Alcohol

An expected Medicaid expansion next year will allow more low-income Southwest Colorado residents struggling with drug and alcohol addiction to seek more intensive treatment. Local addiction...

Big beer is still duking it out over corn syrup. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Anheuser-Busch to stop using Bud Light packaging that implies rival brews made by MillerCoors contain corn...

A pedestrian was injured about 5:30 p.m. Monday in north Durango after being hit by a Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge train. Two men were close to the tracks as the train traveled south past 31st...

The spice of roasted piñon nuts and the sweet, vanilla sap of ponderosa pines are aromas that are emblematic of the Southwest’s high alpine desert. It was these aromas that inspired Santa Fe...

ALBUQUERQUE – A northwestern New Mexico city is examining if it can ban the sale of miniature liquor bottles littering the grounds across town. Farmington Mayor Nate Duckett recently asked City...

The lone alcohol vendor at the Durango Farmers Market, Fenceline Cider, brings locally-produced cider and wine to the market. “We started a year and a half ago in Mancos and we just go around...

In preparation for summer festivities, the Mancos Town Board unanimously approved an ordinance allowing for alcohol consumption in public places. Staff members said the ordinance was necessary...

Drinking has always had a reputation for being cool. Legends who held their liquor like Hunter Thompson and Hank Williams were famous for their altered states and made the idea of total...

Suicide, affordable housing and substance abuse are the top three health concerns for residents in La Plata and Archuleta counties, a public health survey found. San Juan Basin Public Health...

Child poverty rates are falling in the region, a positive sign for long-term public health, according to new health rankings. Social and economic factors, such as child poverty and educational...

Judging by the medals sitting behind Durango Craft Spirits’ bar, the distillery’s Cinder Dick bourbon is a clean and smooth quality spirit. The caramely, slightly sweet two-year bourbon has been...