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Colorado lawmakers want to spell it out: It’s legal for kids to play outside alone

A bipartisan measure would clarify that it isn’t child abuse for children to play outside or stay home without parents

Advocates to push for overhaul of Colorado’s youth residential centers

Facilities are closing, staff is quitting and children are getting worse – not better

Child sexual violence survivors in La Plata County will soon get the centralized care they need

Durango’s first child advocacy center nears opening

11-year-old on rocky road to success

Kendrick Keene finances Roth IRA, brokerage account selling polished rocks, geologic knowledge to tourists

Amber Alert suspect arrested after nighttime search west of Dolores

Regional law enforcement agencies team up in search for missing children

The Hive nonprofit takes youth activities, programs outdoors

Fundraiser Saturday features music, poetry, climbing, scavenger hunt

New Mexico gives most US funding to child care of any state

SANTA FE – New Mexico is directing the nation’s biggest chunk of federal coronavirus relief money to helping middle-class families pay for child care, a vast expansion aimed at getting paren...

Durango 12- to 15-year-olds roll up sleeves for shot in the arm

Vaccination clinics in La Plata County open to adolescents

Summer camps walloped by pandemic prepare to reopen

Public health measures in place to limit COVID spread

Parents launch support group to help ‘neuro-diverse’ children

Conditions include autism, Tourette syndrome and attention deficit disorder

Bennet: ‘We do not have to accept massive childhood poverty’

Senator pushes to make child tax credit permanent

Bayfield library launches program to help children get ready for school

Activity bags, podcast lay groundwork for kindergarten