Samuel “Sam” Dosumu has been named the new executive dean for Pueblo Community College Southwest. He began the position July 1. Dosumu recently retired as the associate vice chancellor of academic...

Vickie Robinson of Cedar Hill, New Mexico, has been raising and showing goats for 24 years. Eventually, she found another use for them, giving rise to Udder Indulgence, her goat’s milk soap...

Two cases of the vesicular stomatitis virus, a disease that primarily affects livestock, have been confirmed in La Plata County, according to state health officials. The Colorado Department of...

Residents in Southwest Colorado purchasing insurance off the state health care exchange next year could see the cost of their premiums fall an average of 30%. The state Division of Insurance...

Crews on Tuesday completed paving a section of Colorado Highway 145 damaged by the fall of Memorial Rock and a larger boulder. They came tumbling down May 24, Memorial Day weekend about 10 miles...

The morning commute took longer than usual for drivers east of Durango, where a two-vehicle crash led to significant delays around the Elmore’s Corner intersection. The crash occurred about 7:50...

La Plata County commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved a request to rezone a property in the Animas Valley for a higher-density development. According to county records, Chris Hall and his...

The Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a woman suspected in an alleged homicide west of Mancos two weeks ago. On July 4, a 60-year-old Arizona man was found dead at 7850 Road 37 west of...

The Mancos Town Board continued its discussions on encroachment permits and looked over a draft ordinance at its regular meeting last week. Encroachment permits are issued by the town to allow...

Mancos will soon have a new park on the north side of town. The park will be in the Creekside subdivision at the northwest corner of Angel Way and North Willow Street. It includes a playground...