Shannon Mullane
Position: Herald Staff Writer
Phone Number: (970), 375-4584

What’s up with the yellow water in the Animas River?

Color change most likely caused by sediment in water from summer showers

Southwest Coloradans raise questions, concerns about wolf restoration

Diverse crowd attends open house to discuss reintroduction

San Juan National Forest drops fire restrictions

Forest Service says danger still present, urges caution

La Plata County governments turn to old tool to address housing ‘crisis’

Officials reactivate regional housing authority

Minivan rolls 200 feet off cliff near Silverton

Texas couple in stable condition

Colorado Parks and Wildlife asks public for input on wolf reintroduction

Feedback will inform reintroduction plans for apex predator

Public health officials confirm plague death; coroner identifies girl who died

Kinley Mitchell, 10, attended Sunnyside Elementary School and raised hogs in 4-H

Southwest food co-op sees success through virtual farmers market

Local food cooperative Southwest Farm Fresh saw a 70% boost in sales during the economic tumult of 2020 in part because of its new online farmers market. The Cortez-based co-op connects cust...

Home explosion injures La Plata County woman

Cause under investigation, likely propane-related

La Plata County governments say cybersecurity increasingly critical

IT teams wage battle against ever-changing hacks

Possible plague death reported in La Plata County

Case would mark first such death since 2015

One dead in relation to COVID-19 outbreak at Nissan of Durango

10 cases identified in outbreak