Ann Butler

Position: Herald Staff Writer

The stories behind the skeletons

Forget “CSI” and “Bones.” Investigations pursued by real-life forensic anthropologists may not be solved in 45 minutes, but they reveal much more about the human condition than just whodunit. “We...

DATE: Nov. 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Vaccines urged as whooping cough increases

Pertussis is on the rise in La Plata County, and San Juan Basin Health Department is cautioning residents to get their vaccines or booster shots. Since January, 20 cases have been diagnosed in La...

DATE: Oct. 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Living

Additional delays expected heading into weekend on Red Mountain

After more than a month of long closures on Red Mountain Pass repairing a power transmission line and a rockslide area, the work was finally done – or so they thought. When crews prepared to...

DATE: Oct. 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Out with Columbus Day, in with Indigenous Peoples Day?

Albuquerque; St. Paul, Minnesota; Portland, Oregon; Alaska; South Dakota; Olympia, Washington; Berkeley, California; Minneapolis; Seattle; Andarko, Oklahoma. Should Durango join this list of cities...

DATE: Oct. 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Fort Lewis College works to hold on to students

To be healthy financially in this era of decreasing state funding, as well as watching students succeed, Fort Lewis College needs to attract students and keep them. Easier said than done. FLC...

DATE: Oct. 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Ray Duncan, ski area founder, dies

Purgatory Resort will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year, but the community institution and winter economic driver might never have come to be without founder Raymond Twomey Duncan. He died...

DATE: Oct. 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Commercial Demons website comes down at 9-R’s request

When DigitalTown Inc., a Burnsville, Minnesota-based company, announced it was creating a website called www.durangodemons.com, red flags went up at Durango School District 9-R. “We immediately...

DATE: Sept. 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

Native American students receive orientation at FLC

Fort Lewis College began the 2015-16 school year Friday with its Convocation, officially bringing freshmen and transfer students into the collegiate fold. “I hope you make the next four years the...

DATE: Aug. 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gold King Mine spill captures attention of world’s media

Within 48 hours of the Gold King Mine spill, media from across the nation and around the world began converging on Durango to report about a river that turned orange. Michael Davis, an...

DATE: Aug. 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sheriff: Redwine a person of interest in Dylan’s homicide

The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday it has identified Mark Redwine as a person of interest in the death of his son, Dylan, who was 13 when he died. “That designation was based...

DATE: Aug. 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gold King mine continues to drain

While the data shows things continue to get better along the waterways affected by the Gold King Mine spill, toxic water is still draining at the rate of 600 gallons per minute from the mine,...

DATE: Aug. 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Irrigation ditch flushing begins

On Wednesday evening, select irrigation ditches were inspected and flushed as a first step toward opening the ditches for farmers and ranchers who depend on the Animas River for watering livestock...

DATE: Aug. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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