Arts and Entertainment

A Build America, Buy America law is causing construction delays amid the U.S. housing crisis

Schematics for an affordable housing project are posted Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Biddeford, Maine. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)(AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)…

March 30, 2026 • By CHARLOTTE KRAMON — Associated Press/Report for America

Agriculture

Rivalry between two agricultural overtime bills settled at Colorado Capitol

Colorado lawmakers want to change when overtime pay kicks in for agricultural work. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News file) What began…

March 30, 2026 • Rae Solomon — Colorado Public Radio

Briefs

Comfort Keepers wins award for ‘Comfort Conversations’ show

Comfort Keepers has announced that its team received the Innovative Award at the 2026 Comfort Keepers Connect Conference for its…

March 29, 2026

Briefs

Durango Arts Center announces events

Durango Arts Center. (Durango Herald file)du1-i-syn Registration is now open for summer youth art and theater camps at Durango Arts…

March 26, 2026

Briefs

Bayfield High School Troupe 5509 present ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’

Bayfield High School Troupe 5509 will perform “The Phantom Tollbooth” beginning April 3. (Courtesy) The student actors of Bayfield High…

March 26, 2026

Arts & Entertainment

PlayFest’s eighth season a diverse mix of genres, themes

Mandy Mikulencak On March 10, Durango PlayFest unveiled the four plays that will be presented at its eighth annual festival…

March 26, 2026 • Mandy Mikulencak — Durango PlayFest

Arts & Entertainment

Review: DART updates the American musical with ‘Cannibal!’

Production at Durango Arts Center runs through weekend

March 26, 2026 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

Casino and gambling

Online gambling is big business in Colorado, but lawmakers want to change that

People gather around to participate in sports betting. (Associated Press file) Dave Vanderport says he was a sports gambler long…

March 25, 2026 • Ben Markus — Colorado Public Radio

Arts & Entertainment

Stations of the Cross: Studio & presents dramatic biblical story

16 paintings form a solo show with an accompanying book by artist Mike Brieger

March 25, 2026 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

Arts & Entertainment

Movie review: ‘They Will Kill You’ is a failed attempt at satanic, supernatural horror pulp

Zazie Beetz stars in “They Will Kill You,” opening this week in Durango. (Warner Bros. via AP) If you’re looking…

March 25, 2026 • Mark Kennedy — The Associated Press

Arts & Entertainment

Check out what’s playing in Durango movie theaters

playing March 27-April 2

March 25, 2026

Movies

Chuck Norris, martial arts master and actor whose toughness became internet lore, dies at 86

Chuck Norris attends the premiere for "The Expendables 2" in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2012. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP…

March 20, 2026 • By JONATHAN MATTISE — Associated Press

Arts & Entertainment

Ebb and flow: Durango and Telluride Choral Societies celebrate water music

Musicians will perform double bill at Summit Methodist Church

March 20, 2026 • Judith Reynolds — Special to the Herald

Arts & Entertainment

Movie review: Gosling, Lord and Miller make science fun in ‘Project Hail Mary’

Ryan Gosling stars in “Project Hail Mary.” (Jonathan Olley/Amazon MGM Studios via AP) It’s been a minute since we’ve had…

March 20, 2026 • Lindsey Bahr — The Associated Press

Colorado

Colorado on the way to show job losses for 2025 as data finalized

A help wanted sign is seen at an office on March 19, 2022. (Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press file) Colorado’s job…

March 19, 2026 • Sarah Mulholland — Colorado Public Radio

Colorado Legislature

AI policy group makes recommendations on implementing state’s first-of-its-kind 2024 artificial intelligence law

The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the ChatGPT home…

March 19, 2026 • Bente Birkeland — Colorado Public Radio

Arts & Entertainment

DAC to serve up a little Colorado history

Parker’s ‘Cannibal! The Musical’ tells tale of Alferd Packer

March 18, 2026 • Katie Chicklinski-Cahill — Herald Arts & Entertainment editor

Headlines

Big changes coming at The Durango Herald

Dear Readers, Local journalism is at the heart of a strong community. For more than a century, The Durango Herald…

March 17, 2026 • John Blais — CEO and Publisher | The Durango Herald

Arts & Entertainment

All Dolled Up: Cortez-area musicians to honor Dolly Parton’s classics

Gallery hosts tribute night featuring local performers reimagining Parton favorites

March 17, 2026 • Bailey Duran — Special to The Journal

Arts & Entertainment

Who will win at the Oscars? AP’s film writers make their predictions

98th Academy Awards to be broadcast Sunday

March 14, 2026 • Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle — The Associated Press

Arts & Entertainment

Four nights, four worlds: A multigenre April at the Concert Hall

Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock and Roll takes the stage April 4. (Courtesy) Charles LeslieScott Griggs April at the…

March 11, 2026

Arts

Colorado is launching NFT art for its 150th birthday

Critics say the idea isn’t timely

March 11, 2026 • Haylee May — Colorado Public Radio

Arts & Entertainment

Movie review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ is a Frankenstein riff with a pulse

This image released by Warner Bros Entertainment shows Jessie Buckley in a scene from "The Bride!" (Warner Bros Entertainment via…

March 10, 2026 • Jake Coyle — The Associated Press

Briefs

Comfort Keepers welcomes Sandra Fritz

Fritz Comfort Keepers welcomes Sandra “Sandie” Fritz as Human Resources Manager in its Durango office. She brings more than 30…

March 6, 2026