Newsletter - Durango Herald

Education

Mancos school board commends superintendent in evaluation

also discusses success with its cellphone policy

January 30, 2025

Education

PCC Southwest to offer introductory forestry and fire mitigation classes again in 2025

classes are open to adults with high school diplomas and high school students

January 30, 2025

Community

Alert: Fire equipment activity near Mancos Hill on U.S. Highway 160

Activity attributed to a structure fire

January 29, 2025

Education

Southwest Conservation Corps hiring high school students for summer conservation work

will be two four-week sessions offered, and no experience is necessary

January 29, 2025

Local News

‘Know your rights’: Ute Mountain Ute chairman speaks out about Trump’s executive orders

Chairman Manuel Heart advises members to carry two forms of ID

January 29, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Hero worship: Jimmy Carter and us

I was on a Baptist mission trip in Southeast Asia in 1976 when a newspaper appeared at my motel door…

January 25, 2025

Local News

Grand Junction man who stabbed and killed a person in Cortez is set free

‘There’s a valid self-defense claim,’ DA says

January 24, 2025

Mr. Know It All

What’s the latest on Farmington’s Amazon? Delivery company tips its hand

Scenes around the new Amazon facility at 160 S. Browning Parkway in Farmington.(Scott Michlin/Special to Tri-City Record) Dear Mr. Know-It-All:…

January 24, 2025

Local News

Coalition of funders supports local newsrooms across U.S.

Forward funding can support infrastructure, operations and reporting for small-town newsrooms

January 23, 2025

Opinion

Our View: Trump pardons gross miscarriage of justice

Crowd of Trump supporters marching on the U.S. Capitol on 6 January 2021 (Wikimedia/TaptheForwardAssist)cca Jan. 6 attacker Edward Francisco Rodriguez…

January 22, 2025

Local News

CDOT warns drivers of ‘lengthy delays’ near Lizard Head Pass

They’re doing winter maintenance work

January 20, 2025

Local News

20 gray wolves released in Pitkin, Eagle counties, Colorado Parks and Wildlife says

Fifteen brought from British Columbia; 5 were from captive Copper Creek pack

January 20, 2025

Opinion

Our View: Affordable health care for Southwest Colorado, deadline 11:59 p.m.

Health care has become a deadly business. Last month’s murder of Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, has become a symbol of…

January 18, 2025

Courts and Crime

Cortez woman arrested after allegedly pointing a firearm at a cabdriver

man was reportedly trying to return the woman’s phone

January 13, 2025

Local News

Free Land Holders submit 50-page response to lawsuit

was mostly hand written, on 8x16 paper

January 10, 2025

Local News

Cortez Police Department has an ‘eye in the sky’ once again

drone program recently returned

January 9, 2025

Local News

Feds investigate ‘illegal killing’ of reintroduced Colorado wolf

Necropsy reveals ‘gunshot wound … led to the cause of death’

January 6, 2025

Courts and Crime

Man killed in single-vehicle crash in Cortez on Christmas Eve

Alcohol discovered at the scene

January 4, 2025

Courts and Crime

Man arrested at City Market after allegedly breaking another man’s jaw

man was arrested for refusing to tell officers his name

January 4, 2025

Community

Once Upon A Sandwich reopening with a promise to serve ‘magic daily’

has been in Cortez since 1990

January 1, 2025

Local News

What to ask your real estate agent about water in Colorado

Attorneys, developers and real estate brokers share an inside look at the questions buyers should ask

January 1, 2025

Associated Press

Psychedelic therapy begins in Colorado, causing tension between conservatives and veterans

Lane Belone poses with Pikes Peak in the background on an overlook in Palmer Park, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in…

December 31, 2024

Courts and Crime

Man leads police on 100 mph chase on Cortez city streets

Jeremiah Maestas also suspected of chase in La Plata County

December 31, 2024

Local News

Restoration project on West Fork of Dolores River benefits trout habitat, ecosystem as a whole

Unlimited recently worked with a private landowner to do the work

December 28, 2024