A Cortez man has pleaded not guilty to multiple criminal drug charges, according to the 22nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Ramon Alberto DeJesus, 47, has entered not guilty pleas for charges al...

A flash-flood watch is in effect for La Plata County through Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service. Skies have been gray with rain in the county as moisture streams across Colorad...

Cortez Thursday, Sept. 2 Youth Leadership Council, 6 p.m., Cortez Cultural Center. Free. Youth Leadership Council offers a wide variety of projects and programs to fit just about anyone. Details: Ang...

The 32nd annual Totah Festival and Indian Marketwill take place this from 10 a.m .to 6 p.m. Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Farmington Civis Center, 200 W. Arrington St. Featured events i...

A new fast-charging station is now available to electric vehicle owners at Purgatory Resort. The charging station is part of a partnership between Purgatory and La Plata Electric Association. “We are ...

The late former Gov. Dick Lamm was a man of vision and prescience, a complex character in the state’s political history who was never afraid to follow his convictions and take on controversial issues,...

Discussion of draft legislation for a proposed National Conservation Area on the Lower Dolores River will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 16 in the Montezuma County Commission room. The public is invit...

The Ice Fire, near the popular Ice Lakes Trail west of Silverton in 2020, was likely caused by humans. The 596-acre fire burned for about a week in October 2020 and led to a helicopter rescue of 28 st...

For the second time this summer, a helicopter hired by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management will round up hundreds of wild horses roaming northwest Colorado in what the agency is calling an emergency op...

Friday, Aug. 6 7:58 a.m. Two women were bitten by a dog in the 30000 block of County Road H. The dog was captured and turned over to the animal shelter. Wednesday, Aug. 11 3:27 p.m. A possible rest...