Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County will use the equity it builds in its new building to build more houses. _

Recent snowstorms have broken the drought of visitors this winter, but how have local businesses coped with the dry spell?

A Miller Middle School seventh-grader plays football, wrestles, and runs track and field. And he reads a lot about geography.

Fort Lewis College Engineering students are testing the stability of a portable house that could be used as transitional housing for people who are homeless

Take an online survey to select which of three artists' proposals should be installed at the U.S. Highways 550/160 intersection.

Find out how you can pay your electric bill up front and save in the long run.

Brad Tafoya with Tafoya, Barrett and Associates, takes another look at the new tax breaks for businesses and some of the law's unintended consequences

When you undertake a major behavioral change in your eating habits to lose weight, having a support system is critical to success.

Fur coats and top hats came out of the closet for the 40th annual Snowdown: A Black Tie Affair. Here's a look back at the weekend

The monkey bars aren't just for kids any more. In fact, they're a key component in training for obstacle course racing.

A daylong forum on Feb. 17 will explore avenues for ending homelessness in our community

A grassroots conservative advocacy group hopes to recall La Plata County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt for alleged conflict-of-interest charges that were ruled to be unfounded by an independent investigation earlier this year ._

Skilled tradesmen are hard to come by. That's why the local construction industry has teamed up with area high schools to train their own.

Miller Middle School sixth-graders launched homemade hot-air balloons to study buoyancy.

The Durango Youth Soccer Association celebrates its 25th anniversary this spring. Find out how soccer became an obsession in Durango.

Have a legal question but can't afford a lawyer? Learn more about an opportunity to get some free legal advice during the annual Legal Fair on Feb. 7.

They grew up in Los Angeles and upstate New York, but they moved to Durango to start a farm and farmers market. Find out where else you can buy locally grown food this summer.

Should you buy art as an investment or a treasure? Local Southwest Art expert Jackson Clark II offers his opinion during the Southwestern Art Road Show.

La Plata Electric will study whether it can use more renewable energy resources in its power mix without raising electric rates.

How do you balance the needs of a growing population with landowners who don't want government regulations to dictate what they can do with their property? That's at the heart of the disagreements over La Plata County's land-use code revisions.