On a gray, bone-chilling New Year’s afternoon, more than 150 fearless locals hurled themselves into a 40-degree lake — not just for the adrenaline jolt but to launch the year with solidarity and gener...

Editor’s note : Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a former orphan, judo Olympian, U.S. senator and jewelry artist was a one-of-a-kind. His daughter, Shanan Campbell, shared this eulogy and these photos ...

Tom “Socko” Sokolowski has lived in Telluride for 54 years. “But I’ve only been patrolling for 53 years,” the 80-year-old said after a day of picketing with his fellow ski patrollers in front of the q...

As a Montezuma County resident and avid outdoorsman, I was encouraged to see Commissioners Gerald Koppenhafer and Marsha Porter-Norton urge Congressman Hurd to introduce the Dolores River National Con...

Colorado faces a difficult choice: transition off fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy or continue to jeopardize our environment and health. But transition inevitably comes with economic and so...

A woman killed while she was hiking alone in the mountains of northern Colorado on Thursday is likely the first fatal attack by a mountain lion in the state in more than 25 years, authorities said. Wi...

This December, Magnus Carlsen won both the World Chess Championship in Rapid and Blitz time controls. Rapid is a game played in 15 minutes with a 10‑second increment; Blitz, a game played in 3 minutes...

Tuesday, Dec. 23 9:56 a.m.: An officer responded to the Pinon Project, 210 E. Main St., where a man was arrested on a warrant and taken to the Montezuma County Detention Center. Note: Summaries ...

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 ...