Durango City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to repeal a law that prohibited residents facing a fine for low-level criminal offenses from requesting a jury trial. The American Civil Liberties...

Crews finished long-awaited repairs to stop minor erosion at the city of Durango reservoir this spring, but the city is waiting for approval to top off the reservoir. In 2014, city staff discovered...

The city of Durango hopes to avoid restricting residents’ water usage this summer and instead work with its four largest water users if the drought worsens. Hillcrest Golf Club, Durango School...

New state laws seek to prevent patients from developing an opioid addition, expand access to addiction treatment and direct lawmakers to continue studying the problem for two more years. The scope...

The newly renovated softball complex at Fort Lewis College was dedicated Friday by city and college officials. “These fields are glorious,” Mayor Sweetie Marbury said. Marbury threw several...

The effort to recall La Plata County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt cost the county government about $31,000. The campaign to recall Lachelt ended last week after petitioners fell 36 signatures short of...

A Republican who planned to challenge state Rep. Barbara McLachlan in House District 59 did not make the primary ballot. Joe Brinkerhoff of Durango would have been unopposed in the Republican...

Exceptional drought conditions could force the town of Bayfield to tap into its reserve water storage this summer in Vallecito Reservoir. The town usually relies on water in the Los Pinos Ditch,...

La Plata County residents who need potable water during the summer drought will need to find it somewhere other than the city of Durango, unless they are already water dock customers. The city...

A bear and her two yearlings were trapped and euthanized Tuesday after breaking into multiple homes during the past three weeks in Durango. The bears had either broken into or attempted to break...

Durango appears on the cusp of experiencing a hotel boom, with six proposed lodges in the planning process that would add up to 450 rooms to the town. The boom comes shortly after the completion of...