A New Year’s Eve fire north of Cortez claimed the barn of Lisa and Darrell Buchanan, but their 30 chickens and their horse, Pops, are safe thanks to passersby who opened a gate for the mare and...

Much of Southwest Colorado remains in a severe drought even though the region has accumulated 130% of average snowpack. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor , as of Dec. 31, all of Montezuma...

Southwest Colorado Federal Credit Union with some 4,000 members in La Plata County and four other Southwest Colorado counties will merge Jan. 1 with the Credit Union of Colorado, which has 134,000...

A storm heading into the Southwest Friday could dump up to 18 inches of snow in the southern San Juan Mountains and up to 3 inches in Cortez. Northeast Arizona and Northwest New Mexico should see...

Evander Lien capped off a pretty good Christmas – he scored a hoverboard from Santa and some turkey and pumpkin pie Wednesday at the Cortez Community Christmas Dinner. Evander’s father, Cyrus Lien,...

Southwest Coloradans received a stocking stuffer on Christmas Eve: agreements with satellite television providers to carry Denver’s Public Broadcasting Service affiliate, Rocky Mountain PBS. But...

A winter storm warning remains in effect through midnight, and snow is expected into early Monday in Southwest Colorado. Snowfall and blowing snow made travel was difficult in the San Juan...

The symbolic heart of Fort Lewis College, the Clock Tower, presents a series of panels highlighting the school’s history – panels that have drawn scrutiny in recent years for seemingly glossing...

A wet slushy snow fell in Durango on Sunday morning with precipitation coming as rain in Cortez as a winter storm moved through Southwest Colorado. Snow is expected to last all day and into the...

Parishioners at First United Methodist Church came together a couple years ago to form a church-based nonprofit with the mission of providing solar lighting systems to impoverished families. The...

High-country snowpack should be even fatter after a couple of snow-producing storms move through Southwest Colorado this week. The coldest storm is expected Sunday. Six to 10 inches of snow fell...