President Donald Trump has denied Colorado’s requests for disaster declarations to help communities affected by wildfires and flooding – but La Plata County officials say the local impact will be mini...

Durango attorney Douglas Reynolds was appointed last week to the La Plata County Court bench by Gov. Jared Polis. Reynolds will fill the vacancy left by Judge Reid Stewart, who was elevated to a distr...

Durango Police Department Sunday 12:30 p.m. A man was yelling and hitting a vehicle with a bat at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. 8:37 p.m. A man was walking with a lar...

State Sen. Faith Winter was legally drunk when she caused the car crash that killed her last month on Interstate 25 south of Denver, authorities in Arapahoe County said Friday. Winter’s blood-alcohol ...

WASHINGTON – The Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act passed a Senate committee last week with bipartisan support. Sponsored by Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hicken...

Those hoping for a white Christmas in Durango may be disappointed. Snow is expected to return to Southwest Colorado around the holiday – but mostly at high elevations. A surge in moisture from the We...

A semitrailer crash early Monday closed U.S Highway 160/491 a few miles south of Cortez, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office. The crash oc...

Dear Action Line, The only time we’ve had snow in town this season, a few weeks ago, my garbage was not picked up (although my recycling was). I looked at the city website and it says that wh...

La Plata County resident Al Jason, 78, has spent a lifetime caring for others. After his Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis last year, he’s learning how to take care of himself with the support of his son,...