Here’s where Obama drew the line on Bears Ears Monument

Concessions on Bears Ears Monument are unlikely to appease ardent opponents

City signs lease for Lake Nighthorse

The Durango City Council approved a long-awaited lease Tuesday that will allow the city to manage recreation at Lake Nighthorse. “We have been waiting for this to be on the agenda...

House Republicans want to repeal the ESA

Utah’s Bishop says he’d rather scrap the Endangered Species Act

Keeping in Touch: New York professor arrives for workshop

By Mac Neely Kelly Horrigan, professor of fashion and education at Pratt Institute of Art in New York, has arrived to teach a jewelry workshop for the School of the West. ...

Ancient Chaco Canyon inhabitants relied on imported food

Dry, salty conditions prevented agriculture

H.B. ‘Squire’ Wallace, ‘The Human Lead Mine’

H.B. Wallace, better known as “Squire’ Wallace, died at Dolores, Colorado. He was a pioneer cattleman in Southwest Colorado and probably carried more lead in his body that any other human be...

Reconciling two views of a Hopi massacre

In “Mesa of Sorrows: A History of the Awat’ovi Massacre,” historian James F. Brooks takes an in-depth look at the destruction of a large Hopi village by neighboring Hopis in 1700. In the fir...

Doctor joins Southwest pulmonary and sleep medicine clinic

P. Edmund Razma, M.D., has joined the Southwest Medical Group as a full-time specialist in pulmonary disease and sleep medicine. Razma earned his medical degree from the Universit...

Empire Electric plans Towaoc outages on Jan. 12 and 26

The Journal Empire Electric has announced a planned outage for Towaoc from 3-5 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12 as it completes maintenance of one of its substations. The outa...

Montezuma assistant DA moves to La Plata County

District Attorney Furse still looking to fill vacant position

‘Pineapple Express’ barrels into Southwest Colorado

Winter storm expected to dump 4-8 inches in Durango, 15-30 in San Juans

Southwest agricultural summit will be held in Lewis

Summit of local producers to be held Jan. 24