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Three positions open on Mancos board

Mancos residents will vote by mail to fill three four-year positions on the Mancos Board of Trustees for the regular municipal election April 5. The Mancos Town Clerk’s office is accepting nomination...

DATE: Jan 12, 2022 CATEGORY: Local News

Documentary explores how CDOT and tribes partnered to preserve Indigenous culture and history

A new documentary will air this weekend on Rocky Mountain PBS following the historical and cultural conservation efforts of the Colorado Department of Transportation and several area tribes. “Durango ...

DATE: Jan 12, 2022 CATEGORY: Local News

Denver area grocery store workers go on strike

DENVER – Grocery store workers in the Denver area went on strike Wednesday after their union rejected the latest contract offer from a chain of stores owned by Kroger Co., the nation’s largest traditi...

DATE: Jan 12, 2022 CATEGORY: Regional News

Man who fired seven gunshots into Durango bar, hitting two people, sentenced to prison

A Durango man was sentenced to 24 years in prison Wednesday, nearly a year after he fired seven shots from a handgun into the patio of the 8th Ave. Tavern. “There’s just one word that sums up this cas...

DATE: Jan 12, 2022 CATEGORY: Local News

Six-figure ad campaign pressures Polis to act on abandoned oil and gas wells

Four liberal-leaning nonprofits will spend north of $100,000 on an ad campaign starting this week to pressure Democratic Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to force ...

DATE: Jan 12, 2022 CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s 2022 legislative session begins. Here’s your guide to get involved.

Colorado’s Legislature passes bills with the potential to affect every Coloradan, often in ways deeper and more immediate than changes approved by Congress. School funding, health insurance, transport...

DATE: Jan 12, 2022 CATEGORY: Regional News

Our View: Wildfire

The first and most important thing Herald and Journal readers need to know about the Marshall Fire in Boulder County was clearly outlined in a photo published New Year’s Day. That picture, courtesy of...

DATE: Jan 12, 2022 CATEGORY: Editorials

Nonprofit gets land appraisal values from Forest Service

After a long and arduous process, including Freedom of Information Act requests and legal complaints, the U.S. Forest Service has finally released documents that detail appraised values of the public ...

DATE: Jan 12, 2022 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Biden is the problem now

Poor Keith's Almanac (Journal, letter, Jan. 5) sounds much like last year’s version, and the year before, and last week’s. Really need to work on content. Get a new rant. The old Trump thing is so out...

DATE: Jan 12, 2022 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor