Adele Nielsen, a longtime Durango resident, former owner of Olde Tymers Café and a frequent participant in the Snowdown Follies, died earlier this week from injuries suffered in a fall. She was 68....

A 7-year-old girl fell about 26 feet from Lift 1 Sunday at Purgatory Resort. The girl was in “stable” condition Sunday after the accident, said Kim Oyler, spokeswoman for Purgatory Resort, in an...

Coal Bank and Molas passes, between Durango and Silverton, have received more snow this month than any other January since at least 1993, when the Colorado Avalanche Information Center began...

A Durango man with a previous arson conviction is suspected of setting fire to a shed Thursday in south Durango. Duane Suazo, 51, was being held Friday on $25,000 bail at the La Plata County Jail...

Dozens of potential jurors were dismissed early Thursday in La Plata County Court when the defendant appeared to be a no-show for his drunken driving trial. The only problem: The defendant was...

A series of Pacific storms have buried much of the Rocky Mountains with above-average snowfall this winter, but warm conditions have meant mostly rain at lower elevations such as Durango. If all...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has a message for backcountry enthusiasts eager to take advantage of the new snowfall in the high country: “Avoid it.” The avalanche danger was listed as...

Two Durango men were found dead Friday in apparent suicides, said La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith. The first incident was reported around 2 a.m. in the 200 block of East Seventh Avenue in...

A Durango woman with an apparent propensity for breaking and entering appears to have bad luck in choosing her victims. Susan Margaret Murphy-Snively, 37, has been arrested twice in four months on...

Two Durango men have been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a child under the age of 15. Miles Nakai, 22, and Louis Denver Smith, 23, were each being held Tuesday at the La Plata County...

A 21-year-old New Mexico man who stole a vehicle and crashed it on Molas Pass was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison. Christopher Bagwell faced up to three years in prison after signing a...