The Montezuma-Cortez Panthers keep ascending the ladder on the girls golf scene, and there’s no reason to believe that their rise will end soon. With two freshmen making their debuts on the state’s hi...

La Plata County is cracking down on bear enforcement. In 2022, the Bear Working Group of Durango received Colorado Parks and Wildlife Human-Bear Conflict Reduction Grant, allowing it to fund a slew of...

Thursday, the Animas City Theatre in Durango will host the Protect the Dolores Film Tour, presenting the film “The River of Sorrows,” which was created by the award-winning production company Rig to F...

More than 250 Southwest Colorado nonprofit organizations are registered for Rural Philanthropy Days, a three-day conference centered in Durango next week meant to connect nonprofits with each other an...

Two collisions Memorial Day weekend near the New Mexico state line south of Cortez injured at least two people and killed another, resulting in the temporary closure of U.S. Highway 491. About 2 p.m. ...

The late Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm once ominously warned that the state’s treasured fourteeners were at risk of being loved to death by growing numbers of waffle-stomping hikers. Now it is the state’...

After ballooning for years, CEO pay growth is finally slowing. The typical compensation package for chief executives who run S&P 500 companies rose just 0.9% last year, to a median of $14.8 million, a...

On May 12, police were called to respond to TruWest Auto in Cortez regarding property damage and the theft of eight vehicles and five sets of keys. According to the police report obtained by The Journ...

The Southwest Regional Law Enforcement Academy graduated 11 officers Sunday during a ceremony at River Bend Ranch. The academy produced five new officers for Durango Police Department, two deputies f...