Wednesday, Feb. 4 Durango Daybreak Rotary Meeting, 7 a.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Austin DiVesta, avalanche forecaster, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, will speak. Deta...

Could another prominent Front Range peak get a new name? Not yet. The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board on Jan. 27 declined to advance a proposal to change the name of Longs Peak in Rocky Moun...

In the years leading up to Colorado statehood, nearly all of the territory’s western half still belonged to the Ute people, who had inhabited the northern Colorado Plateau for centuries. An 1868 treat...

With the deadline to reach a water usage agreement looming, leaders from the seven Colorado River Basin states expressed cautious optimism that their “historic” meeting in Washington, D.C., will spur ...

Head of school finalists Michael Gard of Phoenix and local candidate Dreher Robertson will visit Animas High School this week to meet families and community members as part of the interview process fo...

Former La Plata County Jail Cmdr. Ed Aber, who is accused of viewing strip-search videos of more than 100 female inmates for his own sexual gratification during his tenure, was scheduled Monday for a ...

WASHINGTON – About 130 children in La Plata County rely on the Child Care and Development Funds for access to local day care centers, said Heather Hawk, executive director for the Early Childhood Coun...

A 19-year-old Fort Lewis College student was arrested Thursday on suspicion of criminal solicitation for first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a weapon on college grounds, according to a Mond...

Last fall, repeated calls of “dog at large” in the same area of Bloomfield led to the discovery of an extreme case of animal hoarding – more than 90 big white dogs in dire need of rescue. Such an enor...

At Durango High School, Advanced Placement courses are no longer supplied for only the most accelerated learners. Instead, all students are encouraged to explore more rigorous courses on the road to t...