Durango’s churches are increasingly turning to online streaming to bring messages of faith to its members in light of limitations on social gatherings as a result of fears about the spread of the...

A public health emergency was declared Monday morning by several entities in Southwest Colorado amid the spread of the coronavirus. San Juan Basin Public Health, La Plata County and the city of...

The state of Colorado this year will start a massive cleanup of oil and gas wells abandoned by their operators throughout La Plata County, which could end up costing taxpayers upward of $2 million...

A proposed land exchange between wealthy property owners near Pagosa Springs and the U.S. Forest Service seems like a foregone conclusion, according to nearly 3,000 people who submitted public...

This year will mark the end of one of Colorado’s most innovative efforts to offset the impacts to wildlife from BP America Production Co.’s natural gas drilling in Southwest Colorado. In 2007, the...

Snowpack in the high country of Southwest Colorado seems on track with historic averages so far this winter, but a near complete lack of snow in lower elevations and valleys has drawn concern about...

Did you illegally dump an exotic catfish into the Animas River? If so, officers with Colorado Parks and Wildlife would like to have a quick conversation with you. “That is such a huge, huge...

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad has debuted its first locomotive that runs on oil, a more environmentally friendly fuel source that holds less fire risk than a traditional...

Investigators believe excessive speed led to a fatal crash that killed a 37-year-old Durango man earlier this week. Colorado State Patrol Master Trooper Gary Cutler said Lance Luedtke was driving...

Figuring out how to help Southwest Colorado’s declining elk herds recover won’t be easy. That, at least, was the take-home message from Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff at a meeting to discuss elk...

Two longstanding Durango nonprofits known for connecting people with the outdoors have merged in an attempt to have a broader reach across Southwest Colorado. The San Juan Mountains Association –...