This winter’s mild weather is affecting ski areas across the state – especially the tiniest ones owned by cities. These low-key ski hills are inexpensive and popular with locals, but a lack of snow an...

Two people died in a house fire Tuesday night on County Road 525 east of Bayfield, according to Upper Pine River Fire Protection District. The fire was reported shortly before 8 p.m. in the 1000 bloc...

Public finance, clashing politics and environmental extremes helped define 2025 in La Plata County. In some ways, residents appeared more united on local issues than on national ones. La Plata County ...

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the U.S. senator from Ignacio who embraced a “maverick” personality, breaking stereotypes and ruffling a few feathers along the way, died about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at his home o...

All it takes is a quick step outside to confirm that, so far, winter in La Plata County – and across much of Southwest Colorado – is unseasonably warm. Durango set record-breaking highs on Dec. 24 and...

Julie Dreyfuss, executive director of the La Plata County Humane Society, said she is stepping down after two long years of hard work. She is tired and ready to step back, she said. Tricia Simpson, pr...

Upper Pine River Fire Protection District has secured a federal grant to help Vallecito recover from catastrophic flooding that occurred in October. The agreement was signed Dec. 22, according to a po...

The Women’s Resource Center temporarily closed this month amid the resignation of volunteers and staff members, who cited ethical concerns. Former team members said the board used WRC funds to buy st...

Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission will investigate a group of 17 Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Katie Stewart, for potentially taking gifts from special interest groups at a retreat in Va...

What is a “good” death? That’s up to each of us to decide for ourselves, said Anne Rossignol, former director of Mercy Hospice House. Rossignol said it’s a question more people should be asking thems...

Residents are demanding the city of Durango take its greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals – and the health of the community and the environment – more seriously. The city is failing to live up to ...

An estimated 1,100 people with Alzheimer’s disease live in La Plata County, according to Pat Demarest, founder of the Durango Dementia Coalition. There could be another 20% of county residents living ...

A beanie perched atop shaggy, grown-out hair. A near-permanent goggle tan. Money tied up in eight pairs of skis, with a faint scent of reefer hanging in the air. The ski bum has come to represent a mo...

Durango stared down possible record-setting warm temperatures Thursday on Christmas Day, and it wasn’t the only Colorado locale to do so, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Junction. C...