La Plata County boasts low tax burden

Adams County is Colorado’s most-burdened

Utes sue over fracking rule

Tribe challenges authority on its lands

Making hay

Late rains delay push back hay cutting and crop planting

Forest cutting back on grazing

Vacant allotments may ease impact of changes for ranchers

Push for good Samaritan law revived

There’s a push for U.S. legislation that would allow for more cleanup efforts at Silverton mines. But in order for the Animas River Stakeholders Group to start draining mines, the...

Business Briefs

Former Cortez resident has show in Maryland Former Cortez resident artist Tom Kenyon continues his “Dreams of Speed” series with “Dreams of Speed … Supercharged!” Mr. K...

Movie and a swim

Durango teen falls, dies near Silverton

The Silverton Standard & The Miner reports that a 19-year-old man from Durango died Saturday afternoon after tumbling into a stream. Apparently, he had been walking in a snowfield with his f...

Briefs

Journal contributor ulliford wins book award Fort Lewis College professor and Journal contributing writer Andrew Gulliford was awarded a Colorado Book Award prize for his essay co...

Medical marijuana law hazy for those on probation

Supervisors getting used to the rule

Transgender groups seek protections

DENVER – Colorado transgender advocates are hoping to build on the trending sensation after Caitlyn Jenner unveiled her new name and gender to the world. Jenner, who previously li...

Funding for EPA clears Senate

Measure blocks agency’s move to regulate carbon pollution