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.” ...

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 ...

If sidewalk scrubbing is a little too much action for you, why not retreat to your favorite sunny nook for some escapism with local writers? The Ignacio Writers Group recently launched its first ...

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, ...

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I look forward to reading Jonathan Thompson’s new book River of Lost Souls, about the Gold King Mine disaster. The popular myth is that the river was named after members of a party of Spanish ...

The local bike community is mobilizing to host a memorial ride in honor of the recently and dearly departed co-owner of Bread bakery, Rob Kabeary. As most already know, Kabeary, 61, died unexpectedly ...

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 ...