In his first week on the job, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser officially opposed The Colorado Independent’s petition before the U.S. Supreme Court to compel the Colorado Supreme Court to...

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad will soon get a new exhibit in its museum: a 17-foot boat brought to Durango by rail in 1939. The Mary Jane, named after a person, not a plant, will be...

Fort Lewis College tuition for in-state students would not rise next year with the passage of a proposed $121 million boost to higher-education funding announced Tuesday by Gov. Jared Polis. The...

The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission voted Monday to investigate five complaints involving travel and gifts to former Gov. John Hickenlooper while passing on three others, Colorado Politics...

There are hundreds of books on cowboys in the American West, but Durango historian Andrew Gulliford said it’s been 70 years since anyone wrote about sheep. That is, until Gulliford recently...

Mancos has a new marshal in town, as Town Administrator Heather Alvarez officially hired Montezuma County patrol deputy Justen Goodall for the job. The decision came after Goodall and fellow...

Ardent skiers have another reason to attend Fort Lewis College: free passes to Purgatory Resort and Hesperus Ski Area for full-time, first-year students. “We’re so grateful for this partnership...

A winter weather advisory has been issued ahead of a storm expected to arrive Tuesday night in Southwest Colorado. The National Weather Service in Grand Junction said the advisory will kick into...

Wednesday, Jan. 2 8:33 a.m. : A man in Durango reported that someone had possibly hit his car at City Market, at 508 E. Main St., on Dec. 29. There was no surveillance video, and it is unclear...