Bret Hauff

Position: Herald Staff Writer

Polis touts business, political experience in bid for governor

Jared Polis said his experience as a businessman who is capable of finding innovative ways to fund projects and his willingness as a politician to work across the aisle to get things done make him...

DATE: Oct. 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man found dead near Durango Dog Park is identified

A man found dead last week near the Durango Dog Park has been identified as Dawson W. Radau, 27, of Orlando, Florida. An autopsy was performed Wednesday in Durango. La Plata County Coroner Jann...

DATE: Oct. 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Woman found dead in Iris Park is identified

A woman who died Sunday in Iris Park under suspicious circumstances has been identified as Nicole Paula Wagner, 25, of Durango. Wagner had been in Iris Park with her boyfriend around 10:25 a.m....

DATE: Oct. 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Police arrest Towaoc man in hit-and-run east of Durango

State law enforcement arrested a man suspected of being involved in a hit-and-run crash Tuesday morning on U.S. Highway 160 east of Durango, officials said. The hit-and-run occurred around 7 a.m....

DATE: Oct. 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango teen makes ‘miraculous’ recovery

When Wiley Corra fell 40 feet off a bridge six months ago, he “was basically dead,” said his father, Andy. But now, after months of rehabilitation in three different medical facilities hundreds of...

DATE: Sept. 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bear injured during 416 Fire ‘doing really well’

A bear cub whose paws were burned during the 416 Fire “is doing really well,” a Colorado Parks and Wildlife official said Thursday. The bear, who remains nameless, has grown from a mere 10½ pounds...

DATE: Sept. 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

City employee dies of injuries suffered on job

A Durango city employee died earlier this month of injuries suffered while on the job, officials said Friday. The employee, Moises Dominguez, worked for the city’s solid waste, trash and recycling...

DATE: Sept. 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Texas man pleads guilty in Lightner Creek murder

A Texas man pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated robbery, a felony, in connection with a shooting death that occurred last year in the Lightner Creek Mobile Home Park west of Durango. Kevin Goff...

DATE: Sept. 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango police investigating body found near Dog Park

Police are investigating the circumstances of a death involving a 27-year-old Wisconsin man who was found Tuesday evening “affixed” to a tree near the Durango Dog Park in west Durango. “This is...

DATE: Sept. 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango stops enforcing camping ban at night

The city of Durango has stopped issuing citations to people who camp overnight in public open spaces, excluding parks and sidewalks, city officials said. The city stopped issuing the citations...

DATE: Sept. 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Train hits sedan on 32nd Street, no injuries reported

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge train and a Hyundai sedan were involved in a crash Wednesday morning in north Durango. The train was making its morning trip to Silverton about 9 a.m. when it...

DATE: Sept. 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fall colors arrive early in Southwest Colorado

The mountains can be a beautiful place to see the reds, oranges and yellows light up the hillsides every autumn, but only if you catch them in time. And if it seems like fall colors have arrived a...

DATE: Sept. 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

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