In their 942-page Farm Bill proposal released late last week, Republican House leaders did not include a provision that would preserve insurance for acequia associations facing lower crop yields amid ...

The Dolores River Fest will help usher in the summer with a full day of music, food and family fun at the Joe Rowell Park on Saturday, June 1, from 10 a.m. until dark. “This year the Dolores River Fes...

Democracy is defined as that system of government where as many people as possible are enfranchised (empowered) to participate in all the civil rights society has to offer, including voting and office...

Colorado lawmakers Barbara McLachlan and Cleave Simpson addressed school funding, health care and annexations during a legislative wrap-up held Saturday in Durango More specifically, they addressed a ...

Voters do not always follow directions. Some fill in the bubbles next to a candidate’s name in red ink. Others cross out a bubble and fill in another, or try to vote for two candidates in one race. S...

Fire personnel on the Spruce Creek Fire expanded the footprint of the lightening-caused blaze to 1,644 acres as of Tuesday morning and opted not to light more fire because of unfavorable weather condi...

Liability waivers – standard click-through agreements that are a common part of buying a ski pass in Colorado – cannot be used to shield ski resorts from all negligence claims, a divided Colorado Supr...

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri – By the time Jesse Fernandez turned 18, the federal government had paid out thousands of dollars in Social Security survivor's benefits because of the death of his mother. Bu...

Keep an eye on gas prices in the next few weeks, Colorado, and you can watch a major policy battle play out between an extremely irritated Gov. Jared Polis and officials enforcing the federal Clean Ai...

Gov. Jared Polis is working his way through hundreds of bills that were approved by the state Legislature – and he doesn’t like all of them. On Friday, Polis vetoed six bills that were passed by the L...