Outdoor recreation has a new tagline: a trillion-dollar industry. The new measurement of the outdoor recreation economy by the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows outdoor businesses in 2022 earning $563...

Colorado voters will likely be asked next year to radically overhaul the state’s election system by adopting an “open” primary system and ranked-choice voting in general elections while also doing awa...

Storms throughout Sunday morning and afternoon brought much needed moisture to Southwest Colorado. Cortez even experienced a little bit of snow Sunday afternoon. The precipitation arrived just a day a...

Colorado Democrats tried tax relief the governor’s way. Now they’re doing something closer to what progressives actually want. The Colorado House of Representatives on Saturday passed a measure largel...

Silverton resident Jeremy Ham drives over two of Southwest Colorado’s five major mountain passes nearly every day – rain, shine, snow or sleet. He comes to Durango early in the morning for work and re...

Purgatory Resort in Durango marked the beginning of the 2023-24 winter season on Saturday, welcoming skiers and snowboarders who arrived for first chair with a complimentary pancake breakfast. This w...

Durango School District 9-R administration and staff will have a new home starting in 2024. The district announced its plan in a Thursday news release to move into the Columbine Center at 281 Sawyer ...

Pam Giordano and her husband bought their tri-level home nearly 30 years ago. The price sounds almost unbelievable today: $138,000 for a couple thousand square feet of south Denver real estate. Since ...

The city of Durango will test a new parking plan that will prohibit parking on street sides on alternating days. The plan, which a city news release says is intended to make snow plowing and street-sw...

Durango’s LGBTQ community will be provided an outlet to safely discuss, process and even laugh about a difficult subject: HIV, the immunodeficiency virus that can lead to AIDS. The Yay! Foundation, a ...