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Email: mshinn@durangoherald.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6037

Ute Mountain Utes work to cut recidivism

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe is launching new efforts to prevent felons from returning to prison and teenagers from ever entering the system. Nationally, two-thirds of all people released from...

DATE: Nov. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowmakers defy Mother Nature

PURGATORY – For about three weeks, snow guns have been blowing powder across the runs at Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort building a base to last into spring. About 16 inches of natural snow...

DATE: Nov. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Agency pitches plan to boost deer populations

Bringing back the mule deer population across the Western Slope will require habitat management, highway crossings and reducing hunting licenses. The mule deer numbers are in decline in Western...

DATE: Nov. 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Options for new terminal carry hefty price tags

No cheap options for a new airport terminal exist Durango city councilors and La Plata County Commissioners learned Monday when weighing expansion plans. The rough estimates for the three airport...

DATE: Nov. 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Kansas City firm to study STEAM Park

A third party is going to take a hard look at Science, Theater, Education, Arts and Music Park, or STEAM Park, proposed near downtown Durango to see if can be more than just a good idea. A Kansas...

DATE: Nov. 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Living

Options for new terminal carry hefty price tags

No cheap options for a new airport terminal exist Durango city councilors and La Plata County Commissioners learned Monday when weighing expansion plans. The rough estimates for the three airport...

DATE: Nov. 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Airport lacks certification to prevent delays

Durango-La Plata County Airport lacks federal certification to use a backup system that would have prevented delays for hundreds of passengers last week. A broken visibility sensor led to 17...

DATE: Nov. 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Agency pitches plan to boost deer populations

Bringing back the mule deer population across the Western Slope will require habitat management, highway crossings and reducing hunting licenses. The mule deer numbers are in decline in Western...

DATE: Nov. 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gas bills are likely to drop

Atmos Energy customers will likely get a slight break on their winter bill, the company announced recently. The company will ask the Colorado Public Utilities Commission on Oct. 29 to decrease...

DATE: Oct. 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fewer bears wandering in Durango

This was a good year for bears to forage in the wild, and that helped minimize conflicts between our furry neighbors and Durango residents, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. This is the...

DATE: Oct. 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wells creeping toward Chaco

CHACO – From the air a spiderweb of roads connecting oil and gas wells crisscrossing the desert south of Farmington is visible, cutting into a delicate desert landscape that holds sacred sites and...

DATE: Oct. 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA to plug mine in Silverton

Poisonous metals flow from many abandoned mines near Silverton, but in 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to address one that is draining hundreds of gallons of toxins a minute into...

DATE: Sept. 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

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