Paving operations are starting in downtown Pagosa Springs. The Highway 160 reconstruction project is about to hit a major milestone with concrete paving work beginning this week. The paving will ...

The Elkhorn Fire, burning north of Durango in dense scrub oak, grew to about 314 acres overnight and is 0% contained. The fire is moving in a northeasterly direction, away from homes and communities.

I wrote yesterday in my editorial, ‘Disappointing Numbers at a BOCC Listening Session, Part Two’ that a voter-approved increase in the Archuleta County Lodging Tax could generate perhaps $1 million ...

By Jess Cohen On Monday, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper announced that GIFFORDS PAC, the gun safety organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, endorsed his campaign for reelection.

La Plata Electric Association (LPEA) is closely monitoring two wildfires within its service territory that may impact electric infrastructure and require power shutoffs to protect the public, ...

Read Part One There are many reasons why the Archuleta County Road & Bridge Department has consistently struggled to properly maintain Archuleta County’s rural roads that spread out, to the north and ...

Photo: Jesse Kortus channels swagger, eyeliner, and Elizabethan ego as ‘William Shakespeare’ in the Thingamajig production of “Something Rotten!”, pictured here moments before belting his Act II ...

The summer is flying by, and fall is right around the corner. The Chamber just announced tickets available for the NEW Grillin’ and Distillin’ event on August 23, and we’re now pleased to announce ...

Photo: Gov. Jared Polis discusses K-12 school funding with U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon at the National Governors Association meeting in Colorado Springs. (Delilah Brumer/Colorado Newsline) ...

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Photo: Fire retardant dropped on the Rim Road Fire, south of Durango. Photo courtesy Southern Ute Indian Tribe. 52 homes have been evacuated and more residents on alert from Elkhorn and Rim Road fires ...

Forty years ago, Neil Postman wrote a mildly entertaining book, Amusing Ourselves to Death. He wasn’t trying to be amusing, however. What he really tried to do was warn us about the existential ...