San Juan Regional to offer arthritis class

San Juan Regional Medical Center will offer a free class about arthritis and joint health at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Center for Workforce Excellence at San Juan Regional Medical Center, 8...

Wyoming guide dead after bear attack; Florida hunter hurt

JACKSON, Wyo. — Wyoming authorities say a hunting guide has been found dead after he and a client were attacked by a bear. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports the body of 37-yea...

‘Jaws of Life’ used to free bear with head stuck in milk can

ROSEAU, Minn. — Firefighters had to use the Jaws of Life to help free a black bear whose head was stuck in a milk can in northern Minnesota. Conservation officer Eric Benjamin wit...

Voters open to candidates who aren’t very religious

But many see a role for religion in public life

Hiring underway for CDOT winter maintenance personnel

The Journal The Colorado Department of Transportation is beginning its search to hire permanent and seasonal full-time and part-time highway maintenance workers and snowplow drive...

Durango atop affordable hiking town list

Southwest Colorado town places No. 3 for hiking, affordability of living

Cedar Mesa seeks county road designation

Green-signed roads offer improved safety

$1.5M settlement for Muslim workers fired in prayer dispute

DENVER – A big U.S. meatpacker has agreed to pay $1.5 million to 138 Somali-American Muslim workers who were fired from their jobs at a Colorado plant after they were refused prayer breaks, ...

EPA’s quick-action Superfund plan receives flak from commenters

People say money could be better spent elsewhere

Colorado initiatives draw big bucks

Energy interests have kicked in more than $20M

SCAPE seeks participants for 2019 class

The Southwest Colorado Accelerator Program for Entrepreneurs is now accepting applications for its 2019 class. The program accepts five to six entrepreneurial businesses for its s...

Region 9 to receive USDA loan and grant funds

The Journal The Region 9 Economic Development District of SW Colorado Inc. has been approved for a Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program loan and grant through USDA Rural Dev...