Since 1000 A.D. when the ancient Puebloans soaked in the geothermal waters as a spiritual rite, people have enjoyed what is now Trimble Spa & Natural Hot Springs on County Road 203. Its listing at...

A multi-phase road improvement plan was a key stipulation of the La Plata County Planning Commission’s approval on Thursday of a Class II land-use permit for the King II coal mine in Hesperus. The...

After several years of urging from San Juan National Forest officials, Purgatory Resort is considering undertaking a vegetation management plan that would include removing hazard trees from the ski...

The Gold King Mine spill last summer opened a Pandora’s Box of questions and ensuing research about water quality and the health risks of mine drainage. Local environmental groups have been...

Every morning at 7 a.m., Road Runner Stage Lines rumbles to a start from the Durango Transit Center on west Eighth Street, bound for Grand Junction. Born of a three-way partnership of the Colorado...

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe released a statement Friday confirming that the Southern Ute Cultural Center & Museum will dissolve its nonprofit status and become a tribe-managed entity. Tribal...

The Southern Ute tribal council is calling for the dissolution of the Southern Ute Cultural Center & Museum’s nonprofit status, which leaves questions about jobs, the exhibits and the fate of the...

The King II Coal Mine in southwestern La Plata County may obtain recommendation for approval next week for an overdue county land-use permit, though the terms of that permit remain unclear. After...

Nearly 50 mines in and around San Juan County are proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency to be part of a Superfund site that would be called the Bonita Pike Mining District Site, according...

Marijuana use has brought a “new era of impaired driving” to Colorado, but it’s too early to understand the impact. Beginning in January 2014, Colorado State Patrol began tracking marijuana-related...