La Plata County Sheriff Sean Smith said in a letter to the county’s three municipalities, Bayfield, Ignacio and Durango, on Thursday that the county jail will no longer accept “fresh arrests or senten...

While Paris is in the spotlight for hosting the Summer Olympic Games, there’s another reason to check out France this week: Director Adrien Beau’s feature film debut, “The Vourdalak” is available (as ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Brenton Doyle capped an impressive July with a towering home run in the eighth inning, Ezequiel Tovar extended his hitting streak to 17 games and the Colorado Rockies beat the L...

PARIS (AP) — Olympic triathletes dove into the Seine River on Wednesday after organizers declared the water in Paris safe for swimming following days of concerns about elevated bacteria levels caused ...

PHOENIX – The Navajo Nation planned Tuesday to test a tribal law that bans uranium from being transported on its land by ordering tribal police to stop trucks carrying the mineral and return to the mi...

Colorado voters will decide this fall whether to ban the hunting of bobcats and mountain lions. The Secretary of State’s office confirmed Wednesday that backers turned in enough valid signatures to qu...

There have been five traffic-related deaths in Farmington since the beginning of the year, and Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said drivers need to do better. Hebbe took to social media, asking dr...

A Durango man who pleaded guilty to indecent exposure was sentenced this week to two years probation and sex offender treatment. A Durango man arrested in January on suspicion of indecent exposure ple...

Top leaders of the La Plata County Republican Central Committee have asked Secretary Hope Scheppelman, who is also the vice chairwoman of the embattled state GOP, to resign in response for her part in...