HUERFANO COUNTY — Cuchara Mountain Park is open for lift-served skiing. Almost 25 years after closing its chairlifts, a volunteer-led nonprofit has revived Cuchara Mountain Park south of La Veta, open...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been on the defensive over its handling of wildlife, from the rollout of wolf reintroduction to hunting regulations and mountain lions. Now staff and commissioners are ...

Gov. Jared Polis’ administration on Friday filed appeals with the Federal Emergency Management Agency after the agency rejected Colorado’s request for $41 million in disaster aid for Western Slope fir...

AZTEC – Montezuma-Cortez, Dolores and Mancos competed in a 32-team dual tournament at the Clash at the Coliseum on Saturday at McGee Park Coliseum. The Montezuma-Cortez girls also wrestled in a 16-per...

The Colorado Court of Appeals has overturned the 2023 conviction of a Montezuma County woman sentenced to 32 years for child abuse that left her 6-year-old adopted son with permanent injuries. A three...

CORTEZ – The Intermountain League boys basketball trophy has resided in La Jara in three of the past five seasons, with Centauri’s league dominance coming at the expense of Montezuma-Cortez. Twelve st...

MANCOS – With their high-pressure brand of basketball, the Dolores girls team thrives on high-percentage chances created by turnovers and second-chance looks around the rim. In search of a second-half...

I’ve lost track of all of the proposals over the years. A $40 million tax for “fiber to every home in the county” … or “broadband to every rooftop” … or some such thing. A tax for “road Improvements” ...

As I read the news about Tina Peters and Trump’s attempts to pressure our governor to grant her clemency, I was encouraged to witness the governor’s resistance to such pressure. Today, I read in the n...

More than $276,000 was fraudulently transferred out of a bank account last week belonging to Ballantine Communications, Inc, the parent company of The Durango Herald, The Journal and The Tri-City Reco...