EPA approves the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s water quality standards

Approval is the culmination of a 20-year effort

Three bills aim to improve communication, access to grants for Southwest Colorado’s tribes

State Sen. Kerry Donovan hopes to shift state’s relationship with sovereign nations

Native American tribes assert water rights on Colorado River Basin

1922 compact that divided the water between states left out tribes, which own 25% rights

Interior would see big boost under Biden budget, including tribal programs

$5.9B would go toward climate resilience and adaptation program

La Plata, Montezuma counties receive over $11 million in federal earmarks

Funding will go toward housing, transportation, law enforcement and other projects

Firefighters save a cat, two dogs; dilapidated house is demolished

Blaze started Tuesday evening southeast of Bayfield

Documentary explores how CDOT and tribes partnered to preserve Indigenous culture and history

A centuries-old Puebloan village was discovered during the realignment of U.S. Highway 550

Former executive of Southern Ute Indian Tribe sentenced to 13½ years in prison for sexual assault

McKean Walton worked as executive officer until time of arrest

Local projects earmarked for funding in federal budget process

U.S. Sens. Hickenlooper and Bennet recommend priorities for state including in Southwest Colorado

Marchers rally to remove cartoonish depiction of Native American in Durango

About 100 participate in Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage

This tribal elder helped remove 157-year-old proclamations used to incite Sand Creek Massacre

When Rick Williams stumbled on a horrifying fact, he set out to change it

Southern Ute Indian Tribe joins international natural gas initiative

Effort exports gas to countries looking for lower-emitting fuels

Southern Ute government opens offices to public after long COVID-19 restrictions

Visitors must follow tribe’s health safety guidelines

Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland meets with tribes in Southwest Colorado

Tour of rural, tribal communities focuses on environmental and federal-Native American issues

La Plata County governments say cybersecurity increasingly critical

IT teams wage battle against ever-changing hacks

Officials aware of 31 fires in southwest La Plata County

Nineteen of those blazes are controlled or extinguished

Firefighters battle dry, windy conditions in Southwest Colorado; Trail Canyon Fire at 840 acres

Mud Creek Fire 2, burning near Towaoc, contained at 150 acres

Man arrested on suspicion of starting multiple fires, including seven Tuesday night

‘I hope they finally caught this guy and it stops,’ says fire chief

Southern Utes, Fort Lewis College will offer Ute language classes

New summer program seeks to preserve, revitalize Native language

Southern Ute reservation could get a zero-emission power plant

System reuses some CO2, captures the rest for other uses

Federal bill seeks to preserve Native American languages

Federal legislation could enhance Ute language education efforts

Southern Ute Indian Tribe loosens COVID-19 restrictions

Tribal Council launches reopening phases

Photos: Southern Ute Indian Tribe provides COVID-19 vaccinations

New Bayfield gym teaches Native American fighting art

Pine River Valley to be hub for guardian art