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Andrew Saletta, a Mancos Schools music teacher, is the Mancos Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year for 2018. Saletta has taught music to Mancos elementary, middle school and high school...

The Mancos Public Library has made the short list of nationwide institutions contending for the 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. Distributed by the Institute of Museum and...

Three cases of hantavirus – two in Farmington and one in Denver – have been recorded over the past month, according to a news release issued Tuesday by San Juan Basin Public Health. The virus...

Paralympic skier Mary Riddell has that calm, cavalier attitude needed to fly down a ski slope at over 60 mph and bring home the gold. The steely, compact athlete who grew up in Dove Creek said she...

Firefighters responded to a brush fire north of Cortez at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, according to officials with the Cortez Fire Protection District. The fire started at 13627 Road 29, and put out a...

Inspired by Southwest Colorado’s historic orchard legacy, the region’s soil, water and climate and the art of craft cider from around the world, Sam Perry and Neal Wight, owners of Outlier Cellars,...

The Republican and Democratic parties both held election caucuses in Dolores on Tuesday. Leaders for both camps reported far less participation compared with the 2016 presidential election caucus....

Mancos Republicans and Democrats met at their respective Precinct 11 caucuses to choose the delegates they would send to the county assembly on March 16. Colorado uses the caucus system to choose...

Small bands of Cortez voters gathered in churches, government and medical buildings Tuesday night for the 2018 Montezuma County caucuses. The Montezuma County Republican and Democrat parties used...

Bayfield resident and La Plata Electric Association board member Guinn Unger announced this week he plans to challenge state Sen. Don Coram, R-Montrose. The Democrat, who turns 69 on Wednesday,...

The Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the juveniles involved in a shooting last week in Arboles, in hopes of using the tragic incident as an educational tool for other...