For the last five years, Ed Horvat has been the contributor behind The Durango Herald’s weekly And the West is History photos, and now, he’s taken his interest in La Plata County’s history and recentl...

Seventh grade students from Mancos Middle School had their first of three farm stands on Thursday, Aug. 29. It’s part of a required elective called Farm-stand that teaches kids about growing food whil...

On Tuesday, the Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 school district held a special meeting where the allegations against Superintendent Tom Burris were addressed, as well as discussions on the mill levy. District ...

A mule deer doe that was living with a bucket lid around her neck for weeks in Southwest Colorado has finally been set free after state wildlife officers removed it earlier this week. The wildlife res...

A La Plata County woman who is accused of hitting a motorcyclist while drunken driving was formally charged Thursday with vehicular assault and driving under the influence of alcohol. At 11:53 p.m. Au...

An Escalante Middle School music teacher was formally charged on four counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of attempting to commit sexual assault on a minor Thursday in 6th Judicial ...

Over the last two years, the Fort Lewis women’s soccer team has improved each year. In 2021, the Skyhawks finished 5-10-2 overall. In 2022, FLC improved to 6-11-2 and last year, the Skyhawks finished ...

Officials with the town of Silverton say they will launch new efforts to address human-bear conflict following the accidental killing of a mother bear Tuesday night by a San Juan County Sheriff’s Offi...

Skyhawks men’s soccer coach David Oberholtzer knows what it takes to compete at the top of Division II men’s soccer with Fort Lewis. Oberholtzer played on the 2006 FLC team that went 21-2-1 and was th...