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As candidates prepare for the June 30 primary election, many are hoping to cast Rep. Scott Tipton as an out-of-touch millionaire more concerned with President Donald Trump than his constituents. ...
DATE: June 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
There were no hugs, handshakes, whoops or hollers, but just over 450 students graduated Friday from Fort Lewis College as part of a virtual ceremony to celebrate the Class of 2020. The event –...
DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
La Plata County economic leaders and city of Durango officials called local collaboration “inspirational” as they weighed health and economic needs before the next round of business reopenings....
DATE: May 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Cy C. Scarborough, a businessman, comedian and entertainer who performed for millions of guests at Durango’s iconic Bar D Chuckwagon, died Monday of natural causes complicated by underlying health...
DATE: May 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Durango Herald staff has won 48 press awards in two newspaper contests, including awards for general excellence, best website and public service journalism. The newspaper won 24 awards in the...
DATE: May 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Being a woman is complicated. Being a woman staring down life’s challenges, disappointments and triumphs can be ... complicated. “The TrashCannon Album,” the latest album from local musician...
DATE: May 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ’n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing...
DATE: May 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music
Local soul-funk-groove band J-Calvin has released a new single, and it couldn’t come at a better time, said Jesse Ogle, the band’s bass player and leader-composer. “We thought it was a great time...
DATE: May 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music
You won’t pigeonhole Jon Stickley. The Asheville, North Carolina-based guitar player, with ties to Durango through Broke Mountain Bluegrass Band, would on paper be a bluegrass musician. Outside...
DATE: April 30, 2020 | COLUMN: Downtown Lowdown
How is this for an American story: On the third day of February 1947, auspiciously under the sign of Aquarius, a child, Melanie Anne, was born in Queens, New York, to Freddie Safka, a...
DATE: April 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Francesca Bianchi was working through her sophomore year at Point Park University in Pittsburgh when the coronavirus pandemic hit and she was sent back home to Durango. A jazz dance major who is...
DATE: April 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
