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...

Durango’s Riley Amos has accomplished a lot in his young mountain biking career, but he hasn’t forgotten the financial struggles of trying to make it to the highest level of the sport. That’s why Amo...

Tensions in U.S. cities, including in metro Denver, are steadily rising as President Donald Trump boosts immigration enforcement, sending agents across the country into neighborhoods and homes. The st...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Organizers of Australia's largest free literary festival canceled the event Tuesday after 180 writers withdrew following the removal of an Australian-Palestinian writer and a...

Some 20 people gathered Thursday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds to meet Michael Dougherty, Colorado 20th Judicial District Attorney and candidate for Colorado attorney general. Constitutional righ...

Mayor Rachel Medina, elected in 2022, announced her resignation Tuesday during the Cortez City Council meeting, ending her tenure two years early. The seat will be filled in the upcoming city election...

Chief Judge Todd J. Plewe on Friday reduced the bond for Rachel Leonard, a Cortez woman charged with first-degree murder in the 2022 death of her 5-year-old daughter, Annika Sandoval. The judge cited ...

Ezekiel Whiskers was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to illegally possessing a gun as a convicted felon. Whiskers was the confirmed shooter in a September incident near Good Sam...

Public health officials surveyed the lived experiences of residents in 2024 to assess real-life health issues facing the community today. Montezuma County residents say poor mental health, substance u...