Sports
Piedra Vista, Durango top team competition at Early Bird Meet
Montezuma-Cortez ties for 7th as track and field kicks off in Farmington
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Firefighter recovering from fractured skull caused by falling tree
Hard hat ‘undoubtedly’ saved the life of Durango resident Jim Meyer when a large tree struck his head
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La Plata County launches Wildfire Resource Center
New map shows risks and resources of individual properties
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Law enforcement agencies investigate police car, press box fires at Fort Lewis College
Email from Fort Lewis College president alerts students
Local News
Bayfield Middle School staffers strengthening relationships by ‘doing rounds’
Rounding Program allows school to check in with employees and see how they’re doing
Local News
Bayfield Middle School student codes his own computer program
Seventh grader Hayden Upson creates micro:bit, a pocket-size calculator
Local News
On the sunny side of the green energy revolution
La Plata Electric Association’s Sunnyside Solar Garden will be its first solar project in the region
Action Line
A timely question about time (and temperature)
At 1:05 p.m. Wednesday, it was 60 degrees along balmy East Eighth Avenue. Just 10 minutes later, it was 57 at the Durango Fitness Club on Florida Road, and 10…
Sports
Fort Lewis gets No. 2 seed in South Central region of NCAA tournament
Skyhawks will travel to West Texas A&M to face Lubbock Christian
Local News
Durango High’s Jon Hoerl named Colorado Principal of the Year
Seventh-year principal credits staff and Cheser for his success
Local News
Escalante Middle School students educate community on anti-idling
Durango School District implements new environmentally friendly policies
Regional News
A group of House lawmakers look to H-2A visa reform to ease labor crisis, but can it get wider support?
Roby Myers of the Montezuma County Noxious Weed program uses a Cat 309 Excavator to clear a pasture of Russian olive and tamarisk trees on Red Canyon Farm near Cortez…
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Homebuyers eyeing Bayfield country properties as spring nears
Warmer temperatures leading to increasing inventory, buyer interest on land and homes
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Photos: Fort Lewis College men’s basketball wins second straight RMAC tournament title
Skyhawks defeated Colorado Mesa 86-75 Saturday night
Sports
Agbim’s 33 points lifts Skyhawks to RMAC tournament championship over Colorado Mesa
Fort Lewis wins back-to-back RMAC tournament titles Fort Lewis College celebrates on Saturday after defeating Colorado Mesa University to win the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament championship in Grand Junction.…
Sports
Here’s how Fort Lewis basketball ranks statistically
Skyhawks hoops teams have excelled in different categories
Local News
La Plata County Democrats hold caucus and assembly on Saturday
6th Judicial District Attorney candidate Sean Murray beats competition for majority of delegates ahead of June primary
Local News
Darrin Parmenter is climbing the trellis at CSU Extension
Former director and horticulture agent of the La Plata County office has taken a regional leadership position
Local News
In Silverton, the tangled debate over how – and whether – to protect wetlands in town goes on and on
The Silverton board of trustees has been grappling with how to handle its wetlands amid a desperate need for housing since 2022. After pausing construction while they figure it out,…
Local News
Spring is heating up with Durango’s Rocky Mountain Mobile Sauna
Durango entrepreneur brings luxury to homes across Southwest Colorado
Sports
Skyhawks dominant in paint, beat Colorado School of Mines 87-73
Fort Lewis moves on to RMAC tournament finals with win
Local News
Durango’s big moment? Not quite. Film crew was gathering promotional footage
‘It was just kind of a regular laid back social media content shoot,’ marketing manager says
Regional News
Do remote-controlled avalanche exploders really work?
CDOT and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center operate 54 remote-controlled avalanche systems
Local News
Small attendance but big ideas at La Plata County Republican caucus in Durango
Local candidate vying for Lauren Boebert’s seat in CD3 speaks at VFW Post 4031
Local News
La Plata Electric Association secures $13.4 million federal funding for solar project
Co-op one of five organizations to receive first-round funds from $1 billion Inflation Reduction Act program
Community
New owner promotes bison mural, art studio in Mancos
Owner says part of the space will be geared toward children
Local News
Durango invites conversation at upcoming meeting about reimagining of downtown
City seeking feedback for designs of 600 and 700 blocks of Main Avenue
Local News
Durango appointee to CPW commission steps down amid opposition
Some state senators were critical of Gary Skiba’s history as an animal advocate
Sports
Durango hockey returns after winning state championship
Win is high school’s first state title in any sport since 2020
And the West is History
And the West is History: 2800 Main Ave. – ca. 1940
This photograph was taken about four years after KIUP Radio moved to its new building at 2800 Main Ave. Built for just $1,540, the station broadcast from this north Durango…