Travelers arriving at Mesa Verde on Wednesday morning learned that the federal shutdown had closed most of the park, leaving only the main road, overnight lodgings and a few trails accessible. As of ...

The rush of visitors who lined up at Mesa Verde National Park on Wednesday morning thinned by Thursday, a day after the park’s partial closure and the federal government shutdown. By midmorning ...

Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado protects and preserves the cultural heritage of 26 tribes of Ancestral Pueblo people. Mesa Verde National Park’s history begins long before its ...

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK — The evening began simply enough, with a desert-red sun flaring brightly as it disappeared below the long horizon. Instead of fading, its light lingered and seeped over the ...

The International Dark Sky Park is ready for the planetary pyrotechnics, which will pass directly over the Four Corners region on October 14. Mesa Verde expects the celestial showcase to draw hundreds ...

In the end, we went to both, and were glad we did. As we found out, both are clusters of authentic ruins, and we actually enjoyed the differences. We could also see, though, that some folks would be ...

The iconic cliff dwellings aren't the only nighttime attractions at Mesa Verde National Park. Photo courtesy of Mesa Verde County The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado.

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) - Mesa Verde National Park is taking a new look at a ruin called Mummy Lake in hopes of determining what it really was. The area is called Far View Reservoir or ...

NASA personnel will soon be in Colorado for a celestial event that hasn’t been visible from North America in more than a decade. On Oct. 14, Mesa Verde National Park in Southwest Colorado will be ...