Colorado had the third-highest voter turnout in the nation in November’s midterm election, according to a report released this week. Voter turnout in the state reached 54.5 percent of the eligible...

The Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center on Thursday night announced the winners of the 2015 Nightingale Luminary and Star Nursing Awards. The awards honor “exceptional nurses from...

Tiffin, the Schnauzer-Yorkie mix who was sickened after eating a marijuana apple pipe on Friday, is well on the road to recovery. The dog was treated and released from Riverview Animal Hospital...

When Tiffin was brought to Riverview Animal Hospital on Friday, the 4-year-old Schnauzer-Yorkie mix had dilated eyes, a slow heart rate and was unable to walk without stumbling. Veterinarian Stacee...

Tim McClellan, the Durango resident and furniture designer who competed on HGTV’s “Ellen’s Design Challenge,” seemed to be taking his dismissal from the show in stride. “There’s always next year,”...

An anonymous Twitter account that spread gossip about Durango High School, and in many cases singled out students for attacks, was shut down Thursday evening after being active for three weeks and...

Visitation at America’s national parks broke records in 2014 as the National Park Service prepares to celebrate its centennial in 2016. Mesa Verde National Park had a 9 percent increase in visitors...

Durango City Council gave final approval on March 15, 2011, to the first phase of Twin Buttes, a development that, as planned, would encompass up to 595 houses. Situated below two natural buttes on...

Southwest Colorado Community College is offering free tax preparation to anyone with a household income below $53,000. Thirty Internal Revenue Service-certified students and volunteers from SCCC...

Natural-gas and oil companies filed 87 applications to drill in La Plata County in 2014, more than doubling the previous year’s activity. That doesn’t mean there’s about to be a rush of drilling...