Durango’s iconic kickoff to summer, the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, has seen slow registration for this year’s Memorial Day weekend events – unusual for an event that has been known to fill its availa...

One day in 2015, Nancy Logan, a hobbyist beekeeper in La Plata County, noticed a honeybee walking strangely. She looked closer and saw four tiny, red-brown insects on its back. “I euthanized her, and ...

On graduation day Thursday, 138 Cortez seniors emerged from a crazy year ripped apart by a historic pandemic to celebrate a fresh future with limitless possibilities. Several hundred friends and famil...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s financial assurance requirements for oil and gas wells, pipelines and related infrastructure fall far short of what would be needed to offset closure and cleanup costs, according to the findings of an independent study released Thursday.

SANTA FE (AP) — The former leader of the state Workforce Solutions Department that oversees unemployment benefits said his resignation in April was linked to threatening messages and incidents at the ...

FARMINGTON – A new study out of Colorado State University suggests migratory birds that faced a mass die-off in fall 2020 still face a serious challenge to their survival – wildfires. Researchers with...

LIMON – A sheriff’s deputy was in serious but stable condition Thursday after being hit by a “hail of gunfire” while trying to stop merchandise from being stolen from a truck parked along the highway ...

Local governments in La Plata County are La Plata County governments are still trying to figure out how to spend $15.8 million from the federal government’s most recent coronavirus relief package, th...

The 2021 Montezuma-Cortez High School graduation will take place tonight at 6:30 p.m at Panther Stadium, behind the Cortez Middle School. Weather conditions are expected to be breezy and sunny. There...