Patrick Armijo
Position: Herald staff writer

Bill would create federal felony for rogue drones over wildfires

Gardner, Bennet Tipton back measure

With fundraising complete, Fort Lewis College set to buy rafting company

Purchase would give school access to river permits in Arizona and New Mexico

Efforts to contain 416 Fire move to the northeast

Final burnouts along south perimeter allow shift of resources

416 Fire, Durango & Silverton train cancellations hit merchants hard

‘We depend on that train more than people know’

New airport director focuses on incremental improvements

Tony Vicari learns to make do after voters rejected $40.4 million bond

Could Bureau of Land Management call La Plata County home?

Nascent effort emerges to lure agency headquarters

Purgatory deals with financial hit from 416 Fire

Resort enacts furloughs, reduced hours and eliminates positions

Silverton shop owners feel economic squeeze from 416 Fire

Retail-dependent economy already struggling after weak winter

Firefighters use burnouts to outsmart 416 Fire

Blaze grows to 22,130 acres; more homes on pre-evacuation; public lands to close

416 Fire not harming tourism, director says

The 416 Fire isn’t harming city’s tourism, office director says

Three Democrats looking to ‘topple’ Rep. Scott Tipton debate in Durango

One candidate calls for impeachment of Trump

Tuition jumps 5% at Fort Lewis College

School adds $750,000 to recruit students