4+ hour, 31+ min ago  (456+ words) With the celebration of Colorado's 150th anniversary, we old water buffalos couldn't remember " even though we were there " which water rights were diverting water in Southwest Colorado before statehood. Southwest Colorado is designated as Colorado Division of Water Resources Division 7. There…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (613+ words) After sparse snowfall last winter and a warm spring, the Animas River has likely seen its peak spring flow. According to data from the Colorado Basin River Flow Center, the Animas River was measured at 1, 401 cubic feet per second Friday....

4+ week, 2+ hour ago  (726+ words) In parts of the Upper Colorado River Basin, families still live without reliable access to safe drinking water. That's not a resource problem; it's a delivery problem. For decades, the federal government has made commitments to Tribal communities to help…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (11+ words) The Durango Herald...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (267+ words) Amid statewide concerns about water supply " heightened by a record-breaking dry winter " La Plata County is working to add a required water supply component to its comprehensive plan by the end of 2026. To support that effort, the county received a…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (911+ words) Rob Talbott and his family have cultivated a living growing mouth-watering fruit in Palisade for almost 50 years. Tourists on e-bikes zip down gravel roads in the summer's sweltering heat to visit Talbott's farm to taste peaches and wine at vineyards....

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (788+ words) For many, space travel is unrealistic " spaceships are expensive, and interplanetary exploration doesn't fit in with a 9-to-5 schedule. But soon, Durangoans dreaming of voyaging through the solar system will just need a pair of sneakers and a walk along…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (516+ words) Science educators from across the region gathered last month at the Impact Career Innovation Center on the Durango High School campus to receive training and hands-on support in implementing real-world, three-dimensional, phenomenon-based learning into local classrooms. The six-hour training session…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (443+ words) The death toll in Bogo was expected to rise. Workers were trying to transport a backhoe to hasten search and rescue efforts in a cluster of shanties in a mountain village hit by a landslide and boulders, he said. "It's…...

9+ mon, 4+ week ago  (825+ words) Regional authorities say they were prepared for the 8. 8-magnitude quake and the subsequent waves, and moved quickly to keep residents safe. They introduced a state of emergency in some areas, but said there was no major damage. Here is what…...