The Journal Colorado Garden Foundation, a nonprofit that funds horticultural-specific projects and scholarships throughout Colorado, announced its 2019 scholarship recipient, Clarissa Dukem...

La Plata Electric Association’s wholesale energy supplier is one of more than 20 companies that funded a lobbying firm devoted to fighting environmental protections. The lobbying firm, Util...

The fight over one of the most controversial gun bills ever to come out of the state Capitol rages on. Colorado’s ban on gun magazines that can hold more than 15 rounds of ammunition was on...

A kayaker required rescue Tuesday afternoon after getting injured at a dangerous Class 4 rapid on Vallecito Creek. Bruce Evans, fire chief for Upper Pine River Fire Protection District, sai...

Larry Perino, a Silverton native and one the last remaining Sunnyside Gold Corp. employees based in the former mining town, announced he will retire at the end of April, capping a nearly 40-year caree...

Gas prices are expected to break $3 per gallon in Southwest Colorado during the summer driving holidays according to AAA. The last time gas prices broke $3 in Colorado was October 2014, sai...

A well-known singer-songwriter in Durango died in a head-on crash Tuesday morning north of town. The victim was identified as 67-year-old Greg Ryder, said Capt. Adrian Driscoll, with the Co...

Responses to foreclosure actions against three properties associated with a suspected illegal marijuana-growing operation in Montezuma County have been extended into mid-June. The three pro...

The Journal The Pueblo to Pueblo Run and Bike will take place from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, at Cortez Cultural Center, 25 N. Market St. This is the first major race event of the year in the F...

As temperatures rise and summer encroaches, locals are reminded to take precautionary steps to mitigate wildfire risk. Although this past winter saw heavy precipitation, wildfire remains a ...