Headlines

As temperatures rise and summer encroaches, locals are reminded to take precautionary steps to mitigate wildfire risk. Although this past winter saw heavy precipitation, wildfire remains a...

Some Durango residents have criticized city government for not adhering to the will of the people; city councilor Melissa Youssef acknowledged as much in her first address as mayor. But city...

A two- to four-week whitewater release from McPhee Dam into the Dolores River is “very likely” and is expected to begin in late May or early June, reservoir managers told a gathering of 40 boaters...

The Mancos Opera House restoration is underway, and its owners hope it will preserve a historical piece of the town – and provide residents with a quality community space. The space opened for...

After a year’s hiatus, the Mancos Spring Hoedown is back. It’s the sixth annual hoedown for the Montezuma School to Farm Project, and this year the event will take over the Mancos Opera House on...

A popular foursome of the 1950s and ’60s, The Diamonds, will come to Cortez on May 8 for a 7 p.m. performance at Montezuma-Cortez High School. Known for the Top 10 hit “Lil Darlin,” which also...

It was a busy weekend for the Durango Police Department: An officer was bitten in an altercation, another officer got into a wrestling match with a fleeing suspect and a driverless car crossed U.S....

A Fort Lewis College professor has been selected to take part in a United Nations report that seeks to assess the impacts of climate change, focusing on how less snow is expected to alter the...

Durango has many colorful characters. Rasta Stevie is certainly one of them. Rasta Stevie moved to Durango in 1996, and right away, started his reggae-centric radio show “Heart Beat of Zion” at...

A grass fire burned 25 to 30 acres Saturday afternoon near Highway 172 and County Road 222 in the Florida River Valley. Despite strong winds, the fire was fully contained before 5 p.m., although...

DENVER – Colorado’s $30.5 billion budget for the next fiscal year has been signed into law, but it does not include $25 million in funding for Fort Lewis College’s planned expansion of its Whalen...