MANCOS – When the need arose this past fall, Mancos senior Lexi Lyons answered the bell. Coming out of the offseason, the Jays had a vacancy at the defensive specialist position, and while Lyons had g...

The Montezuma County Republicans hosted a friendly debate between the two county clerk candidates at the Cortez Area Chamber of Commerce Wednesday evening. Republicans Lenetta Shull, chair of the cou...

Mesa Verde Gardeners will hold its 16th Annual Plant Sale on May 23 at a new location in the Children’s Kiva parking lot, 601 N. Mildred Road. The sale is scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. and will go u...

DOLORES – A local developer’s proposal could bring affordably priced housing and commercial space to downtown Dolores at Riverside Avenue and South Third Street. DOLORES – For the downtown at Sout...

In parts of the Upper Colorado River Basin, families still live without reliable access to safe drinking water. That’s not a resource problem; it’s a delivery problem. For decades, the federal governm...

Already during the very early stages of discussing anti-blight enforcement in the county, our commissioners are fretting and wringing their hands over how to fund and staff enforcement. Strange indeed...

New Mexico will honor one of its most decorated athletes on May 8 with the state’s first‑ever Ross Anderson Day. Anderson who is a member of five different hall of fames, is being recognized in part f...

A fuel spill after a tanker-truck, passenger-train collision in Rifle on Wednesday morning put a spotlight on the dangers of transporting fossil fuels in and around Union Pacific’s train tracks that f...

Emergency workers responded Thursday to a helicopter crash at Durango-La Plata County Airport. The crash occurred about 12:25 p.m. off the runway but on or near a taxiway. The private chopper, regist...

The Dolores Theater Troupe is presenting the stage version of “Alice in Wonderland” at the end of this week, featuring a cast of students ranging from elementary school to high school. The production,...