Consider yourself warned: there’s a new dog sheriff in town. On Jan. 1, the City of Durango took over animal control and ...

Hillcrest Golf Course’s longtime Superintendent Will Herz is heading on to greener, uh, fairways. Last week, the course ...

“Governments – deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed – That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to ...

It seems to many that the political climate in this country evokes in most citizens a feeling of discouragement, disdain or apathy. This is largely due to the fact that the issues that affect us all ...

First, a quote from Ben Franklin: “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” ...

Gary Watkins plays, 5:30-9 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. “Route Planning: How Mapping Tools Can Level Up Your Recreation,” avalanche and backcountry skills presented by Friends of the San ...

It’s happening earlier and earlier every year. At the start of the new millennium, the black bears living around Durango typically started emerging from their winter dens around mid-April. Today, ...

Speaking of Trails 2000, the local trail fairies have been hard at work re-aligning the popular Mike’s Trail in Horse Gulch. Along with the rest of the Gulch, Mike’s sustained heavy damage in the ...

You don’t need to be a fire expert to uncover the culprit of the 416 Fire in Durango. All clues point to the train: videos, witness accounts and the map of the fire on June 1, which shows the initial ...

Mark Redwine was booked into the La Plata County Jail at 4:56 p.m. Monday following extradition from Whatcom County, in northwestern Washington. La Plata County Sheriff’s deputies took custody of ...

After seven years with the Fort Lewis College Environmental Center – five at the helm – Executive Director Rachel Landis is moving on. “I, in true Millennial form, am embracing my next phase of ...

No matter how dark it gets, at least metaphorically, we will always be able to see the stars at Chimney Rock, which recently received designation as an International Dark Sky Park, becoming Colorado's ...