After weeks of debate and over two dozen amendments, Colorado budget writers Wednesday put the finishing touches on a $40.6 billion budget that increases spending on state workers, health care service...

Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would prevent hospitals from publicly concealing their involvement in lawsuits against patients, following a joint Colorado Sun/9News investigation into ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on federal lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells under a final rule issued Friday by the Bid...

A Farmington police officer who was allegedly shot in the elbow by a fugitive who had escaped from the La Plata County Jail is suing the jail, county government and Sheriff’s Office. Joseph Barreto i...

Thursday, April 4 11:33 p.m. A woman was arrested under suspicion of trespassing at City Market, 508 E. Main St. 12:19 p.m. An officer arrested a woman on a warrant at 1100 N. Mildred Road. 1:20 p.m....

After the abrupt closure of Integrated Insight Community Care in January, local therapist Annie Diaz, MS NCC LPC-S RPT, has announced that she and her team from Integrated Insight are opening a mental...

CORTEZ Wednesday, April 17 Advanced Directives Day, 8:30 a.m. Hospice of Montezuma, 512 N. Broadway. $15. Limited to 60 people, register by calling. Details: (970) 565-4400. Thursday, April 18 Distr...

Want to see Smokey Bear run a chain saw? You just might get to. In an effort to raise awareness of the steps that homeowners should take to improve the chances of a home’s survival in the event of a ...

In its 51-year history, the state agency that studies avalanches never had to rescue one of its own employees from a slide – until this week. On Monday, an unnamed forecaster with the Colorado Avalanc...

Mountain Range Fitness will host a health and wellness expo, which will include vendors, food and competitions, on June 8. In the morning, there will be three 1980s-themed individual competitions, and...