The Durango-La Plata County Airport set a record in June, serving 41,847 passengers, up 4% from the previous record of 40,164 in June 2019. Tony Vicari, the airport’s director of aviation, said the pr...

Looking back over the last year and a half, it’s safe to say we’ve all been through some dark stuff: A seemingly relentless global pandemic, social unrest and violence, financial upheaval and uncertai...

After a heated debate in the Senate’s Natural Resources Committee, the vote to nominate Tracy Stone-Manning as director of the Bureau of Land Management hit a 10-10 partisan tie Thursday. The split vo...

A man suspected of animal abuse has been arrested in connection with a 2½-week burglary spree, according to the Durango Police Department. Jonah Barrett-Lesko, 25, is suspected of stealing six bicycle...

The Animas River turned a brownish-yellow this week, giving some La Plata County residents a flashback to 2015 when the river turned a mustard-yellow after the Gold King Mine spill north of Silverton....

TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.

NFL teams have been warned they could forfeit a game due to a COVID-19 outbreak among non-vaccinated players, and players on both teams wouldn't get paid that week. “As we learned last year, we can ...

DENVER – Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is visiting Denver on Thursday to address the federal government’s response to a historic drought as the U.S. West battles massive wildfires and record heat wa...

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico officials are looking for ideas for restoration projects to repair damage caused by a 2015 spill that fouled rivers in three western states with a bright-yellow plume of ar...

Southwest Coloradans are keeping a close eye on the state’s plans to reintroduce gray wolves into the Western Slope – waiting to see how their concerns will be addressed. Colorado Parks and Wildlife h...