Colorado saw a flood of new businesses at the end of last year, but a lot of other businesses also went bust or fell behind, according to a state economic report. New business filings were up 11.5% fr...

The Farmington Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating Marcus Evans, 17, described as 6 feet, 3 inches tall, 170 pounds, with brown eyes and hair. Evans was last seen wearing a g...

Readers of The New York Times submitted their best advice from 2022. One gem was, “Everyone is going through something.” Wise to keep this in mind. I’m sharing my something that is Alzheimer’s disease...

The last few years have been tough ones for the officials who run Colorado's elections; in the wake of the 2020 election they’ve endured threats and hostility, had to push back against misinformation ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Competing priorities, outsized demands and the federal government's retreat from a threatened deadline stymied a deal last summer on how to drastically reduce water use from the p...

U.S. House Republicans passed a bill Friday to force the White House to make more federal land and waters available for oil and gas development if the president orders the withdrawal of more oil from ...

The panel of state lawmakers that drafts Colorado’s budget fined Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction $50,000 for raising tuition for most of its students by more than the Legislature allowed la...

Dear Action Line: Finding a spot to park at north Main City Market is a frustrating Easter Egg Hunt. It’s so crowded that shoppers resort to parking on the sidewalk, poaching a space from Mac’s Li...

Dusty Ledford has been working with the Colorado Department of Transportation for 17 years, and he looks forward to retiring in 20 years, give or take. Born and raised in Durango, working for CDOT has...

Information and agendas about local meetings: City of Durango: www.durangogov.org or call 375-5000. La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us or call 382-6210. Town of Bayfield: www.b...