Where once a river ran, the Dolores River has all but disappeared in its lower reaches below McPhee Dam this summer, another causality of an intense drought that has gripped Southwest Colorado.

A local developer in Moab has broken ground on an Edward Abbey-themed subdivision, with street names paying homage to the iconic environmentalist’s works. But now, friends of Abbey say, that for a man ...

(Editor’s note: The following is the first in a new column written by students in Solana Kline’s upper-level Environment and Society course at Fort Lewis College. The column will focus on local ...

Aspen has some more celebs to add to its roster. Chip and Joanna Gaines, of HGTV “Fixer Upper” fame, recently bought a property on the outskirts of town with the intent to not just make a “dream ...

I wrote the essay below – about my parents’ farm’s ditch in the North Fork Valley of Western Colorado – in 2018, which was one of the region’s driest years on record. The essay is every bit as ...

A year after being passed, a new state law that increases the financial benefits of conservation easements has reinvigorated efforts, at unprecedented rates, of people who want to protect their land ...

BP American Production Co. was once one of the largest oil and gas operators in the San Juan Basin, overseeing more than 3,800 wells in the vast natural gas field that spans southwest Colorado and ...

If you’re downtown with the kids on Noel Night and looking for a distraction from the cocoa and marshmallows, why not try books? Local author Kate Siber will be hosting a booksigning event for her new ...

There is a proposal currently making its way through the City of Durango approval process to redevelop the Durango Mall. The proposal to redevelop the long-neglected, decaying property includes: ...

For decades, I’ve returned to Truro, Mass., drawn by some of the most breathtaking vistas on Cape Cod. I never tire of biking through the dunes, hiking the sandy bluffs of the National Seashore or ...

After more than 100 years, could full-scale mining return to La Plata Canyon? One Canadian company that has been prospecting the area for the past three years says it’s generating promising results, ...

Back in 1993, USA Today dubbed Durango “the worst-dressed city in America.” They weren’t necessarily wrong. If you were to put a local in a lineup with half a dozen people who’d just been rescued from ...