Dolores school board meets to discuss budget, teacher salaries

The Dolores school board, meeting Wednesday in a special workshop to discuss the preliminary 2018-2019 budget, focused on opportunities for savings and teachers’ salaries. “The ma...

Durango community has raised over $1.6 million on GoFundMe

17,706 donations have been logged since 2011

Competency hearing scheduled for Cortez murder suspect

Defense attorney challenges latest mental health evaluation

Supreme Court ruling means states can tax Amazon marketplace

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday will allow states and local governments to pursue sales taxes on more online transactions. The big question for Amazon.com is how states will collect it...

Pagosa Springs man arrested on suspicion of child sex assault

Rodney Keller, 52, being held on $200,000 bail

Trapped campers, swimming bears in Montana as floods hit U.S.

Helicopters rescued people stranded by flooding in Texas and Montana

Public suggests EPA has quantifiable goals for reducing mine pollution

Agency wants to mitigate 26 mines over five years

Wildlife officials ask public to leave baby animals alone

Fawns disturbed or ‘rescued’ often end up dying

Photo: Diesel train rolls out of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad depot

Forest Service hires Durango supervisor

Colorado State Forest Service recently named longtime forester and wildland firefighter Mark Loveall as its Durango supervisory forester for forest planning and implementation in Southwest C...

Fort Lewis College to hold Wednesday lecture

Kate Nelson, author and former news writer and editor, will give a presentation titled “Three Women, One Story: 1,000 Years of Art, History and Culture in Under an Hour” at 1:30 p.m. Wednesd...

Microloan created to ease economic impact from fires

Area nonprofit First Southwest Community Fund recently announced that it has created the low-interest, fixed-rate SouthwestStrong Fire Relief Business Microloan, for area businesses that hav...