Kelsey Percival
Position: Editorial Assistant

Durango Transit to expand service to west U.S. Highway 160

Durango Transit will expand service to include U.S. Highway 160 West beginning March 1. The route will operate seven days a week, every 30 minutes from 7:05 a.m. to 8:35 p.m. The route will...

Tribal Broadband Modernization Project Construction will narrow traffic south of Ignacio

Bonfire Engineering, in collaboration with the Southern Ute Shared Services, will begin construction on the tribal broadband project, just south of Ignacio, at the intersection of County Roa...

Police Blotter

Thursday, Feb. 10 5:10 p.m. A woman reported at the Cortez Police Department, 608 N. Park St., that four fraudulent checks had been cashed at a Safeway and Petco in Denver for a total of...

Animas Surgical Hospital to host hip and knee replacement seminar

Animas Surgical Hospital will host a virtual hip and knee replacement seminar at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, on its Facebook page, www.facebook.com/animassurgicalhospital. Board-certified orth...

Grace’s Kitchen to host Mardi Gras lunch

Grace’s Kitchen will host a pickup-only lunch to celebrate Mardi Gras, Tuesday, March 1 from noon to 1 p.m. Red beans and rice with sausage, parmesan squash mix, cornbread, and king cake ba...

Sheriff’s Blotter

Thursday, Jan. 20 2:30 p.m. A manager reported that a man attempted to steal motor oil and made threats at the General Store, 300 Central Ave. The manager wanted the man trespassed from ...

Police Blotter

Friday, Feb. 4 1:54 a.m. An underage woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI and leaving the scene of a crash in the 200 block of South Madison Street. 3:38 p.m. An employee reported ...

Sheriff’s Blotter

Tuesday, Jan. 18 4:45 p.m. A man was arrested on an outstanding warrant in the 19700 block of Road B. Wednesday, Jan. 19 12:23 a.m. A man was arrested on outstanding warrants after a...

Livestock association meeting to be held

The annual Southwestern Colorado Livestock Association meeting will be held at Cortez Elks Lodge Saturday, Feb. 12. The morning session begins at 9 a.m. with reports from elected officials. ...

Police Blotter

Thursday, Jan. 27 3:06 p.m. A man’s money was reportedly moved from his PayPal account and into a crypto wallet after scammers hacked his computer in the lower 100 block of East Carpente...

League of Women Voters to host monthly meeting

Montezuma County League of Women Voters will host a Zoom meeting about local government and other local issues Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. The meeting will feature county Assessor Leslie Bugg and Tr...

Police Blotter

Thursday, Jan. 13 3:40 p.m. A woman reported seeing a body outside of Walmart, 1835 E. Main St. Police did not find anything suspicious. The woman who reported the body was legally restr...