Durango High School sophomore Summer Bonnar skillfully guided a chunk of wood around a spinning band saw blade in carpentry class this winter, carefully working around her manicured nails. “It’s...

When longtime Cortez resident Rosa Sabido first sought sanctuary from deportation in Mancos United Methodist Church more than 1,000 days ago, she expected to stay for a few weeks to a year. As the...

A group of philanthropic women has formed in Durango to bestow thousands of dollars in donations on local nonprofits – and they’re doing it game-show style. “The idea is collective giving for a...

Durango School District 9-R board members expressed interest, even enthusiasm, about a possible ban on student cellphone use in elementary and middle schools. The board is reviewing a proposed ban...

As high school students learned to carve turns, ride a lift and pick themselves up after slamming into the snow at Purgatory Resort, their mentors shared lessons about courage, integrity and...

The Durango School District 9-R board informally agreed Tuesday to change a policy that says students with outstanding lunch debt will receive partial lunches. The decision to change policy came...

The Durango Mall has lost another tenant, this time Kay Jewelers, which closed in late January as part of a larger corporate plan to shutter storefronts. Signet Jewelers, the parent company of Kay...

An online petition asking the Durango School District 9-R board to end its policy of serving partial lunches to students with cafeteria debt has garnered more than 900 signatures. The petition...

A metro district serving hundreds of homes 12 miles west of Durango that faced the threat of dissolution in August is now in good standing with the state and expects to save its park, where tennis...

More than a fifth of La Plata County residents are unlikely to respond to the upcoming census, but a core group of about 20 organizations is working to ensure hard-to-count groups, such as...

Medicare is financially penalizing Mercy Regional Medical Center for high rates of health problems associated with hospital care, such as infections occurring after surgery. The hospital was...