Durango residents push City Council to raise minimum wage

Advocates say policy would put more money in workers’ pockets, feed economic growth

Cortez shares draft of land use code, encourages input

The public’s deadline for questions and comments is Feb. 18

Silverton Standard, oldest paper in Western Colorado, under new ownership

DeAnne Gallegos purchased weekly from Jennifer Brill

Coalition of funders supports local newsrooms across U.S.

Press Forward funding can support infrastructure, operations and reporting for small-town newsrooms

Court sides with sheriff in first hearing over La Plata County Jail dispute

Durango lost a judicial bid to temporarily restore ability to house municipal inmates at jail

Durango names La Plata County commissioners in second jail lawsuit

City says decision to terminate contract is ‘arbitrary and unreasonable’

Superintendent Burris faces trial after allegedly failing to report a claim of student abuse

Police reports show that Burris might have known about allegations since June 2023

Widespread sexual harassment found after resignation of La Plata County Jail commander

Ed Aber, a 19-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office, left quietly in July

Cortez Police Department recognizes ‘exemplary’ acts in first annual award ceremony

Twenty one people were recognized

Mancos school district announces addition of school resource officer

The last time a SRO was on campus was more than 10 years ago

Farmington man sentenced for shooting, killing woman

Hanson Tsosie to serve sentence in federal prison

Pueblo Community College Southwest names 2024 employee of the year

Lisa Molina has worked at PCC Southwest since 2018