Congratulations, Rep. Hurd. You must be proud of your affirmative vote to pass the “Big Beautiful Bill” that endangers health care for a third of your constituents in the 3rd Congressional District. M...

You may hear that President Donald Trump’s big beautiful bill boosts the U.S. Defense Department budget by tens of billions of dollars. Americans certainly support a strong military to protect us from...

Earlier this summer, Montezuma County was one of six in Southwest Colorado designated a “primary natural disaster area for drought.” The designation came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm...

So far this year, Cortez’s Municipal Court had a heavier load of cases compared with the same time in 2024. The rise is notable, at about 60%. An explanation for the rise, however, isn’t clear. Corte...

Breanna Wilkerson, a 25-year-old woman with no criminal record, was fatally shot by U.S. marshals during a warrant operation in Farmington on May 7 in a case that has been ruled a homicide, according ...

Firefighters are working to gain control over several lightning-caused wildfires that by Tuesday morning had burned across nearly 21,000 acres in northwestern Colorado. The fires sparked over the week...

Colorado’s entire congressional delegation, Republicans and Democrats alike, is calling for the release of $140 million in frozen funds for Colorado River water projects. In January, the last days of ...

Apart from a smattering of light rain storms in recent weeks, the downpours of the monsoons have failed to appear in and around Durango. Looking ahead into August, odds are they will remain elusive. ...