How nature can restore the spirit, renew resolve and help us through trying times ...

For rural communities like ours, this isn’t a political headline, it’s a potential disaster. I am worried about the effects on our local healthcare system, hospitals and clinics. We already operate on ...

Utilities are expected to restore your easement back to its original condition, but good luck getting a human on the phone to request it.

• The reduced national monument includes two main units: – The 106,816-acre Shash Jaa Unit, which contains the Bears Ears Buttes, Arch Canyon, Mule Canyon, Comb Ridge and portions of the Butler Wash ...

Local First has been fostering the concept of “local” in La Plata County since 2008. The organization supports the growth of local businesses and the local economy often through annual events, such as ...

These cities compete in a good-natured rivalry about the giant lumberjack’s true hometown along with Oscoda, Mich., and Aberdeen, S.D. The greatest double-dealing occurred when I learned Brainerd sold ...

The Independent Weekly Line on Durango and Beyond ...

While the rest of us were cowering from the heat or not lighting off fireworks, Buena Vista resident Kelsey Pfendler was quietly rowing into the record books.

Part biography, part environmental history, part exploration of America’s evolving relationship with wild places, the book takes a fascinating look at three remarkable women whose lives reshaped ...

There’s a phenomenon that happens when we ride bikes: all the gibberish and chatter in our brains kind of clears out, and that’s when, oftentimes, we get our best ideas. This is how John Sheedy and ...

Three firefighters were killed and two seriously injured Sat., June 27, when the Knowles and Gore fires overtook them southwest of Grand Junction near the Utah-Colorado line. The fires joined with ...

I boil my meatballs before I put them in the sauce. I do it so all the sauce can go into the meatball slowly. It makes them even better with the sauce inside. I’m from an Italian family, and we do it ...