The Bureau of Reclamation began controlled releases from Navajo Dam Friday to move sediment before spring runoff begins and to control the rise of the reservoir. The bureau said in an email that it e...

Durango Choral Society will once again take the stage for its annual fun-filled cabaret fundraiser at 5 p.m. Sunday in the ballroom in the Student Union at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim drive. DCS ends...

At least four people, including a suspected gunman, were killed and several others including two officers were injured about 11 a.m. Monday in a shooting near Dustin Avenue and Navajo Street in Farmin...

Competency has been raised in the case of a man accused of the April 5 killing of his mother. Mateo Yazzie, 23, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of Denise We...

Three members of the newly created La Plata County Board of Health resigned by Thursday – two days after county commissioners stripped the board of its duty to hire a public health director. The La Pl...

Dear Action Line: Alert! An eyesore has developed on our San Juan Skyway. It appears to be swelling, oozing wealth and privilege, obscuring mountain views along U.S. Highway 550. I’m concerned thi...

Information and agendas about local meetings: City of Durango: www.durangogov.org or call 375-5000. La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us or call 382-6210. Town of Bayfield: www.b...

When two powerhouses collide, you'd better stick around for every single out. A packed crowd at McAndrew Field spent most of Saturday afternoon on the edge of their seats while the players on the diam...

The grinding bureaucracy of government is rarely glamorous – least of all when the topic of concern is a decades-old trash pile. But public officials elected by the voters of La Plata County are nonet...