Colorado mountain towns share one big industry: you. Tourism is vital to these remote, picturesque spots. But mining is what started almost all of them. For one weekend a year, the tiny community of S...

It’s noon on election day and a video of Colorado’s Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold is circulating, telling people that the state’s polling places will be staying open until 10 p.m., three...

One of the Biden White House’s greatest achievements, from the perspective of its staff members, if not necessarily the country, has been to deny the press the kind of juicy leaks that were constant u...

Google “Project 2025.” It’s a 920-page manifesto for a potential second Trump administration that has something (bad) for everyone, but our great public lands estate is put in particular peril. Like m...

It mystifies me, this perfervid belief in nuclear energy that I see in parts of Colorado. Just weeks ago, the commissioners in one Western Slope county added their support for nuclear. They noted that...

Durango Parks and Recreation Director Kelly Schmidt has been immersed in parks and recreation work her whole working life. Her career started at age 16 as a lifeguard and camp counselor and since has ...

Downtown’s Next Step – an effort to update downtown Durango with wider sidewalks, more outdoor space and slower vehicle speeds – remains as contentious as ever after a demonstrative pedlet was install...