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How a Utah county silenced Native American voters

of lawsuits could help counteract decades of racist practices

July 4, 2016

Local News

Durango High student wows at national music theatre awards

awarded 2 scholarships at national musical theater awards

July 4, 2016

Local News

Local Briefs

The Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center encourages everyone to be careful with all combustible materials to prevent human-caused fires during…

July 4, 2016

Local News

Former medic remembers heroes, victims of bombing of Khobar Towers

Goff later was upset that by the end of the day, his newly purchased rug had been stained, Brock said.…

July 3, 2016

Nation & World

For dogs terrified of fireworks, new drug aims to take the edge off the Fourth of July

Dexmedetomidine suppresses flight-or-fight response

July 3, 2016

Local News

Prime firework-viewing locations in Durango, Silverton

Fireworks soar above Durango for the Fourth of July in 2014 as crowds gathered to view the annual fireworks display…

July 3, 2016

Local News

Monday Durango Dayplanner

Durango Fourth of July Celebration, 7:30 a.m.-9:15 p.m., various locations, www.downtowndurango.org/july4. Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR 91.9/93.9 FM,…

July 3, 2016

Local News

Woman dies jumping waterfalls at Cascade Creek; two rescued

Two waterfall jumpers cling to rocks in Cascade Creek north of Purgatory Resort on June 27. Three jumpers entered the…

July 3, 2016

Nation & World

3 students at U.S. universities among those killed in Bangladesh attack

A Bangladeshi boy holds a Spiderman toy in one hand and a lighted candle in the other as he joins…

July 3, 2016

Local News

Local Briefs

The Daytime Book Club at Ignacio Library will meet to discuss “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at 10 a.m., July…

July 3, 2016

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

NEW YORK – A 19-year-old man suffered a serious injury to his left foot in Central Park on Sunday, police…

July 3, 2016

Nation & World

Obama campaign machine revving up to elect Clinton

President Barack Obama makes phone calls Oct. 14, 2012, to volunteers at a Obama campaign office in Williamsburg, Va. The…

July 3, 2016

Nation & World

Deadliest attack in a year kills 115 in central Baghdad

It was the deadliest terror attack in Iraq in a year and one of the worst single bombings in more…

July 3, 2016

Local News

Caption This!: ‘Take paste eating to a whole new level!’

This week’s photo comes from reader Debbie Goodman who took the photo at Town Plaza in Durango.Courtesy of Debbie Goodman…

July 3, 2016

Local News

In Gov. Hickenlooper’s memoir: Heartache, nude selfies, business chops

The cover of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s new book.Durango Herald To the Colorado political world, that statement comes as no surprise.…

July 3, 2016

Local News

Green Party Senate candidate: Voters seek ‘moral integrity’

Durango gathering, Green Party’s Arn Menconi says U.S. should open arms to refugees

July 3, 2016

Local News

Absentee rates above average in our schools

A fourth of students miss 15 days or more of school in La Plata County

July 2, 2016

Business

Goal of owning home still strong, and 8 other housing trends

Joe Fabieand his wife, Christi, moved from Mount Pleasant, S.C., to Charleston because they wanted to pay less to rent…

July 2, 2016

Regional News

Glenwood Springs has its skunk-whispering city worker

Gardner once found 27 stinkers living in one house

July 2, 2016

Nation & World

Elie Wiesel, author, Nobel laureate, dies at 87

Holocaust survivor ‘a messenger to mankind’

July 2, 2016

Regional News

New Mexico redraws Medicaid cuts to hospital, dentists

Emergency room visits increasing

July 2, 2016

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A mother in Tennessee has been charged with first-degree murder and child abuse and neglect in connection…

July 2, 2016

Nation & World

Muslim man beaten outside Florida mosque

Mazzanti The Council on American-Islamic Relations said racial slurs were made by the attacker, though authorities said they had no…

July 2, 2016

Local News

Charges pending in fatal crash

A month later, no charges filed

July 2, 2016