Brandon Mathis

Position: Herald Staff Writer

Backcountry booms

Imagine standing on the shoulder of a snow-covered peak, your skis or snowboard teetering over the edge. You see the highway, where you began, meandering, thin as a hair 3,000 feet below. Dropping...

DATE: March 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hitting the throttle

SILVERTON – Delanie Meador said it was the adrenaline. Jim Lokey called it a touch of freedom. Dean Despalmes said it reminded him of being a kid. This weekend at Molas Pass Recreation Area just...

DATE: March 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: More Sports

Climber dies in fall near Silverton

An ice climber fell several hundred feet to his death on Friday in Silverton's Eureka Canyon. Mark Miller, 50, of Ouray, was guiding two European clients up a well-known route called First Gully...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

The complexity of a tragedy

Eleven days after the tragic avalanche that killed a young Durango woman while backcountry skiing with a friend on Kendall Mountain just above Silverton, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center...

DATE: Jan. 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

The complexity of a tragedy

Eleven days after the tragic avalanche that killed a young Durango woman while backcountry skiing with a friend on Kendall Mountain just above Silverton, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center...

DATE: Jan. 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snow hits ski areas

Although Cortez didn't get much snow over the weekend, giant flakes of pearly white powder flew in surrounding areas, and the region's slopes received a blanket of relief. The National Weather...

DATE: Dec. 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - Sports

Snow hits ski areas

Although Cortez didn’t get much snow over the weekend, giant flakes of pearly white powder flew in surrounding areas, and the region’s slopes received a blanket of relief. The National Weather...

DATE: Dec. 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Cortez teams win two of four robot titles

Things have changed with how kids are learning to apply science and mathematics. At the Four Corners FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament on Saturday, scores of young students on 18 teams, ages 9...

DATE: Dec. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

Scholarships available for education in avalanches

It's already starting: On Nov. 26, not even winter, a snowmobiler from North Dakota died in an avalanche near Cooke City, Montana - marking the first avalanche death of the 2014-15 snow season in...

DATE: Dec. 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Scholarships available for education in avalanches

It's already starting: On Nov. 26, not even winter, a snowmobiler from North Dakota died in an avalanche near Cooke City, Montana - marking the first avalanche death of the 2014-15 snow season in...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Scholarships available for education in avalanches

It’s already starting: On Nov. 26, not even winter, a snowmobiler from North Dakota died in an avalanche near Cooke City, Montana – marking the first avalanche death of the 2014-15 snow season in...

DATE: Dec. 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

NFL team mascot or a racial slur?

While Washington’s NFL team went up against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, it faces a different kind of challenge off the gridiron. In protests...

DATE: Nov. 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

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