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The Durango Herald welcomes three new journalists to its newsroom: Shannon Mullane, Benjamin Mandile and James Marshall. Mullane is a staff writer covering the Pine River Valley, including...

Colorado Department of Transportation crews and contractors have finished upgrading traffic signals at almost 20 locations in Durango and are close to completing improvements to multiple...

Recent law enforcement activity in Mancos has led some residents to raise concerns that the Marshal’s Office has been unfairly targeting local residents based on race or immigration status. Around...

Reconstruction work began has begun on the section of Colorado Highway 145 damaged by the rockfall north of Dolores over Memorial Day Weekend. The highway will not be rerouted, and total...

A man charged with crimes connected to the death of two children in Norwood in 2017 was sentenced June 4, according to the San Miguel Sheriff’s Office. Ashford Nathaniel Archer was sentenced to...

What do panhandlers want? Cash, food, toiletries, a ride out of town? Justin Crosby held up a sign reading “anything helps” last week in front of Walmart. He said his message is generally true. He...

Durango Police Friday 12:02 a.m. A woman was throwing things at employees of a restaurant in the 600 block of Camino del Rio. 12:25 a.m. Someone heard 20 or 30 shots fired near the 2900 block of...

A virtual time bomb is ticking at the Durango Public Library, an unpredictable threat to the backbone of local library services, staff said. All records of books and borrowers and every catalog in...

An “unprovoked” shooting in downtown Durango early Thursday was largely fueled by excessive drinking, law enforcement said. Durango police accused Anthony Pappas, 22, of trying to kill Skylar...