With summer starting hot and dry, the Dolores Fire Protection District is feeling the heat in more ways than one. The entire volunteer department is seeking more responders to handle 911 calls and fir...

For the first couple of years living in the rustic, homestead cabin Paul Fennell had purchased in Rio Grande County, it was basically camping indoors. Yet, in that time he had slowly grown a new skill...

To gather community input on Cortez’s affordable housing project, Park Village on 7th, city staff alongside developer Evergreen Real Estate Group are hosting an open house on June 30. From 4:30 to 6:...

Dolores secondary agriculture teacher Alison Brown has been selected to serve as a National Future Farmers of America Teacher Ambassador for the second year in a row. Brown has been actively working t...

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday yet almost half the central bank’s policymakers said they could support a rate hike later this year, an unexpectedly aggressive o...

LEWIS-ARRIOLA — Law enforcement have contained a house fire near the 16000 block of County Road N that started mid-morning Wednesday June 17 after an ember escaped from a burn barrel and ignited a nea...

On a recent warm night, a batter cracked a hit deep into the lush outfield at Grand Junction’s downtown baseball field, and fans of the city’s new team erupted in joy. Their screams welcomed two playe...

The city of Cortez and Montezuma County have uncharacteristically low lodgers tax rates for the Western Slope – but that could change if recent discussions between public officials are any indication....

When residents have questions or concerns, one of the most common sources of confusion is determining which level of government is responsible for providing a particular service. In Colorado, responsi...