Mountain passes north of Durango were closed Monday evening as a winter storm is expected to intensify into the night across the high country of Southwest Colorado. About 5:15 p.m., Colorado...

An 80-year-old Ignacio man was found dead last week from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith. Clyde Leonard McFarlin was found dead by his wife around 12 p.m....

La Plata County Commissioners voted 2-1 on Tuesday to retain Bob Wolff as the county’s representative to the Southwestern Water Conservation District. The water district is comprised of one...

A faction of La Plata County residents who oppose the county’s proposed land-use codes believe the work is part of an international conspiracy led by the United Nations to create a “New World...

The chances of being struck by lightning? 1 in 280,000. The chances of spotting an albino raccoon? 1 in 750,000. Yet, last week, a La Plata County family found a rare albino raccoon, albeit dead,...

It’s beginning to look a lot more like winter in Southwest Colorado. After a storm dropped upwards of 6 inches of snow this past weekend, National Weather Service forecasters are predicting another...

William Edward Atchison, the 21-year-old who entered Aztec High School and killed two students before taking his own life in December, bore all the hallmarks of an increasing number of killers...

Two suicides were reported in Durango over a 24-hour period last week, said La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith. Paul John Erickson, 85, was found dead around noon Jan. 30 by his wife at his home in...

The culprit behind this year’s abnormally warm temperatures and lack of snowfall in Southwest Colorado – a weather pattern known as La Niña – is showing no signs of breaking down. “It’s...

It was only a minor mistake, but one with deadly consequences, that caused an avalanche between Silverton and Red Mountain last week, killing a 27-year-old Durango man, according to a final report...

A Durango woman who died in a single-car crash Wednesday night north of Durango was identified Thursday as Tiffany Chanslor, 47, according to Colorado State Patrol. Chanslor was driving north on...