Nestled in a high mountain valley, Durango is stretched along the banks of the Animas River, a waterway that became a dump for mine waste in the town’s early days and is now a playground for kayakers, ...

Another standout season for the Animas and Durango mountain bike teams came to a close last weekend in Eagle. The two teams, which are organized by Durango Devo, competed in the Colorado High School ...

Halfway into the season, the Durango High School mountain bike team has a solid lead in Division 2 of the Colorado Cycling League’s south division. The Demons have 9,960 points, while Animas High ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -23,000 gallons of gasoline are inching closer to the Animas River near Durango. According to the Colorado Sun, the pipeline spill happened on the Florida Mesa in December ...

DURANGO, Colo (CBS4) - Durango locals and tourists alike welcomed the news that La Plata County Sheriff Sean Smith opened the Animas River last Friday for recreational use after the devastating toxic ...

The sun has not yet spilled onto the roads winding through the Animas Valley as elementary school children, oversized ...

The Animas River in Colorado now glows orange after 3m gallons of toxins spilled in from a nearby gold mine, leaving the small community devastated as water-based tourism plummets and recovery looks ...

DURANGO, Colo. (KDVR) — New drone video shows the Animas River swollen well beyond its banks in Durango on Wednesday, sweeping away debris, chewing into the shoreline and inching closer to homes.

If you are not tired of hot air balloons yet, you can continue seeing them next weekend in Durango, Colorado. The Animas Valley Balloon Rally (AVBR) is a community-based hot-air balloon show located ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Three million gallons of water containing mining waste has poured into the Animas River since Wednesday, and it is still unclear what the environmental and ...

DURANGO, Colo. -- Sampling results from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency show high levels of toxic heavy metals in the Animas River water following last week's spill at a Colorado mine. The ...

When the Tang-orange plume of acidic water and heavy metal-laden slime blasted out of a mine in southwest Colorado’s San Juan Mountains on Aug. 5, tore through Cement Creek in Silverton, ran into the ...