Sports

Eli Tomac kicked off the 2016 Monster Energy AMA Supercross series with a fourth-place finish in the 450SX Class on Saturday at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. Last year, the 23-year-old...

Early winter snowfall has created good conditions for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing at Mesa Verde National Park. The park has a foot or more of snow on the ground and is grooming trails. The...

The 21st Annual Ouray Ice Festival will be held Jan. 14-17. The premier ice climbing venue hosts North America’s largest gathering of ice climbers. Presented by Asolo and Rock and Ice, the...

The San Juan Mountains took away Alana Nichols’ ability to walk, but it never diminished her love for the mountains she calls home. Nichols, 32, was in high school when a trip in the backcountry...

In her first two years on the Adams State University women’s basketball team, 2013 Dolores graduate Cydney McHenry was barely getting any playing time, and it was frustrating. She could have quit....

Montezuma-Cortez High School senior Skyler Smith and his trumpet will be traveling around the state to begin 2016. In November, Smith sent in a taped audition for the Colorado Bandmaster’s...

Hesperus Ski Area is welcoming skiers and snowboarders with more than twice the amount of snow that it had at this time last year.Last season, Hesperus opened on Dec. 28 and reported an 18” base at...

This month, Durangoan Bee Morin went ice climbing to celebrate an anniversary. One year ago, Morin, 29, made a seemingly impossible choice to have her right foot surgically amputated to be rid of...

Marian Yazzie ran her first marathon by accident. She had signed up to run the half-marathon at the Shiprock Marathon in May, but she and her sister were in such a hurry to get to the starting line...

By Gabrielle Morey SJMA Education Outreach Director During a Southwestern winter, our local animals have many survival strategies – they may migrate, hibernate, or adapt their lives to the new...