As Loren Russell, Durango Fire Protection District’s wildfire mitigation specialist, walks around a La Plata County home, he stops at a neatly stacked pile of firewood tucked under an overhanging port...

The Durango girls soccer team had a great regular season last year but was upset in the first round of the 4A state playoffs. Zac Keeler has taken over the program from Melissa Halonen and hopes to le...

Durango Mayor Jessika Buell, who is vying for a second term on City Council, said she ran for office to bring a younger person’s perspective to city leadership. Now she’s found her stride. Buell said ...

Durango natives Lanny and Tracey Barnes accomplished a lot in their careers as Olympic biathletes. Now, their stories are included with other Olympians in Doug Levy’s new book, “Hero Redefined: Profil...

Durango City Council has approved a two-year intergovernmental agreement between the city and Archuleta County to house inmates at the Pagosa Springs jail. The city pursued an intergovernmental agreem...

Freedom of the press is so essential in any democracy, so important it was enshrined as part of the first amendment to the Constitution. We need to support institutions dedicated to the free press and...

President Zelensky refused to foolishly sign away half his country’s mineral wealth without out a written commitment for continuing support from the U.S. He recognizes Donald Trump for what he is, a l...

If it’s not bad enough that we as a nation have had to witness the day-by-day dismantling of our democracy and institutions, but we have had the added bonus over the past few years of hearing about ou...

On Feb. 24, a meeting was scheduled in Dolores that a staffer, Southwest Regional Director Naomi Dobbs, planned to attend. According to Cameryn Cass (Herald, Feb. 26) Dobbs fled the scene after seeing...

Rep. Hurd, you are not off to a very good start with the people of Western Colorado. Maybe it would be best, if you are in a long term career in politics, for you to focus on your unhappy constituents...