FORT LEWIS MESA ‒ The Durango School District’s food waste program, run by students in a group called the Green Team, works to manage waste from school cafeterias and classrooms by collecting leftover...

Secondhand exposure to fentanyl has become a topic of conversation on some online chat groups ever since six people were sent to Mercy Hospital after possibly being exposed to the drug at a Durango re...

As revenue flowing into local governments ebbs, more communities are looking to visitors to pay bills. At least seven counties will ask voters this November to double or triple the local lodging tax o...

Katie Terrell Ramos started Mesa Verde Lavender on a dare. She was working as a writer and illustrator of children’s books, and was always obsessed with lavender, she said. Then her father-in-law dare...

The Dolores Board of Trustees reported Sept. 8 that the town failed an insurance audit, largely because of a set of baseball bleachers that become dangerously hot in the summer sun. The bleachers woul...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Vice President JD Vance said Monday while hosting Charlie Kirk’s radio show that he is “desperate” for national unity after the conservative political activist’s killing but that fin...

Giving is not always selfless or proof of a good heart. In chess, it can be born of malice and evil intent. Such is the evil that lurked in Dutchman Jan Timman’s heart in 1979, when, in this week’s po...

The Mancos Public Library will host a public discussion on banned books, featuring Laurie Halse Anderson’s historical novel Chains, which has been banned in several states. The event is scheduled for ...

Volleyball Saturday: Montezuma-Cortez 3, Pagosa Springs 1 The Panthers (7-5, 1-1 3A IML) matched their win total from last season with their victory in The Jungle against the Pirates. M-CHS snapp...

The first Southwest Colorado Pediatric Mental Health Symposium, hosted last week by Children’s Hospital Colorado, brought rural and metro-area youth professionals together to discuss the state of yout...