WASHINGTON – On climate change, we need to go beyond the tired storyline of “deniers” versus the “scientific consensus.” Until it’s discredited by falling temperatures, global warming is a reality. ...

It is not often a community can celebrate a new high school building, and for Cortez that time comes on Friday. Guided tours along with barbecue begin at 4:30, with speeches and a ribbon cutting at 6....

Our outdoor heritage is what drew so many of us to Colorado, especially here in Durango. Our rivers and mountains continually draw tourists and locals alike onto our Main Streets and into our mountain...

It has been reported that the San Juan County commissioners and the government of the town of Silverton have been instrumental in preventing the Coal King mine and many other mines in that area from b...

Tired of being hit up for spare change? Take a copy of the Herald want ads and give it to the beggars – no spare change. There are plenty of jobs in the paper! All businesses should put a n...

CENTENNIAL – James Holmes will spend the rest of his life in prison after at least one juror balked at the possibility of sentencing him to death for the massacre that claimed 12 lives and spawned a g...

IGNACIO – Southern Ute Indian Tribe elders are mounting a recall effort aimed at the majority of the Tribal Council and its chairman, calling the move a “revolution” to preserve their way of life. ...