The Durango High School alpine ski team raced giant slalom at Ski Cooper near Leadville on Friday and continued getting faster through the gates. DHS finished third in both the boys’ and girls’ team r...

Nestled under the San Juan Mountains amid some of the deepest, cleanest snowpack in Colorado, and celebrated for hot springs, an ice festival and a drinking source burbling naturally through a filter ...

We’ve had parents of young Black men tell us they’ve had “the talk,” offering advice if pulled over by police. Don’t argue. Don’t fight. Keep your hands where officers can see them. Don’t run. Twenty-...

Alcohol – adrenaline – and swords. What could go wrong? “I’m gonna stab people,” said Chris Bartlett of Durango prior to the I Challenge Ye to A Duel competition Wednesday at the Starlight Lounge. The...

Residents of the Forest Lakes subdivision north of Bayfield filed a report Friday with Colorado Parks and Wildlife that their dog had been killed by a mountain lion. Amy McFarland and Brian Weaver, o...

The Durango High School hockey team shut out the visiting Mullen Mustangs 4-0 on Friday at the Chapman Hill Ice Rink. The Demons started attacking early and often, but their first couple of breakaways...

The hot air rising from the gentlemen’s table in the cafeteria at the Durango-La Plata County Senior Center shimmers in the distance but becomes palpable when they introduce themselves – “Downtown Bro...

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your corsets, capes, ruffs and big boofy skirts. The 44th annual Snowdown is kicking off today (Jan. 27), and a big part of the fun is dressing to the theme, which...

Durangotangs are passionate no matter the season or the calling. We are “extreme” in any even, be it bed-racing, snowboarding or revelry. That’s why during all of this Snowdown frivolity and madcap de...

The Durango High School alpine ski team had several state-qualifying performances on Friday at Edlora, helping the boys and girls both finish second in the team races. “The DHS ski team had an amazin...