DENVER (AP) — Xcel Energy expects to pay about $640 million to settle lawsuits alleging it was responsible for starting Colorado’s most destructive wildfire that killed two people and destroyed nearly...

Flutist Rochelle Mann will add something special to the annual Fort Lewis College Faculty Showcase on Sunday. Professor emerita and former chair of the music department, Mann carries with her the long...

After more than a year of work behind the scenes, it’s official: The mountain bike world championships are coming back to Durango. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the cycling world’s governi...

A Durango man arrested earlier this year on suspicion of firing a gunshot through a window at the Durango Community Recreation Center was released from custody after being found incompetent to stand t...

La Plata County cannot continue 21st century operations on a 20th century budget, county officials said at an Indivisible Durango meeting last weekend. Commissioners Marsha Porter-Norton and Matt Salk...

The Durango boys soccer team ended its nonleague schedule in style on Tuesday night with a 4-0 victory at Alamosa. Although it wasn’t the most impressive win (Alamosa is now 0-7 overall) it was an im...

Fundraising for the arts has never been easy. New funding priorities at the national level now add another layer of fear and uncertainty for small nonprofits already walking a financial tightrope. The...

The Home of the Brave Brewseum operated in Honolulu, Hawaii, for more than 35 years, fostering a unique crossroads between World War II history and craft beer to honor veterans and connect generations...

Emily and Mike Jensen, owners of Homegrown Farms in Bayfield, have been growing organic, chemical- and fertilizer-free products for the past 20 years. And for the past seven of those, the Jensens’ ca...