Emergency responders rescued four people from Cascade Creek on Monday afternoon, only to immediately receive another call to help two additional stranded waterfall jumpers in the same party out of...

Through lively and sometimes emotional discussion, rural La Plata County residents suggested regulatory solutions to one of the county’s favorite subjects: barking dogs. At a Tuesday open house on...

One of several men arrested last spring during a child predator sex sting in Durango received a four-year deferred judgment Monday with a suspended 45-day jail sentence. Christopher Rindfleisch,...

Residents of a rural Bayfield community are worried that a marijuana grow facility proposed for the neighborhood could drain their well water. The applicants, Teresa and Sherri Dooley, are seeking...

In late winter or early spring when food was scarce, it was the tradition of Ute, Navajo and Apache women to peel the bark of a ponderosa pine to reach the soft, edible inner layer. The bark could...

It was disappointing but not unexpected when San Juan County heard this week that Bureau of Land Management boundaries are changing. BLM State Office Director Ruth Welch met with county officials...

More federal money to cover Gold King Mine spill costs is on the way for La Plata and San Juan counties, though local businesses are still waiting for their reimbursements. Environmental Protection...

Arguments for and against an airport expansion ballot question this fall were presented Wednesday to the Southwest Colorado Workforce Development Board. The ballot measure would raise taxes –...

A 67-year-old La Plata County Jail inmate found dead in his cell Sunday apparently suffered a fatal heart attack, county Coroner Jann Smith said Wednesday. Durango Police and La Plata County...