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Southwest Colorado’s program to diversify the local economy by aiding startup companies that look like promising job-creators has been chosen to participate in a national program to support rural...

Commercial passenger traffic at Durango-La Plata County Airport increased to almost 400,000 arrivals and departures in 2019, making it the airport’s busiest year on record. Passenger traffic...

A 44-year-old Seattle woman was killed Saturday when a falling block of ice caused an avalanche above her on the Dungeon Ice Climbing Route south of Ouray. Ouray County Emergency manager Glenn Boyd...

A weak system that might bring snow flurries in lower valleys of Southwest Colorado and accumulations of up to 5 inches in the San Juan Mountains is expected to come through Tuesday. Erin Walter,...

Replicas of historical signs depicting racial inequality at the Antique Corral south of Cortez have triggered a wave of controversy on social media. The reproduced signs represent relics of the...

Eli Tomac, overcame another slow start Saturday in the 450 class of the AMA Supercross, and bolted to the front of the pack for a convincing win in Anaheim, California. The win gave Tomac his first...

Until the final buzzer sounded in the game against Bayfield High School on Saturday, players on the Montezuma-Cortez High School basketball team were unsure who would walk away with a win. After...

Kicking off its Intermountain League schedule with a tough road matchup against Pagosa Springs and a home game one day later against Bayfield, the Montezuma-Cortez High School boys’ basketball team...

A booming economy is driving up wages for low-skilled and entry-level jobs across the nation. It’s true in Durango as well, and entry-level and younger workers appear to be the beneficiaries. “It’s...

Three years after its inception, the Women’s March is still going strong in Cortez, and Saturday morning saw a colorful array of locals turn out to circle what is now called Veterans Park – with...

A Cortez official’s Facebook post in December has sparked heated exchanges on social media and at a recent City Council meeting. The thread was initiated Dec. 11 by city Planning and Zoning...