Position: Reporter

Email: mshinn@durangoherald.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6037

Durango 100 percent renewable by 2050?

A petition calling for the city to commit to transitioning to 100 percent locally produced and renewable electricity by 2050 has garnered hundreds of signatures. In addition to cutting carbon...

DATE: Sept. 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Immigration announcement sparks fear, concern and hope

A group of Fort Lewis College students and faculty made an impassioned plea for action Tuesday evening after President Donald Trump announced earlier in the day that he plans to phase out the...

DATE: Sept. 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango residents face higher fines if a bear raids trash

Expect stiff fines if a bear scatters your trash in the coming weeks. The Durango City Council approved an emergency ordinance Tuesday to eliminate warnings if a resident is found to have...

DATE: Sept. 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

E7 Systems serving new niche: Self-pour beer systems

If you’ve ever squeezed between two people at a bar to order a drink and wished you could just step behind the counter and pour your own, a solution is emerging. E7 Systems , a Durango company,...

DATE: Sept. 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Colorado to study open source materials to lower textbook costs

A statewide council is looking at how to increase the use of open educational resource materials in colleges to address the high cost of textbooks. The council plans to create a digital repository...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Animas Museum marks 100th anniversary of World War I

The Animas Museum is marking the service of hundreds of people from La Plata County who served in World War I this year with activities and a new exhibit in honor of the 100th anniversary of the...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango may tighten penalty for bear-strewn trash

So many bears are digging into trash cans that the Durango City Council may enact an emergency ordinance in September to strengthen penalties. The council may eliminate the first warning residents...

DATE: Aug. 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Federal funding cuts could affect local infrastructure, transportation

President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to the federal budget could be felt locally, with homeownership assistance, infrastructure construction and air service among the areas affected. Colorado...

DATE: Aug. 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Internet speed test could help case for better infrastructure

Some rural internet customers in Southwest Colorado may pay for internet speeds that they don’t experience. To help advocate for funding to pay for improved rural broadband internet infrastructure...

DATE: Aug. 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘We are all homeless’ exhibit aims to humanize issue

Handwritten pleas for help, written by homeless people, were installed at the Durango Transit Center Monday to help further the conversation about the issue in Durango. Willie Baronet, artist and...

DATE: Aug. 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living

BP test well finds promising source of natural gas in San Juan Basin

A highly productive natural gas well tested in the San Juan Basin could encourage more new drilling in the San Juan Basin’s Mancos Shale. The well test started in June about 7 miles south of the...

DATE: Aug. 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bear breaks into SUV, then takes it for a short drive

A bear that broke into an SUV early Friday in Durango took it for a short ride, rolling it out of a driveway and crashing it into a mailbox. The commotion woke Ron Cornelius and his wife, who found...

DATE: Aug. 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

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