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How candidates for U.S. House differ on health care, saving the economy, public lands

Local parties push forward with virtual assemblies in Colorado

By Emily Hayes Herald Staff Writer

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Five new cases of COVID-19 in Archuleta County

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StoneAge secures hard-to-get N95 masks

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Mountain Middle planning for new classrooms

Bayfield

Bayfield, Ignacio prepare for elections with social distancing in mind

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Early release Mondays will end next year for Durango School District 9-R

Business

As restaurants, inns deal with COVID-19, the scope of aid begins to emerge

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Eastern La Plata mobilizes neighbors to prepare for COVID-19 outbreak

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Arts & Entertainment

Local comedians help find the humor

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Durango, Bayfield and Ignacio unsure what to expect from federal funds

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Mercy Regional Medical Center announces interim CEO

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Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees expands to nine seats

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Telluride and Rico: The impacts of COVID-19

Life under order to shelter in place.

A homegrown effort led by the Durango MakerLab is bringing supplies to health care workers amid a nationwide shortage of protective gear for nurses and doctors on the front line of the coronavirus... Read more

City of Durango Update Video

Stay at home order - Durango

Traffic volume was virtually nonexistent Thursday morning, March 26, 2020, in Durango, the same day Colorado instituted a stay-at-home order to limit spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19.

First day of spring

A winter storm moved through the area on the first day of sping Thursday leaving several inches of snow in the Animas Valley and more than a foot of snow in the San Juan Mountains.

Sonntag Memorial

The Durango community showed their love during the memoriall for the professional cyclist Benjamin Sonntag on Saturday.

Columns

Authentic Aging

Coronavirus: Fear and contraction, and hope and possibility

The Travel Troubleshooter

How to tell if your travel company is going out of business

The Tourism Effect

Six activities to beat the shelter-in-place blues

Reader Poll

Are you covering your mouth and nose to avoid the coronavirus when leaving home for essential travel, such as going to the grocery store or doctor’s office?

Related article: Going to the store? Cover your face, health department says

San Juan Basin Public Health on Wednesday recommended residents begin covering their nose and mouth with a bandanna or homemade cotton covering when leaving the home for essential travel, such as going to the...