Newsletter - Durango Herald

Local News

It’s no small event: ‘Mini Takes the States’ comes to Durango

Hundreds of Mini Coopers to descend on Durango this weekend

July 12, 2024

Local News

Abundance in the alpine: Crow Canyon holds webinar about wild food

women speak about the values of wild food, from earth to mouth

July 12, 2024

Courts and Crime

Man suspected of obstructing officer, trying to elude Cortez police

also suspected of DUI after crashing at motel

July 12, 2024

Courts and Crime

Scott Chilleen sentenced to 30 years in prison for 2021 vehicular homicide

was killed and another was severely injured in crash

July 11, 2024

Courts and Crime

Three people stabbed outside Eagle Claw Liquors on U.S. Highway 160

victim was flown to Albuquerque and is in stable condition

July 10, 2024

Local News

Mary Alice Gonzales is named 2024 Mancos Days Queen

honor given to Mary Alice Gonzales

July 9, 2024

Local News

Update: Teenager arrested for reports of shots fired appears in court

Juvenile is identified, has been linked to questions about mother’s death

July 9, 2024

Courts and Crime

Update: Teen suspected of gunfire at Cortez fireworks show is held without bail

Juvenile, deemed a danger to the community, was arrested the day after Fourth of July incident

July 9, 2024

Local News

Montezuma County commissioners hear public comment on biochar proposal

The Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners heard public comment on the impending biochar facility on what was previously the…

July 9, 2024

Local News

Update: Motorcyclists involved in collision on U.S. Highway 160 identified

motorcyclists were taken to Mercy Hospital by ambulance

July 9, 2024

Community

Bar-D Wranglers’ Gary Cook performs following triple bypass surgery in June

Gary Cook (second from left) performs with the other members of the Bar-D Wranglers mere weeks after a triple bypass…

July 6, 2024

Local News

National Mustang Association of Colorado fundraiser to rescue Mesa Verde feral horses

hopes to ensure horses well-being

July 5, 2024

Local News

Mancos Ranch Rodeo keeps ranching tradition alive

Days tradition scheduled for July 28

July 5, 2024

Local News

Update: Teenager arrested after gunshots halt fireworks in Cortez

‘Multiple shots were fired into the air,’ police say

July 4, 2024

Local News

Candlelight vigil held at Dolores High School for student killed in car crash

Funeral scheduled for Saturday

July 3, 2024

Local News

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier denied parole for 1975 killings of 2 FBI agents

Clemency request is pending before President Joe Biden

July 3, 2024

Local News

Mancos Trails Group announces completion of pavilion at Aqueduct trailhead

pavilion construction was funded by a grant from the LOR Foundation in 2022

July 2, 2024

Local News

Colorado Court of Appeals reverses judgment of ‘religious leader’ convicted of child abuse

Ceus appealed her conviction of two counts of felony child abuse

July 1, 2024

Community

One person is flown to hospital after crash on Colorado 184 outside Mancos

occurs near scene of fatal crash last week

July 1, 2024

Community

Update: Candlelight vigil planned for Dolores student killed in crash

vigil will honor Jesse “JD” Minor, who died on Tuesday

June 30, 2024

Local News

Electricity from the heat of the Earth gets a big boost

California utility backs nation’s largest new power development

June 28, 2024

Local News

Montezuma Land Conservancy receives funding for two new easement projects

Hackley Ranch and the Sturdevant Project will have funding thanks to Keep It Colorado

June 28, 2024

Community

Historic Cortez coloring book now available in town

coloring book includes artwork from a plethora of local artists

June 28, 2024

Local News

How Montezuma and Dolores counties voted

trails Roeber in Colorado House District 58; Hurd wins U.S. House seat

June 26, 2024