Mary Shinn
Position: Staff reporter
Phone Number: (970), 375-4526

Short-term health insurance may lose some of its cost appeal

New rules will improve quality of care but could drive up expenses

In Colorado, as drug use increases, so does syphilis

Opioid use in La Plata County contributes to increase

Preparations being made for spring runoff

County, ditch companies prepare for floods below 416 Fire burn scar

Storm buries homeless camps west of Durango

Most campers left after 3 feet of snow fell in late February

Local volunteers work to improve lives of Guatemalans

More than 230 residents have traveled on medical missions

Oxbow bird study raises questions about effect of 416 Fire smoke

Wildlife officials advocate additional years of counting fowl

Vallecito snowblower race a test of speed

‘It started out as a joke. But now we’re going to do it’

Survey: Coloradans skipping health care because of high cost

Durango residents call for change

New group aims to bridge rural-urban divide, political polarization

La Plata County land-use code selected as first topic

Wrist surgery puts retired coach back in play

Bob Hofman can shoot basketball for first time in decades

Bill aims to lower state health exchange costs by 30 percent

Reinsurance program would lower risk for insurance companies

City, county may spend $70,000 on strategic plan to address homelessness

Other towns have completed similar studies, with mixed results