The Purgatory Freestyle Ski Team took advantage of skiing on its home slope and turned in strong performances at the Hampton Inn Rocky Mountain Qualifier last weekend at Purgatory Resort. During...

A Durango man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Monday night north of city limits on U.S. Highway 550. The victim was identified as Randal Ponce, 56, said Capt. Adrian Driscoll, with the...

Law enforcement was investigating a shooting involving at least two victims and several suspects late Thursday in the Ignacio area. Two victims were dropped off about 8:30 p.m. at Mercy Regional...

Firefighters responded to a small brush fire early Monday northeast of Durango. The fire was reported at 6:12 a.m. along Florida Road (County Road 240), just east of Edgemont Ranch and County Road...

The Colorado Department of Transportation will perform culvert repairs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday on Highway 145, north of the U.S. Highway 160 intersection in Cortez, between...

The Walden Woods Project has honored Durango-based Great Old Broads for Wilderness with a Global Environmental Challenge Award. The award, inspired by principals upheld by Henry David Thoreau,...

We may not have seen snow yet in Durango, but local ski resorts are beginning to open for the season. Purgatory Resort opened Saturday, and skiers and snowboarders – and mountain bikers – were...

About 110 animals were seized from a resident’s private property Wednesday in southwestern La Plata County. The animals were taken as part of a lengthy investigation into allegations of animal...

A 53-year-old Durango man was found dead Wednesday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith. Mark Jungen was found at a family cabin near Electra Lake on...