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With prime autumn colors just around the corner, it’s time to plan some day trips to take in the wonder of the season. The area from Coal Bank Pass to Molas Pass will offer the greatest amount of...

Artist Carol Chamberland, a painter from Albuquerque, plans two free public programs during her residency at Mesa Verde National Park. On Sept. 28 at the Mancos Public Library, from 6:30-8 p.m.,...

Rescue workers were able to reach a 76-year-old Durango man who fell and injured his head Monday in the La Plata Mountains west of Durango. Rescue workers received a distress signal about 10:35...

The latest artist-in-residence at Mesa Verde National Park gave photography-minded visitors a free guide to the night sky on Friday.Chris Eaton, a fine art photographer from Grand Junction, took...

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that four large national monuments in the West be reduced in size, potentially opening up hundreds of thousands of acres of land revered...

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed an order on Friday to expand hunting and fishing on federal land, saying it would improve wildlife management and conservation. Environmentalists...

Two members of the new Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office mounted patrol team visited the Cortez Parks, Recreation and Forestry Advisory Board on Friday to ask for permission to ride through the...

ALBUQUERQUE – An endangered Mexican gray wolf has been killed by federal employees after a Native American tribe requested the animal be removed from the wild in the wake of a string of cattle...

As the prairie dog population in La Plata County rises and wreaks havoc on landowners, the presence of the often-reviled rodent has some hoping for an unconventional solution: the plague. “They are...

At a crowded Dolores School Board meeting on Sept. 14, several people brought complaints about the district’s athletic director and football coach, Chris Trusler. About six parents and...