The Animas River is not new to spills, and this time the waterway was filled with purple, yellow and red objects as onions spilled their way into a tributary of the 126-mile-long river that feeds ...

As Colorado residents and visitors begin planning summer trips, transportation officials are reminding travelers that summer ...

CDOT will close US Highway 550 for helicopter maintenance on May 29, impacting travel between Silverton and Ouray.

SILVERTON — The driver of a semi-truck that spilled chemicals during a crash on a Colorado highway has ... Wednesday while traveling on Highway 550, which is not a designated roadway for ...

Turn onto Colorado Highway 62 toward Ridgway. At Ridgway, take Highway 550 south over Red Mountain Pass to Silverton.For updates on road closures and the 416 Fire, follow Durango Herald on Twitter ...

Colorado State Patrol Capt. Adrian Driscoll said U.S. Highway 550 could reopen within the hour. Updated 4:20 p.m. Lisa Schwantes, spokeswoman with the Colorado Department of Transportation ...

LA PLATA COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - The 416 Fire has grown even more since firefighting efforts began on Friday morning in La Plata County. Officials say the fire is now 2,250 acres with 10 percent ...

OURAY, Colo. (CBS4) - The Colorado Department of Transportation has reopened Highway 550 on Red Mountain Pass after conducting avalanche mitigation following a slide on Sunday night. The original ...

OURAY COUNTY, Colo. — Colorado's Million Dollar Highway was closed Wednesday morning after a boulder fell onto the road. U.S. 550 Red Mountain Pass was closed between Silverton and Ouray at 2:30 ...

Subscribe today. There are a few theories as to how Colorado’s so-called Million Dollar Highway—the 25-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 550 that connects the high-elevation towns of Silverton and ...

The stretch of U.S. Highway 550 was originally a toll road built ... the road was deemed the “Million Dollar Highway.” No Name: The Colorado town that accidentally named itself While the ...