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The city of Durango has high expectations for Lake Nighthorse’s second season after a somewhat rocky first year with lower-than-expected revenue and visitation. The lake closed for nine days...

Drivers planning to traverse Red Mountain or Wolf Creek passes Tuesday in Southwest Colorado should expect delays. The Colorado Department of Transportation said avalanche-control work is required...

Firefighters saved a home early Sunday near Bayfield. Upper Pine Fire Protection District Fire Chief Bruce Evans said hot ashes placed in a plastic garbage container outside the garage of a house...

Event organizers of a dog sled race planned for this weekend have changed the location of the competition. The first Silverton Flying Sled Dog Races were originally planned to be held on the north...

A group of backcountry skiers caught in an avalanche last weekend, leaving one dead, was taking part in an avalanche safety course with the Silverton Avalanche School, according to the Colorado...

For the past two years, the Silverton Flying Sled Dog Races hasn’t been able to catch a break, but event organizers are confident conditions will be just right this winter to hold the competition...

The National Park Service will take the unprecedented step of tapping entrance fees to pay for expanded operations at its most popular sites, officials said Sunday, as the federal government...

IGNACIO – For all of the focus on big men Al Hurworth of Durango and Cortez’s Cordell Baer, it was the Panthers’ guards ability to drive to the basket that helped them remain undefeated (9-0) as...

Three people were critically injured Sunday morning after a semitrailer and Subaru collided on U.S. Highway 491 north of Cortez, the Colorado State Patrol said. Heavy, wet snow contributed to at...

An unfortunate scene played out on a Saturday morning at a crowded bird feeder in a front yard on County Road 22. Invasive Eurasian collared doves bullied a feasting flock of red-winged blackbirds,...

Eli Tomac of Cortez raced from the middle of the pack to take third place in the last lap of the opening race of the AMA Supercross season Saturday in Anaheim. It was Tomac’s best finish at the...