Politics

Conservation Colorado, an environmental nonprofit, was the biggest spender in the citizen-driven effort to force a recall election against La Plata County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt. The latest...

Cary Kennedy called for making education the state’s top priority and offering a public health care option for Colorado during a visit to Durango that included a meeting with teachers and a...

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Trevor Noah better watch their ratings – City Manager Ron LeBlanc demonstrated at this year’s annual literary festival that he can cut into the escapades of the...

Unaffiliated voters, who make up more than a third of registered voters in La Plata County, for the first time this year can participate in Colorado primary elections. [image2:mugshot]They will be...

Recall supporters turned in 2,168 additional signatures Wednesday in their second go-around to oust La Plata County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt. “I think we got it. I feel confident,” said David...

A group has turned in its petitions to recall Dolores School Board President Dee Prock and board member Vangi McCoy, according to the Montezuma County Clerk and Recorder’s Office. “We have only...

More than 100 supporters streamed into Buckley Park on Friday afternoon to rally for increased education funding in Colorado. Mark Walser, a music teacher at three Durango schools , exhorted...

The city of Durango’s rules on signs – commercial, political, religious or otherwise – will be updated this summer to be content neutral. The change will bring the city into compliance with a...

Political change is blowing in the spring winds of Dolores. During Monday’s special board meeting, four new board members and a new mayor were sworn into office in front of 20 onlookers. The new...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner has criticized his colleagues on the Foreign Relations Committee for their “hypocrisy” as they prepare for a vote this week to move CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s...

A Republican who planned to challenge state Rep. Barbara McLachlan for House District 59 may not make the ballot. Joe Brinkerhoff was registered with the Green Party on the day of the 59th House...