Shannon Mullane

Position: Herald Staff Writer

Durango skateboarder is 475 miles into fundraising trip to California

Rattlesnakes, cacti, blisters and beef jerky. Jeff “Hot Dog” Markman is 475 miles into his nearly 800-mile skateboarding trip to Southern California and days closer to sending skateboards to...

DATE: Oct. 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gary Sinise Foundation donates smart home to veteran in Bayfield

The Gary Sinise Foundation is holding a “Walls of Honor” event Wednesday in Bayfield to mark the halfway point in the process of donating a smart home to veteran Matthew Slaydon. The Gary Sinise...

DATE: Oct. 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Deputies in the classroom work to build trust, improve security

BAYFIELD – Eight Bayfield High School students paired up, squared their feet in a fighting stance and clenched their fists into a proper punch. These students weren’t preparing for a fight;...

DATE: Oct. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Education

Bayfield to harvest fruit for food justice and bear safety

Pine River Valley residents will get their fill of fruit Saturday during Bayfield’s first-ever Fruit Community Harvest. The event features quintessential autumn activities, like tree gleaning,...

DATE: Oct. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day

More than 60 people, from 6 weeks old and older, wove their way through Fort Lewis College during a solidarity walk Monday, the first of many college events celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day....

DATE: Oct. 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ignacio leans on residents to grow creative economy

IGNACIO – State officials and community leaders said Ignacio residents will be the key to success as the town tries to grow its economy through the arts. State officials visited Ignacio for the...

DATE: Oct. 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield might raise rates to provide bear-resistant trash cans

BAYFIELD – The Bayfield Board of Trustees might switch the entire town over to bear-resistant trash cans, but it will take a rate increase to do so. If approved, the rate increase would add $1.49...

DATE: Oct. 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango man to skateboard 800 miles to Southern California

At dawn Tuesday, while the rest of Durango woke up, a local skateboarder took a backpack full of socks, banana chips and peanuts and started skating. His destination: Long Beach, California – 800...

DATE: Oct. 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Doctors aren’t using available methods for youth nicotine addiction

Doctors rarely pursue counseling or prescription medicine as treatment options for young patients addicted to nicotine, according to a Boston Children’s Hospital study. Authors of the peer-reviewed...

DATE: Sept. 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Interior secretary gives keynote talk at Indian Country conference near Ignacio

SOUTHERN UTE RESERVATION – U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt prioritized drug enforcement and missing and murdered indigenous women Tuesday during a keynote address at the 27th annual Four...

DATE: Sept. 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Farm Bureau, state officials share concerns about youth involvement at 100th anniversary

Southern Ute Reservation – Farmers, ranchers and Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg said younger generations face big barriers in joining Colorado’s agriculture industry at the...

DATE: Sept. 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Los Pinos hires former Durango captain to start volunteer program

IGNACIO – When Greg Childress stopped by a fire academy in Florida to pick up an application, he didn’t know what an “EMT” was, but he thought he might find an interesting job. The decision...

DATE: Sept. 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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