Emergency personnel have been unable to locate the body of a 21-year-old man who flipped a kayak Saturday at Vallecito Reservoir and is presumed to have drowned. The man’s name has not been released....

Jerry Braudrick Jr. – who prefers just “Junior” – his wife, Rebekah, and their two children, Skyler Torrey, 15, and Michael Young, 13, used to live in “The Big Blue Mess.” The 30-foot by 50-foot tarp ...

Dear Action Line: Where is the produce stand that was in front of Durango High School relocating? – Barry Sweet Dear Barry: The community has been on pins and needles over this. There is good new...

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...

RUIDOSO –Trainer Eric Valenzuela, celebrating his 40th birthday on Sunday afternoon, simply couldn’t lose. Valenzuela saddled both Lets Leave and Wired 440, separated by only a headbob at the finish l...

ALBUQUERQUE – A judge ruled that a failed political candidate will remain jailed on federal charges that include election interference related to a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state a...

FARMINGTON – The Dallas Tigers are the first team to earn a berth to next month’s Connie Mack World Series, finishing off the Texas Stix in the championship round of a regional tournament last weekend...

Without expressly blaming homeless residents – but identifying a number of crimes that often involve the unhoused – a Durango Police Department commander told City Council that crime is up in certain ...

On the corner of East Seventh Avenue and Second Street in South Durango sits the adobe walled, tin-roofed La Paloma building. Once a bustling cultural hub for Durango’s Hispanic and Native American po...

Jim Dyer died in April, but the news of his death and his formal obituary bracketed Memorial Day. That was fitting, for although the former state representative, state senator and Marine did not fit t...