With the arrival of summer comes the reminder that a pronounced wildfire season across the West is swiftly approaching. In La Plata County, fire departments, utility providers, and county, state and ...

I had the honor to work with Kip Koso for years on the Local First Board of Directors. His leadership during my term was exemplary. He has the patience and listening skills that are required to be an ...

I am Corporal Allen Stall; I am ALL those you will never know, I am those who lived and died far away, because I went where others didn’t go. Yes, you can call me corporal, but that really isn’t quite ...

DEAR ABBY: I was married for 39 years to “Morris,” an alcoholic and a spendthrift. In 2010, he announced he was having an affair with his boss, and the next day he moved in with and eventually married ...

As communities across the country grapple with rising fuel costs, air pollution, and the growing impacts of global warming, one solution is becoming increasingly clear: the widespread adoption of ...

I’ve been thinking about this suggestion for a couple of weeks, and if I had followed through earlier maybe the latest wreck on the Chapman Hill roundabout wouldn’t have happened. I would like to ...

It takes a fair amount of time to read the “Student internet and Electronic Mail Acceptable Use Policy” before registering kids for school in the Durango School District. That is why I imagine most ...

For more than two decades, Memorial Day weekend has often meant two things to me: the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic and Mountainfilm in Telluride – whether I made it over the passes or not. One begins ...

Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that is officially about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it has come to signal the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of travel and ...

Colorado Rockies (20-34, fifth in the NL West) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (33-20, first in the NL West) Los Angeles; Monday, 9:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Tanner Gordon (0-0, 6.59 ERA, 1.50 ...

Colorado Avalanche (55-16-11, in the Central Division) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (39-26-17, in the Pacific Division) Paradise, Nevada; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EDT LINE: Avalanche -120, Golden Knights +100; ...

A deal appears to be emerging between the United States and Iran to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend said it had been “largely ...