Local News

Prosecutor, attorney general urge Gov. Polis to ignore requests to aid Tina Peters

Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters leaving her arraignment in 2022 in Grand Junction. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News) They are…

Company buys out homeowners after 97,000-gallon fuel spill near Durango

residents say Enterprise not being held accountable for gasoline leak

Audio: Local stories read by an automated voice

Photo: White bike for remembrance

A white bike sits Thursday along South Camino del Rio near the Larry Valdez Way intersection. The bike was placed…

Feeling exhausted, Durango family arrested by ICE signs paperwork for self-deportation

Council passes resolution asking for investigation into federal immigration agents’ actions

‘Water justice’ delivered to Animas River via Durango resolution

‘Project shows the power of a diverse group of people collaborating together on an issue they care about’

Driver ejected from SUV after hitting semitrailer on U.S. 491

driver seriously injured, State Patrol says

Mesa Verde’s loop roads and hiking return to normal winter schedule

facilities reopen after U.S. Congress approved a budget measure to end the shutdown

Purgatory Resort delays opening day

weather, lack of snow push back start of 2025-26 ski season

Durango City Council approves water, sewer rate hikes

Smaller, steady increases could have prevented larger price rise, officials say

With cattle drives, Montezuma County sheriff urges drivers to slow down

‘Just be patient, you’ll get through the herd,’ Steve Nowlin says

Photo: Toh-Atin Gallery food and clothing drive

Paulita Lomaomvaya, with Toh-Atin Gallery, pulls a coat out of a bag that was dropped off Tuesday for the gallery’s…

Buddhist monks come to Durango to create sand mandala, offer message of compassion

of spiritual events also helps raise money for new school in India

Former Ute Mountain Ute tribal official Lyndreth Wall convicted in sex case

found guilty on 15 of 20 counts after allegedly using his status of tribal healer to abuse women

La Plata County commissioners approve 100-home plan at Purgatory resort

Project faces additional steps of approval, permitting

Cause of death released for former Women’s Resource Center director

Tyner was found dead last week near Vallecito

Fort Lewis College students propose water justice for Animas River

Durango City Council was to consider a resolution Tuesday

Lawmakers show bipartisan support for disaster declaration in Southwest Colorado

of intense rainfall triggered widespread flooding, property damage in mid-October

Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County names new executive director

Coleman to take over for Jessica Jones

Alpacka Raft changed access to wet wildlands, set new bar for domestic manufacturing

‘We used to know how to make things in this country and we’ve lost that know-how,’ says Alpacka CEO Thor…

First phase of affordable housing project in Ignacio complete

sold to teachers, retirees and low-income community members

What should Colorado look like in 2076? Residents invited to dream big at Durango event

of Women Voters seeks input on building road map to future

Former Fort Lewis College professor confronts Turning Point USA supporters after chapter vote

Retired employee uses profanity, gestures in video after board decision

Wall declines to testify as defense rests in tribal sex-abuse trial

Defense ends testimony; closing arguments set for Tuesday