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The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. Friday in Western Colorado. In Montezuma and La Plata counties, affected towns include Cortez, Dolores, Dove Creek,...

The city of Durango announced Wednesday that Oxbow Park and Preserve will be closed indefinitely because of flooding as the Animas River rises. The city’s Parks and Recreation Department said the...

Mercy Regional Medical Center has changed how it manages the pain of emergency room patients to help prevent opioid addiction. Instead of prescribing narcotics to some patients, the hospital staff...

Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, a champion of political moderation, announced Thursday that he would join the crowded Democratic presidential race. Bennet announced in April that he had been...

Durango-La Plata County Airport plans to invest $270,000 this year in a long-term plan for a terminal expansion. The work, which is expected to be finished by the end of the year, will build on a...

GitPrime, a Durango homegrown startup that creates software to help engineering and computer programming teams improve their productivity, will be acquired by Pluralsight of Farmington, Utah, for...

An organization formed to protect the interests of smallshare carbon-dioxide owners has filed a lawsuit against Montezuma County claiming overtaxation. The complex case is a spinoff of a Colorado...

TOWAOC – As part of a whirlwind tour of health clinics in Southwest Colorado, the Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera stopped by sites in Towaoc and Cortez on April 26. Primavera spoke with health care...

“Save our history. Tell our stories” is the motto of the future Montezuma Heritage Museum , and a fundraising campaign has begun to make it a reality. A kickoff event for the effort will be from 2...

DENVER – Free, full-day kindergarten will be available to all Colorado kids this fall, thanks to the final passage late Tuesday of House Bill 1262, which sets aside $175 million for the program....

An autopsy done Tuesday on a Durango man found dead last week on Smelter Mountain has not helped authorities piece together the circumstances of his death, according to La Plata County Coroner Jann...