Measles cases remain at zero in Montezuma County this year, but health officials say outbreaks are rising in neighboring states and influenza is reaching record levels across Colorado. Bobbi Lock, dir...

Jason Schepis was at home with his kids in New Jersey watching the gold medal men's hockey game at the Olympics when he saw some of his handiwork get scattered all over the ice late in the third perio...

Amid statewide concerns about water supply – heightened by a record-breaking dry winter – La Plata County is working to add a required water supply component to its comprehensive plan by the end of 20...

A river access advocacy group is splintered. Landowners are organized to protect a decades-old “float but don’t touch” decree. And lawmakers, halfway through the legislative session, have yet to take ...

Colorado lawmakers want to impose a per-policy fee on home insurance providers to raise $20 million a year for a program that would provide grants to homeowners to protect their properties against hai...

After years of pumping taxpayer money into affordable housing at the direction of voters, Colorado lawmakers are preparing to gut a program that developers say has become fundamental to how low-income...

Montezuma County commissioners voted Tuesday to reject a grant proposal that would have provided weekly take-home meals to hundreds of children during the summer. Commissioners cited concerns about co...

Dear Readers, On April 9, news organizations across the country will recognize Local News Day. It is a moment to reflect on the role local journalism plays in communities like ours and why that work c...

A fatal head-on crash Monday night on U.S. Highway 550 south of Ridgway resulted in one person being killed and two seriously injured after one of the cars traveled out of its lane and collided with t...

More than a dozen Bayfield School District staff members have accepted buyouts and will leave their positions amid budget cuts. The cuts – which include natural attrition, unfilled vacancies and redu...