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A 64-year-old Aztec man died Saturday after driving off Coal Bank Pass on U.S. Highway 550, north of Durango. Colorado State Patrol Trooper Josh Lewis said a 2013 Toyota sedan traveling south was...

A bill establishing 988 as the national three-digit mental health care and suicide prevention hotline is set to be signed into law, paving the way for the hotline to become fully operational by...

Defending AMA Motocross champion Eli Tomac of Cortez won the Thunder Valley National Saturday in Lakewood, moving into a close race for third place in the season standings. Tomac entered the 450cc...

A hiker was injured Saturday after falling 30 feet at Bridal Veil Falls in Telluride while trying to rescue a friend’s puppy, who had also fallen. Technical rope rescues were required for the hiker...

The Mountain Studies Institute has turned its latest effort to combat the invasive Russian olive plant into an educational opportunity and a way to help people in need. Southwest Colorado...

A new bachelor’s degree program in nutrition was approved by the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees at their meeting on Saturday. It will be offered through the school’s growing Health Sciences...

The Tribal College Journal of Indian American Higher Education is moving to Durango after 25 years in Mancos. Publisher Rachael Marchbanks, left the Tribal College Journal in January. She was the...

A science teacher at Mancos High School is giving her students a global perspective on conservation while pursuing a master’s degree in biology. Sensa Wolcott decided to enroll in the Global Field...

Participation increased Saturday at separate demonstrations by both the Montezuma County Patriots and the Walk for Justice and Peace in Cortez, a week after police officers intervened at the...

The Cortez Police Department is looking for a suspect in a car theft Friday morning at Keesee Motor Co. The man allegedly broke into a building at 111 S. Broadway about 4:55 a.m. and stole the keys...

BAYFIELD – A fight is brewing in the HD Mountains. In what was once ground zero for battles over the impact of oil and gas development, the pressure for drilling is back on in the mountain range,...