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Reuben Schafir
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Environment and County Government Reporter, Durango Herald
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By Reuben Schafir Verified| Durango Herald Verified Animas City Mountain, Grandview Ridge among popular routes open after winter closure The absence of snow at lower elevations this year means the Bureau of Land Management and Colorado Parks and Wildlife are reopening some tails near Durango earlier than usual. Popular hiking and biking trails along Grandview Ridge – including Sidewinder and Big Canyon – and Animas City Mountain reopened to the public Tuesday, two weeks ahead of schedule.
By Reuben Schafir Verified| Durango Herald Verified Seven hopefuls take questions at virtual forum ahead of May 21 election The race is on for seats on the La Plata Electric Association’s board of directors. Four seats – each representing a different geographic part of the power cooperative’s service area – are up for election, and each has a contested race. The winning candidates will serve three-year terms. Voting begins April 21, either online or by mail-in ballot.
By Reuben Schafir Verified| Durango Herald Verified Test of evacuation alert system set for Monday during annual exercise La Plata County is urging residents to sign up for CodeRed, a public alert system that functions as a sort of reverse-911 during emergencies, ahead of next week’s wildfire evacuation drill. The system allows a user to enter an address, such as their home, and a phone number to receive notifications.
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Durango Herald
The City of Durango was officially founded in September 1880, and by December of that year the city had its first newspaper, the Record (sometimes referred to as the Durango Record and the Daily Record). Ms. Romney, a widow, first wrote, edited and published The Record from a tent. At one point, the tent was guarded because Ms. Romney was threatened after she refused to retract an editorial she published regarding local desperadoes. It seems a bullet had gone through her tent during a fight between two gangs. In 1892, Durango Democrats brought Dave Day from Ouray (where he printed The Solid Muldoon) to Durango. He called his newspaper the Durango Democrat. It was considered racy and not fit reading for the young. In 1922, Rod Day, Dave Day's son, who was then in charge of the Democrat, shot and killed William L. Wood, city editor of the Herald, as a result of the articles by both men in their respective papers charging alcoholism and dishonesty against the other. It was decided that Wood had been stalking Day with intentions to kill him, so charges against Day were changed to self-defense. He was found not guilty. In 1928, the Durango Democrat and the Herald merged and the paper was called the Herald-Democrat. In 1930, Rod Day started a weekly called the Durango News. Arthur and Morley Ballantine purchased the Herald-Democrat along with the Durango News in 1952 and the name was changed to the Herald-News.
Durango, Colorado, United States
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Founded: 1880