhere’ to ‘Road to the Future’

October 13, 2016

Local News

Schwartz makes 3rd Congressional contest competitive with Tipton, Kent

By Peter Marcus Herald Denver Bureau Democrat Gail Schwartz couldn’t sit on the sideline this election. In weighing her run…

October 8, 2016

Local News

Fort Lewis College students prepare for social side of careers

than 100 attend Etiquette Dinner

October 7, 2016

Local News

Four Corners Veterans Stand Down offers services, comradery

Sometimes coming home means new fights

October 6, 2016

Local News

Cowboy Poetry Gathering delights visitors

‘American Idol’ contestant will perform Sunday

October 1, 2016

Local News

LPEA’s nerve center receives an upgrade

‘Live wall’ allows dispatchers to monitor more aspects of grid

September 30, 2016

Local News

7-year-old shnauzer stays in the family thanks to donors

donors pay to fly him to Cincinnati

September 29, 2016

Local News

Animas River fish survey shows encouraging signs

count not ‘great,’ but some trends are up

September 28, 2016

Local News

State takes aim at issues of burgeoning aging population

Now, at 46, the executive director of the San Juan Basin Area Agency on Aging says the topic consumes a…

September 19, 2016

Local News

Aviation show offers something for everyone

annual event features diverse mix of flying contraptions

September 17, 2016