The La Plata County Democratic Party held its combined precinct caucus and county assembly last weekend, but technical difficulties with new state party software delayed the event’s conclusion until M...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Imagine dining on “edible plastic” made from algae and collagen from fish skins. While you ingest the dish, ocean-borne plastic pollution seemingly floats above you, projected ac...

Durango City Council awarded $135,893 in lodgers tax arts and culture grants last week, including $10,000 to Compañeros, despite criticism of the nonprofit’s co-executive director following an inciden...

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Friday 9:32 a.m. Two puppies were running loose on U.S. Highway 160, east of Durango. 10:49 p.m. A neighbor was playing a stereo, and the subwoofer could be ...

Wednesday, March 11 Durango Daybreak Rotary Club, 7 a.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Free. Susan Jones and Charles DiFerdinando will speak about 250 years of American history, and...

An anonymous donor has promised to match every dollar donated to Manna soup kitchen up to $10,000 through the end of March. The donation challenge was launched by a donor in response to Manna’s South...

The Boulder artist who designed and built “Endurance,” a collection of cyclist sculptures at the Florida Road roundabout, said he was saddened by the destruction of his work but grateful no one was hu...

A McKinley County judge has stayed the case of a Flora Vista man accused of killing his 11‑month‑old son, whose partially buried body was found in a ditch two days after he was reported missing. Distr...

High school students in Durango must meet several requirements to graduate and participate in commencement ceremonies. Those include meeting academic benchmarks, completing required coursework, and ob...

For centuries, Western Colorado saw very little non‑Native settlement. This was because the Rocky Mountains posed a difficult barrier for travelers coming from the east. The first trains arrived in th...