The supply of COVID-19 vaccine is currently limited, with the state of Colorado receiving about 70,000 doses of vaccine each week for a population of 5.8 million residents. Distribution issues...

About 140 people participated in last week’s quiz. Participants scored highest on a question about a new way of tracking COVID-19, with 100% of respondents correctly answering “Testing human waste...

A Jicarilla Game and Fish officer has been arrested on suspicion of extreme cruelty to animals after authorities say the officer decapitated a family kitten. The Bloomfield Police Department said...

Both cash and merchandise were stolen Saturday evening from Magpies Newsstand Cafe in Durango, with no signs of forced entry. The Durango Police Department has video footage of the suspect and...

About 145 people participated in last week’s quiz. Participants scored highest on a question about avalanche danger, with 97% of respondents correctly answering “It is unusually dangerous.”...

Ignacio High School shifted into remote lessons Thursday after the district was notified that a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. The school will also hold remote lessons Friday to give...

An orphaned baby bear was rescued this week north of Durango, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. CPW spokesman Joe Lewandowski said in an email to The Durango Herald that a female cub was...

The city of Durango is calling on the public to provide input on its 2021 strategic planning process. During a virtual community meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday, City Council members will hear from...

2020 fell beneath the cold, unforgiving shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, but 2021, with a vaccine likely to become more readily available, holds the promise of a brighter, more optimistic year....

Almost universally, 2020 will be a year folks will be eager to put in the history books, like 1918, the year of the Spanish flu. Just about every event – not only in Durango, but across the planet...