Shannon Mullane

Position: Herald Staff Writer

Bayfield can drive to the supply drive to support Navajo neighbors

Donating has never been easier. Bayfield-area residents will be able to support the Navajo Nation without even leaving their cars Saturday during a curbside supply drive hosted by the nonprofit...

DATE: May 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango considers mandatory masks, but demures

Durango city councilors flirted with the idea of a mandatory face-covering order during a study session Tuesday while exploring ways to create a mask-wearing culture in town. Under Colorado public...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Vallecito marina reopens after legal dispute reaches resolution

Vallecito Marina, 18 miles northeast of Durango, will open this weekend after a legal dispute among managers put its reopening date for the summer season in jeopardy. After months of negotiations,...

DATE: May 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Low-risk fire burning northeast of Bayfield

The U.S. Forest Service and Upper Pine River Fire Protection District responded to a half-acre fire northwest of the Forest Lakes subdivision on Monday. The fire services received reports of smoke...

DATE: May 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango plans for staff furloughs, $10 million shortfall

The city of Durango plans to make budget cuts and furlough employees one day per week to make up for an estimated $10 million budget shortfall. Local municipalities around Colorado are preparing...

DATE: April 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Domestic violence service providers adapt to face coronavirus

The Volunteers of America Southwest Safehouse in Durango is designed to be a secret, safe place where anyone fleeing household violence can find refuge at any time. The coronavirus has changed...

DATE: April 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local health officials expected to advise today on whether to end stay-at-home order

Over 100 governments and businesses were hoping to receive guidance Friday from San Juan Basin Public Health about Southwest Colorado’s move into a “safer-at-home” phase of the coronavirus...

DATE: April 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield, Ignacio students struggle with broadband access

Nikki Boling and her three children don’t have broadband access at their home near Bear Creek Canyon northeast of Bayfield. For them, and more than 120 students in the Pine River Valley, online...

DATE: April 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Education

Southwest Colorado to receive infant supplies from FEMA

Families in La Plata, Archuleta and Montezuma counties soon will have increased access to diapers, wipes and formula. Buyers depleted store inventories of infant supplies at the beginning of the...

DATE: April 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Upper Pine tests entire first-responder crew for exposure to COVID-19

Antibodies, the blood proteins that fight viruses, may be a positive sign for people who have contracted the novel coronavirus. No one has antibodies to fight the new coronavirus until they are...

DATE: April 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hospital executives say region is ready in case of a COVID-19 surge

Emergency operators and government officials predicted a surge, when COVID-19 cases would outpace health care capacity, around April 24 in Colorado. Friday, regional health care executives said...

DATE: April 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Honey House Distillery whips up hand sanitizer for first responders

In early March, Kevin Culhane, co-owner of Honeyville, made a call to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: The coronavirus was coming to Colorado, and people would need hand sanitizer. “It was...

DATE: April 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

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