About 120 people participated in last week’s quiz. Participants scored highest on a question about which subdivision is being eyed for affordable and workforce housing, with 85% of respondents correct...

La Plata County commissioners and the La Plata County Board of Health took 2½ hours this week to hear and discuss a report from consultants on considerations for the structure and services of La Plata...

Silverton Board of Trustees voted 4-2 this week to allow construction of a new road, despite protests and concerns from town residents over the road cutting through once-protected wetland area. Since ...

The San Juan National Forest has increased the amount of firewood delivered to Navajo Nation as part of the Wood for Life program. There is a high demand for firewood to heat homes in rural areas of t...

The 18th annual Durango Independent Film Festival kicked off Wednesday night and will run through Sunday. With 96 films in this year’s festival, the fest will feature a variety of screenings around to...

Local author Scott Graham has written his eighth National Park Mysteries with the new release of “Saguaro Sanction.” The adventure begins in late October in Saguaro National Park in Arizona near the ...

Tough defense is the hallmark of the Durango High School girls’ basketball team this season. On Thursday in the Class 5A state quarterfinals at the Denver Coliseum, DHS held the Cañon City Tigers to ...

“Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.” These are the last lines from a Langston Hughes poem, which American composer Florence Price set to music in 1945. In ...