RUIDOSO – Some of the top state-bred quarter horses and thoroughbreds will compete in a variety of stakes races on Saturday and Sunday during the annual Zia Festival at Ruidoso Downs. In addition to S...

Durango City Council took its first step toward finalizing a much anticipated land swap between the city and Durango Fire Protection District on Tuesday that will pave the way for a brand-new downtown...

Durango Police Department Wednesday 12:08 a.m. A person in the Denny’s parking lot, 666 Camino del Rio, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Tuesday 2:40 p.m. A man in th...

A novel piece of municipal legislation proposing a ban on retail sales of puppies and kittens will come before Durango City Council at its Aug. 1 meeting. Councilor Olivier Bosmans made a formal reque...

A near-total solar eclipse – the best part of which will clip Southwest Colorado on Oct. 14 – is expected to draw hundreds of tourists and astronomy experts who will give talks and host observation pa...

La Plata County Treasurer Allison Aichele’s resignation was accepted by the Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, but not before commissioners scrutinized the scheduled sequence of events leading ...

Tournament set to begin Thursday There could be some surprises at the Women's World Cup. Sure, the U.S. is still considered dominant, and those elite European teams have developed even more with the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet, John Hickenlooper and Martin Heinrich, joined by Rep. Joe Neguse, reintroduced the Tribal Access to Clean Water Act on Wednesday. The act addresses the need for...

Jonas Vingegaard took a razor-thin lead in the Tour de France and blew it up the last two days. The Team Jumbo-Visma leader only led Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates by 10 seconds in the general cla...

The driver of a Jeep Cherokee avoided serious bodily injury Wednesday after colliding with a garbage truck on U.S. Highway 550 near the top of Farmington Hill south of Durango. The crash was reported ...