After a long journey through the Senate and House agriculture committees, the 2018 farm bill is expected to clear the president’s desk soon. The bill, which is projected to cost $428 billion over five...

The Durango Food Bank collected more than 4,200 pounds of nonperishable food items Sunday at its first Dump Hunger Food Drive. Sarah Smith, executive director of Durango Food Bank, credited...

Buyers will be paying thousands of dollars more for newly built homes in Durango and La Plata County as a result of energy codes local governments started enforcing this year. However, the ...

Durango’s Petsense outlet will close on Dec. 22. Chris Romero, an employee at the Durango store, said a lack of sales led to the decision to close the outlet. “With the lease com...

Sabra Artichoker doesn’t know what she’s going to do with her degree in anthropology and sociology. Neither does Zachary Scurrah, who graduated from Fort Lewis College on Saturday with a degree in eco...

Each earring on the “Sing our Rivers Red” exhibit represents a local missing or abused indigenous woman and aims to bring awareness about Native American and gender-based violence in the United States...

The Town of Bayfield recently completed a water and sewer user rate study looking forward five years. The results show the town needs to raise water rates by 10 percent to build water distr...

Life hasn’t been easy for Durangoan Jessica Vought: She lost the use of her legs in a car crash and parted ways with two husbands. But life’s punches have not stolen her joy. “This girl has...

Kayla Frawley said she felt “lucky” when she was hit by a car and broke her leg. When you’re a single mother, the 31-year-old Frawley said, the task of keeping your household afloat without...