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Outdoor adventure films are returning to Mancos this fall, for the third annual Mancos Valley River Film Festival. The two-day event is hosted by Mancos Valley Resources, with proceeds going toward...

U.S. health care spending reached $3.65 trillion last year, a number that has residents nationally and in Southwest Colorado examining how the health industry could be reformed. Medicare for All is...

Child poverty rates in La Plata and Montezuma counties are falling, newly released data show. A report from the Colorado Children’s Campaign showed child poverty rates in La Plata County dropped...

Dolores teacher Nyibol Bior endured war in Sudan as a child but never gave up – an experience she translates into lessons of perseverance, hard work and compassion. As a child in the 1980s, Bior’s...

Two Texas residents were injured after a bear ran into their three-wheeled motorcycle Saturday night on U.S. Highway 550, north of Durango. The bear was crossing the highway south of Trimble Lane...

On a hot August day in southern Montana, Michelle Erickson-Jones climbed onto her green combine, a massive machine that reaps and separates ripe grain. August is harvest season, so Erickson-Jones...

Afternoon thunderstorms could return to the region this week, bringing some much-needed precipitation. The National Weather Service predicts a chance of rain every day through Friday. “Thursday...

MOUNT ANTERO – The road is even worse than before, steep and slim and boulder-strewn as always, but now with avalanche debris adding an extra crunch and rivers running wider and deeper. Sandra...

Motorcyclists from around the region trekked to Southwest Colorado as the revamped Four Corners Motorcycle Rally celebrated its third year under sunny Labor Day weekend skies. “We’re 1,113 miles...

VALLECITO – The Rusty Shovel Saloon, a bar and restaurant at Vallecito Reservoir, has closed after operating for five years in the small, lakeside community northeast of Durango. The saloon, known...