The 24th annual Plein Air Painters of the Four Corners Annual Juried Art Show opens this weekend with a special demonstration from juror John Cogan. Cogan, an internationally acclaimed artist from Far...

Through-Sunday, Aug. 18 Bar D Chuckwagon Suppers, 4:30-9 p.m., 6:30 p.m. supper is served, Bar D Chuckwagon Suppers, 8080 County Road 250. $18-$57. Old West Cowboy Music & Chuckwagon Supper. Reser...

One hundred five animals were slated to be featured in the La Plata County Fair Junior Livestock Auction Saturday at La Plata County Fairgrounds in Durango. Fifteen sheep, 33 swine, 22 goats, 11 poult...

It’s noon on election day and a video of Colorado’s Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold is circulating, telling people that the state’s polling places will be staying open until 10 p.m., three...

It mystifies me, this perfervid belief in nuclear energy that I see in parts of Colorado. Just weeks ago, the commissioners in one Western Slope county added their support for nuclear. They noted that...

This summer, with Fort Lewis College alumni and a current FLC history student, seven of us canoed Birch Creek, which is one of Alaska’s wild and scenic rivers east of Fairbanks. We paddled for 6½ days...

I like cows. Yes, I am a bovinophile. They are warm cuddly independent beasts who choose to go through life at their own pace. If you want to befriend a cow, you must adapt to its leisurely speed. I b...

Last weekend at Ride Rock Creek in Zirconia, North Carolina, Durango’s Asa Vermette showed once again he is one of the fastest downhill mountain bikers in the country. Vermette took care of business b...

Residents near Durango Public Library are accusing the city of Durango of putting the cart before the horse, essentially making up its mind about a redevelopment plan and then conducting a public revi...