Regional News
Study suggests proximity to oil and gas wells increases risk of childhood leukemia
Colorado’s energy industry strongly disputes findings
Headlines
Local News
Apache Mobile Home Park in west Durango back on market – at higher price
Residents have until June to submit offer to purchase land
Sports
Durango High baseball wins pair of games in Scorpion Invite
Demons outscore Aztec, Kirtland Central before walk-off loss to Farmington
Local News
CPW asks Southwest Colorado residents to secure trash, other attractants as bears emerge
Region ranked second-highest for bear conflicts statewide last year
Regional News
How Colorado Republicans plan to navigate the town hall trap this time around
Democrats are trying to deploy the same tactics they used to sink previous reelection campaigns
Regional News
Colorado lawmakers delay budget introduction as they agonize over final cuts
Committee has been working to cut $1.2 billion from next year’s spending plan
Local News
Durango’s Starlight Lounge has new owner
Selena McCranie believes she’s the only female tribal member to own a business on Main Avenue
Regional News
Portrait of Donald Trump – that he called ‘distorted’ – is removed from Colorado Capitol
A portrait of President Donald Trump hangs on a wall in the rotunda on the third floor of the Colorado Capitol on Monday in Denver. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post…
Local News
Snowboarder dies after being found in tree well near Silverton
Officials have not determined cause of death
Regional News
The Colorado psychedelic mushroom experiment has arrived
State’s first ‘healing centers’ are expected to open late spring or early summer
Local News
Tiny homes, expansive lives
Durango residents say cost-efficient living allows more time for adventure, community
Action Line
New sign in front of Boker Lumber is next chapter for storied property
A Hope Farm sign recently appeared at the old Boker Lumber location near the bottom of Goeglein Gulch Road and East Ninth Avenue in South Durango. (Courtesy of Action Line)cca…
And the West is History
And the West is History: Downtown Durango – ca. 1957
This postcard depicts the 800 block of downtown Durango as it appeared in the late 1950s. The Durango Woolworth store on the left opened in 1928 at 863 Main Ave.…
Local News
Cuts to Medicaid will impact services for all, Southwest Colorado medical providers say
Axis Health System, Mercy see financial strain if health care for low-income families is cut
Local News
Road construction resumes in northeast Durango
Some motorists can expect 15-minute delays
Local News
Man charged in Durango recreation center ‘MAHA’ hat incident
Citation issued for disturbing the peace
Regional News
Wolf from Canada released in Colorado shot and killed in Wyoming after it killed multiple sheep
Wolves are managed differently in Wyoming, and state officials said the wolf was legally shot after finding evidence of depredation
Regional News
As tariffs take effect, a new struggle for small town newspapers arises – the cost of paper
A newsstand at Gub Gub’s pizza in Walsenburg, CO sells copies of the World Journal newspaper on Mar. 11, 2025. (Dan Boyce/CPR News) The copublisher of the World Journal in…
Regional News
Bennet grapples with party’s future. ‘I think we should be looking at all the Democratic leadership’
Sen. Michael Bennet speaks to town hall attendees at Harrison High School in Colorado Springs on Mar. 20. (Dan Boyce/CPR News) Sen. Michael Bennet’s town hall at Harrison High School…
Local News
Bondad Landfill in La Plata County has an estimated seven years until it is full
Officials, experts say conversations about the future must start now
Local News
Only 10% of voters have cast ballots in Durango election
Tax question may help draw more interest than 2023 race
Local News
Search for Bayfield town manager narrows
Board of Trustees plans to interview two applicants in person
New Mexico
FPD continues search for shooting suspect in chicken coop child-abuse case
Father of alleged victim pleads ‘not guilty’
Local News
Durango man charged with officer shooting waives preliminary hearing
Elias Buck to remain in San Juan County jail through trial
Local News
Planning and Zoning denies application for glamping development outside Mancos
‘We don’t want to know the kind of people who pay hundreds of dollars a night to stay in a tent,’ community member says
Sports
Three Skyhawks men’s basketball players enter transfer portal
Biko Johnson, Chuol Deng, AJ Riggs were key contributors to FLC’s success
New Mexico
‘Legally Blonde’ opens at Farmington Civic Center
Show features internationally known and local talent
The Durango Herald
Plea hearing for Cortez theft suspect rescheduled
Rayah Chowen arrested on suspicion of theft, identity theft, contributing to the delinquency of a minor
Local News
Photo: Time to get the boat out
Austin Browning along with his daughter Anna, 6, and wife, Victoria, put their boat in at the Two Rivers Marina in Navajo State Park on the Colorado side of Navajo…