High-schoolers off to rodeo nationals – The Durango Herald
Middle school players return home from national finals in Georgia Mitchell Story competed in Saddle Bronk riding Daddy Roy at the True Western Roundup Rodeo at La Plata County Fairgrounds this summer. Story is he is one of several athletes from the Four Corners heading to the national rodeo finals in Wyoming. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald) […]
Celebrating half a century of the Endangered Species Act – The Durango Herald
Desert bighorns live in remote rocky canyons such as the Grand Canyon. In too many places in the Southwest, it is an endangered species that can be devastating if it receives the virus from domestic sheep. (National Park Service photo by Mark Lelouch) Fifty years ago, the bipartisan Congress did the right thing by a […]
New details of 2009 Ignacio cold case come to light – The Durango Herald
Suspect allegedly mistook victim for another man David Hendren, 38, was arrested on May 18 on suspicion of first-degree murder in the 2009 murder of Larry Fuller. (Provided by Colorado Bureau of Investigation) In the early hours of January 1, 2009, Larry Fuller was found gunned down and dead in the streets of Ignacio, with […]
Suspect arrested in 2009 Ignacio cold case – The Durango Herald
David Hendren was arrested on May 18 in connection with the death of Larry Fuller on New Year’s Day. More than 14 years after Larry Fuller was shot dead in front of a Baptist church on Goddard Street in Ignacio, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced Friday it had arrested a suspect in an unsolved […]
Navajo President Buu Nygren, officials honor students at scholarship reception – The Durango Herald
University of San Juan and Navajo Tech University Recognize PNM Scholarship Winners Navajo President Boo Nigren encouraged scholarship recipients and recent graduates, saying they were “more than capable.” (David Edward Albright/Tricity Records) Navajo President Boo Nigren attended the PNM Workforce Training Program Scholarship Reception at the Energy School on May 5, along with officials from […]
Arizona’s San Pedro riparian NCA – The Durango Herald
The green canopy over the San Pedro River can be seen from the air in late spring. (Photo courtesy of Eco-Flight) After a wet, snowy winter, maybe it’s time to head south to Arizona to soak up the sun and listen to migratory birds. We think of the Bureau of Land Management as owning thousands […]
New Beginnings offers hope and a home – The Durango Herald
The program’s goal is to break the cycle of violence and create independence The House of Hope on the New Beginnings campus provides a safe place for survivors to begin rebuilding. (Delshelley Gladden/Journal) New Beginnings provides transitional living for survivors and families of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking in Farmington. “We’re just trying to […]
Key events in Farmington, Bloomfield and Aztec – The Durango Herald
Featured Events in the Farmington, Bloomfield and Aztec Tri-City Areas empower her forum AJ Begay will be a presenter for Empower Her Forum. Begay is the host of the podcast “Reclaiming Culture with AJ Begay”. (Courtesy AJ Begay) The Farmington Women’s Business Center will host an Empower Her Forum via Zoom on Friday, March 24, […]
Telling the Truth a Century Later – The Durango Herald
Emerging in 1921, the Posey became rebels and rebels as settler cattle and sheep continued to encroach on traditional Ute and Paiute lands and hunting grounds. Posey died two years later, either from a gunshot wound or from flour intentionally poisoned with strychnine. He is buried somewhere in Bears Ears National Monument. (Photo courtesy of […]
Wolverines fall to Yuma, 74-51 – The Durango Herald
BHS bounced back in 3A round of 32 The Yuma boys, who won the Class 3A Region VIII tournament on March 3-4, are far from their thundering homecourt in The Pit, on a lake above 5,000 feet. I adjusted to the county bargains without issue. The 86-65, 9-seeded YHS edged Bayfield 74-51 in one of […]