To put the proposed mill levy override into context, a 10 mil increase in property taxes will negate any increase my wife and I will receive in our Social Security. At the present time, approximately...

The year was 1975. Saigon had fallen and the boys were coming home. “Jaws” was in theaters, Fleetwood Mac was climbing the charts and President Gerald Ford had survived two assassination attempts. On...

After the Trump administration painted peaceful protesters and Democrats as enemies of the U.S., protesters in La Plata County responded by throwing a dance party in Durango and jamming out to upbeat ...

Ballots for Colorado’s coordinated election Nov. 4 were sent to Montezuma County voters Friday, launching the run up to an election that asks residents to decide on local funding measures, various sch...

In the weeks after the death of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, the nonprofit reported more than 120,000 students expressing interest in launching new high school and college chapt...

Although regulations for child care centers were presumably designed with the best intentions – the safety of children – professionals in the world of child care say they are often tedious and unreaso...

VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church and the Church of England, divided for centuries over issues including the ordination of female priests, will take a historic step toward unity next week when Britai...

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican’s child protection board said Thursday the Catholic Church has a moral obligation to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal. It said financial reparations for the abused a...

Peter and Colleen Procopio of Gallup, N.M., love each other as much as they love flying hot air balloons – which is saying a lot. The pair, who have been flying together since 1993 and met through th...

Fort Lewis College has been ranked No. 17 in the Best Regional Colleges West category by the U.S. News & World Report, according to a news release from the college. The college also ranked within the...