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Colorado, Illinois governors seek to ‘safeguard’ democracy ahead of Trump presidency

Gov. Jared Polis helps lead new initiative

DATE: Nov 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Kent Thiry on the failure of Prop. 131 – which he spent $6M supporting

‘Does it hurt to spend $6 million on an initiative and lose? You’re damn right it does’

DATE: Nov 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado voters come full circle on supporting – and refunding – police

Prop. 130 will require state lawmakers to funnel $350 million to law enforcement agencies

DATE: Nov 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Governor’s proposed Colorado budget cuts personnel funding to prepare for tighter spending

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday released his 2025-2026 state budget proposal, which prepared for tighter spending given decreasing inflation this year. Colorado’s budget growth is tied t...

DATE: Nov 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Here’s how $7 billion in local school funding requests did across Colorado

Thirty-three of Colorado’s 178 districts, representing more than half of all Colorado students, went to voters this year asking for nearly $7 billion in tax measures. More than half of the m...

DATE: Nov 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Culprit in Colorado’s latest wolf death was... another wolf

Predator was one of 10 captured in Oregon and released on Western Slope

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Two arrested in connection with stolen ballots scheme in Grand Junction

One suspect was a postal employee, the other a felon

DATE: Nov 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado voters reject ranked choice election ballot measure

Proposition 131 was funded in large part by Kent Thiry, the wealthy former CEO of the Denver-based dialysis giant DaVita

DATE: Nov 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado will remove same-sex marriage ban from state constitution

The phrase that said ‘only a union of one man and one woman’ was valid was added to the Colorado Constitution by voters in 2006

DATE: Nov 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lauren Boebert wins election in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District

Boebert’s strategy was two pronged: prove to voters that she’s about more than negative media attention, and talk about the issues she thinks matter

DATE: Nov 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Effort to protect abortion in Colorado Constitution passes

Measure was one of several nationwide after the fall of Roe v. Wade

DATE: Nov 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Kamala Harris easily beats Donald Trump in Colorado

Harris’ victory in the Centennial State was never in doubt, leading Trump by large margins in polls

DATE: Nov 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Photos: Wreaths Across America at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango

Photos: Durango High School girls basketball plays Piedra Vista High SchoolPanthers left Durango with 37-29 win on Tuesday night

Panthers left Durango with 37-29 win on Tuesday night

Photos: Noel Night in downtown Durango