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The Rocky Mountain Incident Management Type 1 Team will hit its 14-day limit for working a fire at the end of the day Thursday, and management of the 416 Fire will shift to a National Incident...

All previously closed public lands around Durango, including the entire San Juan National Forest, will reopen over the next few days, despite ongoing extreme drought conditions and unprecedented...

The city of Durango is celebrating a week of clean commuting, including walking, biking, carpooling and riding public transportation. “It’s a fun way for people that don’t usually commute that way...

Donations to the Community Emergency Relief Fund have added up to more than $145,000 after the 416 Fire began burning. CERF, managed by the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado, has a...

Durango Police Tuesday Midnight: Two men were throwing rocks in the 1400 block of East Eighth Avenue. 8:56 a.m. A group of men were drinking alcohol along the riverbank in the west 300 block of...

HERMOSA – After two weeks of thick smoke from the 416 Fire, blue skies returned this week to northern La Plata County, disguising almost all evidence of the 34,000-acre fire that smolders below....

The Durango School District 9-R school board gave final approval Tuesday to a $54.19 million budget for 2018-19, more than a 10.5 percent increase compared with the 2017-18 budget of $49.05...

Firefighters and all the support personnel working on the 416 Fire deserve a special thanks. So, The Durango Herald is putting out a call to the community to design a special art piece for our...

Thanks to Tropical Storm Bud, Durango has received a welcome reprieve from the thick smoke that settled in town most mornings since the 416 Fire broke out, but that could change later this week....

Great Outdoors Colorado has awarded a $20,000 grant to study birds at Oxbow Park and Preserve. Nine projects from across the state were awarded $140,000 in funding, said GOCO spokeswoman Laura...