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The Dolores River is the lifeblood of Montezuma County – and has a whole host of stakeholders, including boaters, farmers and recreationists. In recognition of this, the Dolores River Boating...

Bob Dolphin, the longtime Fort Lewis College administrator who led buildout of the campus in the 1990s, died Saturday in Phoenix at the age of 84. Dolphin first came to FLC in 1984 to serve as...

Few kokanee salmon will be available for the public fish giveaway in Dolores Oct. 24 at 3 p.m. because of a weak spawn up the Dolores River, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. However, there...

Drivers using U.S. Highway 550 near the Colorado/New Mexico line will encounter travel impacts starting Monday. The Colorado Department of Transportation will be upgrading two bridges between...

A coal seam fire has been discovered burning underground 15 miles northeast of Dolores in the San Juan National Forest. Forest Service personnel discovered the fire Oct. 9. It is burning along a...

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information related to a homicide investigation from residents living on or near County Road 204 and County Road 205 northwest of Durango. Law...

A brush fire Saturday in Greenmount Cemetery burned southwest of downtown Durango, producing a plume of gray smoke and flames visible from city streets. Durango Fire Protection District arrived at...

BAYFIELD – The Bayfield Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday to support the Pine River Library’s mill levy increase on the November ballot. Declining oil and gas property tax revenues have taken a...

The finance director for the city of Durango resigned this week amid an investigation into an alleged misappropriation of public funds. The city said it is working with the Colorado Bureau of...

Over the decades, the oil and gas industry has become close neighbors with residents of Southwest Colorado and northwest New Mexico. The energy industry has provided thousands of jobs and infused...