News from the Durango Herald

A simple solution to sheepdog encounters?

Feb 9, 2012 2:02 am

Officials are betting that unnerving encounters with dogs guarding sheep in the high country could be reduced or eliminated through a public-education program to occur before flocks head for the hills...

New challenges ahead for Santorum

Feb 9, 2012 2:01 am

ALLEN, Texas One day after Rick Santorums startling breakthrough in the presidential race, his few aides decamped to distant states to start building campaign organizations from scratch. It was evide...

These days, oldest old have company

Feb 9, 2012 2:01 am

The Great Depression was raging, displacing people from their homes and shoes from their feet. But a young Marion Layman was basking in the Florida sun, catching brim with a cane pole while her mother...

County renews manager search

Feb 9, 2012 2:01 am

Closed-door meetings surrounding the hiring of a new county manager will continue, La Plata County commissioners decided Thursday.

Wind-energy credit could be extended

Feb 9, 2012 1:50 am

WASHINGTON Members of the Colorado congressional delegation are calling to extend the wind-energy production tax credit as part of the payroll tax extension.

Measure targeting farm inheritance tax

Feb 9, 2012 12:58 am

DENVER Farmers who inherit land would get a break on their Colorado estate taxes under a bill that advanced Wednesday.But the U.S. Congress might make the bill a moot point before it has a chance to ...

Tipton urges more water storage

Feb 9, 2012 12:57 am

WASHINGTON A House of Representatives panel has met to learn more about removing government regulations in order to update water-storage infrastructure.The Water and Power Subcommittee spoke Tuesday ...

More remedial students sticking with college

Feb 9, 2012 12:23 am

DENVER Why cant Johnny read? is a common question in education.But now, Colorado officials are starting to worry about something else Why cant Johnnys parents do math?

The Blotter

Feb 9, 2012 12:23 am

Durango PoliceTuesday1019 a.m. Someone reported losing a laptop at the Florida Laundry, 1449 Florida Road.359 p.m. Someone reportedly stole electronics from Walmart.856 p.m. A medium-sized dog with a ...

NationWorld Briefs

Feb 9, 2012 12:16 am

Washington lawmakers pass gay-marriage billOLYMPIA, Wash. Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to al...