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SALT LAKE CITY – Utah and U.S. government officials will launch a study this month to determine the extent of mining pollution in Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border. Heavy metals washed into...
DATE: Nov. 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News
A small, abandoned town in Colorado is having an Atlantis moment. Iola had been deep underwater since the 1960s, when the Blue Mesa Dam and Reservoir were first built and filled. It was one of...
DATE: Nov. 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
A travel management plan recently approved by the San Juan National Forest for the Dolores Valley now faces a second lawsuit – this time from environmentalists and Dunton Hot Springs. The Rico-West...
DATE: Nov. 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Dr. Michael Washinksy, a private psychiatrist in Durango, can’t book new patients for appointments until mid-February. The wait time is indicative of the regional and national shortage of...
DATE: Nov. 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health
The National Park Service has announced the fee-free days for 2019, when visitors may experience all national parks, including Mesa Verde National Park, without entrance fees. They are: Jan. 21:...
DATE: Nov. 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Wildlife officials will take to the air this week to gain a better understanding of the bighorn sheep as part of a five-year study. “We don’t know a lot about how these bighorns use the landscape,”...
DATE: Nov. 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News
The future of elk in Southwest Colorado is in jeopardy. Over the past few years, herds in the region have been slowly dying off, and wildlife officials are concerned about the iconic ungulate’s...
DATE: Nov. 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Drought hit Southwest Colorado hard in 2018. Since mid-April, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has classified all of Montezuma County as experiencing “exceptional drought,” its most severe...
DATE: Nov. 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
EUREKA, Utah – Underneath the mountains and deserts of the U.S. West lie hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines, an underground world that can hold serious danger and unexpected wonder. They are...
DATE: Nov. 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
A trove of Native American art kept locked in a Rockefeller family home in Seal Harbor, Maine, for nearly 100 years has found a new home at Mesa Verde National Park. The Estate of David Rockefeller...
DATE: Nov. 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
With the popular 18-mile Hermosa Creek Trail closed for the foreseeable future because of damage from the 416 Fire, efforts are afoot to restore and make new trails in the recreational area north...
DATE: Nov. 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
EUREKA, Utah – Underneath the mountains and deserts of the U.S. West lie hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines, an underground world that can hold serious danger and unexpected wonder. They are...
DATE: Oct. 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News
The Durango Herald is assisting Santa this year in collecting letters from local children. Drop off your child’s letter to Santa in the mailbox in front of The Durango Herald, 1275 Main Avenue, in downtown Durango. All letters will be added to this photo gallery and a selection will run in The Durango Herald on Dec. 22.
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