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A Cortez man who pleaded guilty to leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase north of Durango was sentenced Friday to three years in community corrections. Tyler Smith, 24, pleaded guilty in...

Ballooning health care prices in Southwest Colorado have outpaced other areas of the state for years. Now, an effort led by Local First is working to bring down health insurance costs across La...

Two hundred-fifty pages, 19,625 items. That’s how many products are available on Etsy.com bearing the image or words or work of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Cupcake toppers, painted planters,...

It’s the first day of summer, and snow – yes, snow – is in the forecast for this weekend in the high country of the San Juan Mountains. Erin Walter, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service...

A woman died in a rafting accident Thursday morning on a guided trip on the San Juan River, north of Pagosa Springs. Pagosa Fire Protection District Chief Randy Larson said a raft on a commercial...

A longtime local and two incumbents were elected to the Empire Electric Association board during Thursday’s election. Results were tallied Thursday evening at a packed annual meeting. Six...

A group of interest owners of fractional carbon dioxide do not have legal standing in their lawsuit claiming overtaxation by Montezuma County because they are not the designated operator of the...

WASHINGTON – Fifty-one members of the U.S. Congress filed a legal complaint Thursday against the Trump administration’s effort to roll back a regulation meant to limit methane emissions from oil...

Yes, Southwest Colorado’s snowpack was listed at 3,328% above historic averages Wednesday. But no, that doesn’t tell the whole story about the remaining snow high in the San Juan Mountains. “It is...

A new study has found no serious risk to human health stemming from mines included in a Superfund site around Silverton, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. “This is a good news...

This year, the Mounted Patrol unit for the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office is celebrating its two-year anniversary. The Mounted Patrol was founded both as a way to promote a positive image of...