Fire investigators announced Tuesday the Ute Pass Fire was started by a heavy-duty brush mower that struck a rock, sending off a spark that ignited the roughly 30-acre blaze northeast of Durango. The ...

When hundreds of athletes toe the line at the CHSAA Track and Field State Championships in Lakewood starting on Thursday, Southwest Colorado will be well-represented. Mancos, Montezuma-Cortez and Dove...

The Montezuma County Planning Commission considered two development plans that did not comply with the land use code during its meeting Thursday. One was recommended for denial because development beg...

On the heels of World Bee Day, La Plata Open Space Conservancy and Mountain Studies Institute have partnered to hold a new pollinator workshop Saturday in Bayfield to teach La Plata County residen...

The countdown began with 19 first graders plopped on their bellies, gazing off the edge of a small pier into the dark waters of Berkeley Lake in northwest Denver. Sporting waders and standing knee-dee...

The Federal Election Commission dismissed a complaint against Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert about her 2020 mileage reimbursement after the commissioners deadlocked, 3-3, on whether to investigate f...

A monster blaze churning in northern New Mexico for more than a month has blackened enough acreage to earn a place in the state’s record books. Aside from being the largest wildfire currently burning...

A troubled Western Slope mental health care center falsified assessments of its patients’ conditions for at least nine years in an effort to make its treatment programs seem more effective and secure ...

The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest District Resource Advisory Council will hold a virtual meeting June 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The meeting is hosted by the Tres Rios Field Office and is open t...