Two familar names won the 2026 Hardrock 100 in Silverton on Saturday. Ludovic Pommeret won the men's race and Courtney Dauwalter won the women's title.

The 2026 Montezuma County Fair kicks off July 25, with the archery shoot and horse show kicking off a week early on Saturday.

Lola's Place in Durango has shifted from a full-service restaurant to a bar and events venue, a move the family says plays into the business' strengths.

Photos: The annual First Responders Appreciation Party was held on Saturday along with a Hundred Club of Durango fundraiser at Durango Harley-Davidson.

Ballantine Communications, which owns and operates The Durango Herald, named a new CEO and publisher this week.

A wildfire mitigation company that manufactures landscapes using fungi is establishing a headquarters in Durango with help from a state grant program.

The Ferris Fire northwest of Durango has not increased in size for several days. It has allowed firefighters to reach 53% containment – which could increase in coming days.

The Sundog Gallery in Mancos will host an exhibition of the late artist and founder of Fort Lewis College's art department Stanton Englehart in August.

Purgatory Resort began helicopter operations earlier this month for the construction of its newest lift: the Colorado Couloir.

Two months of CDOT road work beginning Monday on Red Mountain Pass will cause travel delays.

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission voted in Ignacio to implement a bag limit for furbearing species of two per species per day.

The 2026 Montezuma County Fair kicks off July 25, with the archery shoot and horse show kicking off a week early on Saturday.

Lola's Place in Durango has shifted from a full-service restaurant to a bar and events venue, a move the family says plays into the business' strengths.

Many misunderstand food insecurity to mean hunger. But it’s more complex than some realize. Here are four examples of people experiencing food insecurity in Southwest Colorado.

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission voted in Ignacio to implement a bag limit for furbearing species of two per species per day.

Two months of CDOT road work beginning Monday on Red Mountain Pass will cause travel delays.

Christopher Blevins and Riley Amos performed well in their past two UCI Mountain Bike World Cup weekends.

Fresh Palisade peaches are available every day of the summer at the Just Peachy produce stand in Durango.

Purgatory Resort began helicopter operations earlier this month for the construction of its newest lift: the Colorado Couloir.

Owens told The Colorado Sun on Wednesday that he has not decided whether he will endorse Marx, a ministry leader and former Marine.

“I don’t want to be all doom and gloom, but a few days of rain will have literally no impact on 1,000-hour and timber fuels.”

A letter from the new publisher at BCI: “As journalists, it’s our job to provide information, facts and clarity that our readers might not otherwise learn in the course of their busy lives.”

Durango's Sepp Kuss and his team leader, Jonas Vingegaard, got through the last two sprint stages safely. Mountain stages on Saturday and Sunday provide opportunity for Kuss and Vingegaard to close Vingegaard's general classification deficit to Tadej Pogačar.

The Ferris Fire northwest of Durango has not increased in size for several days. It has allowed firefighters to reach 53% containment – which could increase in coming days.

Many misunderstand food insecurity to mean hunger. But it’s more complex than some realize. Here are four examples of people experiencing food insecurity in Southwest Colorado.

Christopher Blevins and Riley Amos performed well in their past two UCI Mountain Bike World Cup weekends.

Durango City Council and La Plata County Board of County Commissioners tentatively decide to resume library district discussions in 2027.

A letter from the new publisher at BCI: “As journalists, it’s our job to provide information, facts and clarity that our readers might not otherwise learn in the course of their busy lives.”

Durango's Sepp Kuss and his team leader, Jonas Vingegaard, got through the last two sprint stages safely. Mountain stages on Saturday and Sunday provide opportunity for Kuss and Vingegaard to close Vingegaard's general classification deficit to Tadej Pogačar.

“I don’t want to be all doom and gloom, but a few days of rain will have literally no impact on 1,000-hour and timber fuels.”

Owens told The Colorado Sun on Wednesday that he has not decided whether he will endorse Marx, a ministry leader and former Marine.

The driver of a pickup truck who suffered a medical emergency plowed through a utility trailer loaded with construction equipment.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is asking anglers to voluntarily refrain from fishing along the Animas, San Juan and Dolores rivers in the afternoons to alleviate stress on fish as water temperatures rise and water levels drop.

Hesperus farmer and veteran Hudson Grigg was one of only five recipients across the country to receive a Kubota utility tractor. He and his wife say it was a “godsend” for their homestead and farm.

Inside the camp supporting 1,000 personnel on Ferris Fire: The “little freestanding city” includes showers, laundry services, catering, a medical unit and security.

Farmers markets, Music in the Mountains and Durango Fiesta Days are some of the events on tap for this week.

Ballantine Communications, which owns and operates The Durango Herald, named a new CEO and publisher this week.

Four authors, including the award-winning Annette McGivney of Cortez, will lead the 2026 Mesa Verde Writing Conference in Mancos in September.

Durango City Council and La Plata County Board of County Commissioners tentatively decide to resume library district discussions in 2027.

Photo: Bobby Fuller with B & M Services/Pro Seal paints one of the parking lots at Fort Lewis College before afternoon rains arrive

Fires, drought and high costs have presented Southwest Colorado ranchers with a “triple whammy” to contend with.

Thirty years ago, almost to the day, a Durango man completed the 500-mile Colorado Trail from Denver to Durango. On Sunday, his daughter completed the same trek.

Two familar names won the 2026 Hardrock 100 in Silverton on Saturday. Ludovic Pommeret won the men's race and Courtney Dauwalter won the women's title.

The La Plata County Public Health director said 90 cases of cyclosporiasis have been recorded in Colorado so far this year.

Sepp Kuss' job is to help Visma-Lease a Bike team leader Jonas Vingegaard compete for the general classification title in the Tour de France. But star rival Tadej Pogačar has a commanding lead after his Stage 10 win.

Ballantine Communications, which owns and operates The Durango Herald, named a new CEO and publisher this week.

Members of the Code Rights Project – the citizen group dedicated to examining inefficiencies in La Plata County’s planning and building department – are anonymous no longer.

Fresh Palisade peaches are available every day of the summer at the Just Peachy produce stand in Durango.

Photo: Bobby Fuller with B & M Services/Pro Seal paints one of the parking lots at Fort Lewis College before afternoon rains arrive

Fires, drought and high costs have presented Southwest Colorado ranchers with a “triple whammy” to contend with.