Another storm will hit Southwest Colorado on Tuesday afternoon, following on the heels of a storm last week that brought the first measurable amount of snow to the region’s lower elevations and dumped...

An Animas High School student died Friday as the result of a suspected drug overdose, and two other students were hospitalized, according to a news release posted Saturday on the city of Durango’s and...

Their sights can’t be set much higher. Expectations are sky-high for a talented bunch of Mancos High School wrestlers a year after the Bluejays competed for a regional title, sent several wrestlers to...

What a difference a year makes for the Montezuma-Cortez High School girls basketball program. Coming off a big learning curve from last winter, the Panthers have a new approach this season, and with a...

Southwest Colorado has a rich tradition of producing motorsports standouts. Add another name to the list. Mancos’ Waylon Hale, a freshman at Mancos High School, enjoyed a fantastic fall circuit of rac...

Using the Antiquities Act, five years ago this month President Barack Obama declared 1.35 million acres of San Juan County, Utah, a national monument. Native American tribes and Indigenous peoples ar...

Sixth Judicial District Judge William Herringer has announced his upcoming retirement. Herringer’s last day with the district is scheduled for March 9. In an interview Friday with The Durango Herald, ...

A jury in Montezuma County Court on Friday found Sherry Simmons, organizer of the Montezuma County Patriots, not guilty of harassing Peace and Justice marchers Jan. 2. Jurors deliberated for less tha...

Widespread power outages affected thousands of residents late Thursday and all day Friday in Archuleta and La Plata counties. The outages were the result of wet, heavy snow that blanketed La Plata Ele...

DENVER – A federal panel has approved renaming a Colorado peak after a Cheyenne woman who facilitated relations between white settlers and Native American tribes in the early 19th century, part of a b...