WASHINGTON – Providing certainty for tax credits that boost the wind-energy industry has proved anything but smooth sailing in Congress, but Colorado’s two senators are using their weight to get the t...

Dolores County dedicated extra money and resources to bring Dove Creek schools high speed Internet after the organization in charge of the project failed to make significant progress. High...

Leaving your car in front of the airport terminal unattended soon may earn you a $15 parking ticket. Last week, the La Plata County Board of County Commissioners approved first reading of a...

Insurance agency opens on Main Street KB Insurance Group opened on Main Street in February in the former home of the Jewel Box. Ken Brengle left Aaron’s to become an agent assoc...

An ownership change may be in the forecast for Durango Mountain Resort. Chuck Cobb, the resort’s chairman, owns a slight ownership majority of the ski resort. He’s looking for a buyer for s...

Rather than base many of his opinions on what he reads in the Journal, Mr. McLaine, of Lewis, Colo., may be better served to meet our current Sheriff for coffee and donuts and get his information stra...

First of all, I want to say how much I appreciate the four-way stop at Third and Maple. It has been a long time coming. Having said that, I am a little apprehensive of major accidents that may occur i...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – North and South America, get ready for the first eclipse of the year— in color. Next Tuesday morning, the moon will be eclipsed by Earth’s shadow. This total lunar ec...

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The pro-corporate majority on the U.S. Supreme Court took steps last week to move the U.S. still farther toward government of, by, and for the fat cats and big corporations (as if we aren't already th...