“Durango needs another burger or taco place like a hole in the head,” said Chris Turner. For some, those may be fighting words, but they are one of the core reasons Turner and his partner, Alexa Alfon...

For Serotiny Farms’ Alix Midgley, becoming a farmer was a form of rebirth. The farmer turned to agriculture as a second career after 12 years as a social worker dealing with homelessness. “I’m excited...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to add details about a GoFundMe campaign launched Tuesday evening. On Friday, Eat Zawadi – Durango’s only restaurant serving African cuisine – abruptly ...

The quality of the investigation into the crash that led to the death of professional cyclist Benjamin Sonntag served as a focal point in opening statements Tuesday in the trial of the man charged wit...

Laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the plague in fleas collected in La Plata County after a 10-year-old girl died from the disease earlier this month, public health officials said. The plague-...

Congressional Republicans are calling on President Joe Biden to withdraw Tracy Stone-Manning’s Bureau Land Management director nomination ahead of a Senate vote Thursday because of her alleged involve...

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Monday that he’s confident the one-year expansion of the federal Child Tax Credit will be made permanent. But the Colorado Democrat conceded that he’s not sure when that ...

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visited her home state Saturday to celebrate what marks the largest wilderness land donation in the agency’s history and another addition to the natio...

Unemployment in Colorado remained essentially flat in June, the state’s labor department said last week, marking the 15th consecutive month that the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has ...

Gary Tennenbaum remembers the first time he first spoke with the new owners of a long-dormant coal mine up the Crystal River Valley, near Redstone. It was a few years ago, and the owners, grandsons of...