The Durango Herald

{{Short description|Newspaper published in Durango, Colorado}} {{Primary sources|date=June 2008}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Durango Herald | logo = The Durango Herald (2020-01-12).svg | logo_size = | logo_alt = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | motto = | type = Daily newspaper | format = | owner = Ballantine Communications | founder =  | publisher = | president = | editor = | chief_editor = | deputy_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | general_manager = | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | metro_editor = | metro_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | founded = {{start date and age|1881|06|30}} | political_position = | language = English | ceased_publication = | relaunched = | headquarters = | publishing_city = Durango, Colorado | publishing_country = United States | circulation = | circulation_date = | circulation_ref = | readership = | sister_newspapers = ''Tri-City Record'' | ISSN = | oclc = | RNI = | website = {{URL|https://durangoherald.com}} | free = }}

'''''The Durango Herald''''' is a newspaper in Durango, Colorado.

== History == The first edition of the ''Herald'' came out June 30, 1881. Two years later, the ''Herald'' merged with the ''Record'', which had started publishing in 1880, seven months before the ''Herald''. The modern ''Herald'' traces its roots to both papers but the current ''Herald'' nameplate cites 1881 as the paper's founding year. The paper was combined in 1952 after Arthur and Morley Cowles Ballantine purchased the ''Herald-Democrat'' and the ''News''. In 1960, the name was changed to ''The Durango Herald''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of The Durango Herald |url=https://www.durangoherald.com/history/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=The Durango Herald}}</ref>

Arthur was co-editor and co-publisher of the paper from 1952 until 1975. Morley was also co-editor and co-publisher and took over as chairman and editor after Arthur's death. She served as editor until her death in 2009. Her son Richard Ballantine took over the role of publisher in 1980. He retired in 2013, and Douglas Bennett was installed as CEO of Ballantine Communications, Inc., the ''Herald'''s parent company.

In 2026, the paper decreased it print publication days to three editions a week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blais |first=John |date=March 17, 2026 |title=Big changes coming at The Durango Herald |url=https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/big-changes-coming-at-the-durango-herald/ |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=Durango Herald |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Awards == The ''Herald'' has won numerous awards, given by entities such as the Society of Professional Journalists,<ref>[http://archive.durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/08/news080330_8.htm "Herald staff shines at SPJ contest"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120712145443/http://archive.durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/08/news080330_8.htm |date=2012-07-12 }}. ''The Durango Herald''. March 30, 2008.</ref> the Colorado Associated Press Reporters and Editors, and the Colorado Press Association.<ref>[http://archive.durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/07/news070225_3.htm "Herald staff members gain statewide honors"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120709152456/http://archive.durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/07/news070225_3.htm |date=2012-07-09 }}. ''The Durango Herald''. February 25, 2007.</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.durangoherald.com/ Official website]

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