As Colorado strives to increase recycling rates statewide, Southwest Colorado governments want to develop opportunities to turn waste materials into marketable products. As a first step, the...

A city-backed charging station for electric vehicles could be installed at the Colorado Welcome Center by the end of the year. The Cortez City Council approved a contract with Living Solar on this...

A federally funded study could reveal some of the best ways to use improved internet service to bolster business across Southwest Colorado and northern New Mexico. The U.S. Department of...

Designs for a new $4.5 million park on the site of the old Montezuma-Cortez High School are expected to be finished by the end of the year. However, a date for starting construction has not been...

Gov. Jared Polis and Fort Lewis College are hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and its protections for undocumented immigrants brought to...

The Dolores Town Board’s debate on whether to legalize in-town sale of marijuana was a story of threes that failed to reach resolution. The board had three options, voted three times and each vote...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis rolled out a plan Tuesday to combat the high cost of college tuition across the state, and in doing so, highlighted Fort Lewis College’s work to help students financially....

A new volunteer group says banning single-use plastic bags in Durango would reduce local waste that contributes to a massive global plastic pollution problem. The group plans to lobby Durango City...

The Veterans Outreach Center of La Plata County, which opened last year to help address the physical and mental health needs of those who have served, has stabilized 15 veterans who were...

Tax increases, sports betting and school board races spurred far more La Plata County residents to cast ballots in this year’s election than in 2017 – the last comparable election, said Clerk and...

The owner of Lemon Head Hair Salon said she’s trying to get back on her feet after a city sewer line flooded her business, forcing it to close for two weeks. Wastewater flowed into the business for...