Myriad proposals to tap lithium deposits in southeastern Utah are progressing from conceptual to exploratory phases. But they are running up against a familiar obstacle in these arid parts: concern ...

I look forward to reading Jonathan Thompson’s new book River of Lost Souls, about the Gold King Mine disaster. The popular myth is that the river was named after members of a party of Spanish ...

Chris Wright, president-elect Donald Trump’s choice to oversee the U.S. Department of Energy, founded Liberty Energy, a ...

What could be better than a night of Shakespeare, regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and the world’s preeminent dramatist? Drunk Shakespeare, that’s what! Over the next ...

The Telegraph prides itself on a liberal letter policy. We offer this forum to you, the public, to settle differences, air points of interest and generally undertake healthy discourse. We have only ...

The manila envelope arrived in the mail last summer, containing a long-tabloid-sized document on aged, brittle newsprint. The washed-out cover photo was black and white, but it was framed by a thick ...

There’s going to be a big, new rabbit on the trails of Vallecito this winter. That is if fundraising efforts for a new Favero Snow Rabbit 3X grooming machine succeed. The Vallecito Nordic Club ...

Motorists of Southwest Colorado know the white-knuckled stretch between Ouray and Montrose as one the busiest gauntlets for wildlife in the region. But now, we can loosen that steering wheel grip, ...

Hold on to your bikes – the Durango Police Department recently reported it’s seeing “significant uptick in bicycle thefts” around town, with more than $40,000 in rides stolen since August. The ...

True: Fluoridation has been around for 75 years. Just because it’s been around for 75 years doesn’t make it safe. We thought that lead in our pipes and mercury in our teeth were safe, but that didn’t ...

Durango – and the West Slope in general – often gets overlooked by its Front Range brethren (hey, in some ways, isn’t that good?), but it appears our little town is making a splash in the restaurant ...

A ride or hike might seem like a good idea during the current nonwinter. But before you head out, be forewarned that even though it feels like summer, winter wildlife closures went into effect Dec. 1 ...