Al Chione loves to watch the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge train chug past his house several times a day north of Durango. But as a former volunteer firefighter, he is also keenly aware of the...

A La Plata County Sheriff’s deputy was involved in a three-car crash Tuesday evening on Florida Road (County Road 240) northeast of Durango. The crash was reported at 5:13 p.m. in the 5000 block of...

About five homes were evacuated and two subdivisions were placed on pre-evacuation notice Friday night for a wildland fire northeast of Durango. The evacuations were ordered about 5:45 p.m. The...

A citation was issued Monday to a La Plata County resident who burned trash in a barrel during a countywide fire ban, according to the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District. The burn barrel...

A former resident of Pagosa Springs with connections to the Springs Resort & Spa has pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return. William Marvin “Bill” Whittington, 68, of Scottsdale, Arizona,...

A bomb threat called into a hotel closed U.S. Highway 160 for more than two hours Tuesday in west Durango. The highway reopened at 5:13 p.m. A man called the Holiday Inn & Suites with the bomb...

Two New Mexico residents were taken to the hospital Thursday morning after a traffic crash on U.S. Highway 550 north of Durango. The crash occurred at 7:48 a.m. near Hermosa Meadows Road (County...

Firefighters responded to a brush fire Wednesday south of Durango that, while small in size, demonstrates the heightened fire danger that has persisted through the winter months across Southwest...

The Durango Police Department is reminding residents to lock their car doors after about a dozen thefts were reported last month in the Crestview neighborhood in west Durango. At least eight cars...

Snowdown is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year in style, challenging one of the nation’s “Worst Dressed Communities” – that’s you, Durango – to prove the critics wrong (er, right) with this...

Carrie Woodson, chief appraiser at the La Plata County Assessor’s Office, announced her candidacy Tuesday for top job at the Assessor’s Office. Woodson, a 40-year resident of La Plata County, said...