After years of legal challenges, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that, yes, La Plata County does have to clean up the toxic chemicals seeping out of the Bayfield landfill as required by the state hea...

Fort Lewis College President Tom Stritikus’ three-year employment contract was renewed Friday afternoon by the board of trustees, but the university’s student body president called for a shortened con...

DENVER (AP) — A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. Many of them lost jobs during the coronavirus pandemic and had fallen months behind on their rent.

Durango’s former finance director was re-sentenced Friday to 90 days in jail and 20 years’ probation for embezzling more than $712,000 from town coffers over the course of 11 years. Durango’s former f...

A first-of-its-kind survey of thousands of Colorado mountain town residents has delivered the clearest look at the impact of the pandemic on housing, rentals and lifestyles in the high country to date...

DENVER – Thousands of immigrant farmworkers in Colorado will soon have state minimum wage, overtime and labor organizing rights under a bill signed into law Friday by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis. Poli...

The Dolores Ranger District has given preliminary approval for large logging and forest treatment project covering 22,346 acres north of Dolores. The Salter Vegetation Management Project area will inv...

A cleanup crew led by the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office has removed 12 bags of trash from the X-rock climbing area north of Durango city limits. X-rock is one of the most popular climbing areas nea...